Final
Howard, Phillies beat Marlins to avoid sweep
May 3, 2015 - 11:49 PM Miami, FL (SportsNetwork.com) - Ryan Howard had two RBI and scored a run as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 6-2 in Sunday's finale of a three-game series.Ben Revere had three hits and drove in one run on his 27th birthday, helping the Phillies avoid the sweep and snap a five-game skid.
Severino Gonzalez (1-1) picked up his first career win in his second major league start after holding the Marlins to two runs on five hits over five innings.
"Severino did fine with his five innings. I thought he made some quality pitches," said Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg.
Gonzalez was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley after the game.
Giancarlo Stanton and Jhonatan Solano each knocked in a run for the Marlins, who had their win streak end at four games. The loss was just the second in the last 11 games for the club.
Miami starter Jarred Cosart (1-2) gave up three runs on five hits and struck out six in five-plus innings.
The former Phillies draft pick allowed only an infield single through the first four frames, but a leadoff walk in the fifth came back to haunt him. A single by Cameron Rupp put two men on base and Revere tied the game at 1-1 by hitting a grounder under the glove of shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria.
Cosart was done after the first three batters reached base in the sixth. He hit Darin Ruf, who scored on a rare triple by Howard to tie the game at 2-2. Grady Sizemore plated Howard with a single to put the Phillies in front.
"For me, the game came down to that sixth inning," said Marlins manager Mike Redmond.
Miami had briefly regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth when Jhonatan Solano doubled home his younger brother Donovan.
The Phillies scored two more runs in the seventh and added another in the eighth.
Revere singled in the seventh and advanced on a wild pitch by reliever Bryan Morris. After Chase Utley reached on an error by Donovan Solano, Ruf and Howard hit back-to-back RBI singles.
Odubel Herrera had a run-scoring single in the eighth to make it 6-2.
The Marlins scored a run without a hit in the first inning. Ichiro Suzuki drew a leadoff walk and swiped two bases before scoring on Stanton's sacrifice fly.
Game Notes
The Phillies notched their 200th win against the Marlins ... Herrera has reached base safely in each of his last 18 games ... Center fielder Marcell Ozuna extended his hitting versus Philadelphia to 15 games with a single in the fourth inning.
- PHILADELPHIA: 6
MIAMI: 2
Final
May 3 3:56 PM - Odubel Herrera singles to center field. Cesar Hernandez scores.
Phillies 6, Marlins 2 Top 8, 1 OutMay 3 3:33 PM - Ryan Howard singles to right field. Darin Ruf to third. Chase Utley scores.
Phillies 5, Marlins 2 Top 7, 1 OutMay 3 3:10 PM - Darin Ruf singles to left field. Chase Utley to second. Ben Revere scores.
Phillies 4, Marlins 2 Top 7, 1 OutMay 3 3:09 PM - Grady Sizemore singles to left field. Ryan Howard scores.
Phillies 3, Marlins 2 Top 6, 0 OutsMay 3 2:44 PM - Ryan Howard triples to deep right center field. Darin Ruf scores.
Phillies 2, Marlins 2 Top 6, 0 OutsMay 3 2:42 PM - Jhonatan Solano doubles to deep left field. Donovan Solano scores.
Phillies 1, Marlins 2 Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 3 2:32 PM - Revere singled to left, C.Hernandez scored, Rupp to second.
Phillies 1, Marlins 1 Top 5, 2 OutsMay 3 2:26 PM - Ben Revere singles to left field. Cameron Rupp to second. Cesar Hernandez scores.
Phillies 1, Marlins 1 Top 5, 2 OutsMay 3 2:26 PM - Stanton hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Sizemore, Ichiro scored.
Phillies 0, Marlins 1 Bot 1, 2 OutsMay 3 1:25 PM - Giancarlo Stanton out on a sacrifice fly to right field to Grady Sizemore. Ichiro Suzuki scores.
Phillies 0, Marlins 1 Bot 1, 2 OutsMay 3 1:25 PM - Ben Revere singles to second base.
May 3 1:10 PM - PHILADELPHIA: 0
MIAMI: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
May 3 1:10 PM
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