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Jacobs, Marlins blast Durbin in rout of Phillies

Sep 2, 2007 - 3:45 AM By Paul Gereffi PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer

MIAMI (Ticker) -- Mike Jacobs had three hits and drove in a pair of runs and the Florida Marlins used a seven-run first inning to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 12-6, on Saturday night.

Jimmy Rollins had four hits and three RBI but Philadelphia (72-63) saw its season-best six-game winning streak snapped and fell three games behind the New York Mets (75-60) in the National League East.

Jacobs and the Marlins took advantage of Phillies rookie starter J.D.Durbin (6-4), who had a disastrous outing.

The righthander failed to retire a batter as the Marlins sent 11 men to the plate in a seven-run frame. This was the first time in Marlins club history that the first seven men reached base and all seven later scored.

"We've been struggling for a while now but to be able to come out and play a pretty good ball game is huge for us," Jacobs said.

"As a starter you've got to prevent that big inning and that definitely was a big inning," Durbin said. "I didn't earn my money tonight. I'm pretty disappointed in myself and apologize to my teammates."

Jacobs, Jeremy Hermida and Matt Treanor all provided run-scoring singles as Florida won for just the third time in the last 17 games.

With the score 3-0, Todd Linden walked with the bases loaded to drive in a run and Alfredo Amezaga hit a sacrifice fly that scored Linden.

That chased Durbin, who suffered the worst outing of his young career. He allowed seven runs and five hits.

Jacobs then scored from third on a wild pitch by reliever Clay Condrey and Hanley Ramirez's second single of the inning scored Treanor to make the score 7-1.

The huge first inning was enough for Florida starter Byung-Hyun Kim (8-6), who allowed four runs and 10 hits with four strikeouts in five innings to post his second straight win. Kim picked up a win in relief in Tuesday's 4-3 win over Atlanta, but made his first start since rejoining the Marlins last Saturday.

It looked like Kim would give the lead back early as Philadelphia scored three times in the second. Aaron Rowand led off the inning with his 23rd home run of the season to make the score 7-2. Chris Coste and Rollins each hit run-scoring singles that closed the gap to 7-4.

"I got seven runs but then I gave up four," Kim said. "I want to thank Fredi for trusting me a little bit. I didn't think my stuff was 100 percent. I got lucky this time but by the next start I'm going to be better."

The Marlins added two runs in the fifth as Jacobs doubled home Miguel Cabrera and Kim drove in Linden on a fielder's choice to stretch the lead to 9-4.

The Phillies tried to rally in the eighth against the Florida bullpen. Armando Benitez started the frame and walked the first batter, before leaving with a back injury. Matt Lindstrom relieved him and walked the first batter he faced.

After a fielder's choice, Shane Victorino drove in a run with a groundout and Rollins plated a run with an infield single to make the score 9-6.

However, closer Kevin Gregg relieved Lindstrom and got of the jam by getting Chase Utley to pop out and recorded his 27th save in 29 chances.

"We were still in the game and had a chance to make a run but we couldn't come through with the big hit when we needed it," Phillies manager Charlie Manual said.

Hermida then hit an RBI single and Cody Ross blasted a two-run homer in the eighth to cap the scoring.

Rollins put Philadelphia up 1-0 as he led off the game with his 25th home run of the year. He hit a 3-2 pitch from Kim over the right field fence for his eighth leadoff home run this season, and the 25th of his career - both franchise records.