Miami 4, Philadelphia 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, May 1, 2015
Where: Marlins Park, Miami, Florida
Temperature:
81°
Umpires:
Home -
Brian O'Nora, 1B -
Manny Gonzalez, 2B -
Paul Schrieber, 3B -
Clint Fagan
Attendance:
18511
By The Sports Xchange
MIAMI -- Center fielder Marcell Ozuna hit a walk-off double to lead the Miami Marlins past the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 at Marlins Park on Friday night.
Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk. Ozuna, who went 4-for-4 with three doubles, then hit a drive to left, and Stanton slid home ahead of the attempted tag by Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz. The play survived a video review, and Ozuna raised his batting average to .315.
The Marlins (11-12) have won eight of their past nine games and are close to being over .500 for the first time this season.
Philadelphia (8-16) has lost four games in a row.
Reliever Steve Cishek (1-1) earned the win.
Phillies reliever Ken Giles (1-1) took the loss when he gave up an earned run for the first time this season.
Miami opened the scoring in the second. Ozuna doubled, advanced on a groundout and scored on a sacrifice fly by catcher J.T. Realmuto.
The Phillies took a 3-1 lead in the fourth on a three-run homer to right by second baseman Chase Utley, who started the day hitting just .114. Utley pulled the first pitch he saw -- an inside fastball --for his third homer of the season.
Miami tied the score with two runs in the fifth on a run-scoring single by third baseman Martin Prado and an RBI double by Stanton.
The Marlins had the bases loaded with one out in that inning, but Phillies starter Jerome Williams escaped further damage by striking out first baseman Michael Morse and retiring Realmuto on a groundout.
NOTES: Phillies LHP Cole Hamels is set to pitch Saturday against Marlins RHP Dan Haren. But trade rumors regarding Hamels, 31, continue to circulate as the rebuilding Phillies are looking to get prospects in return. The Phillies have sent scouts to watch Boston Red Sox Class A OF Manuel Margot, 20. ... The Phillies are 2-5 in series this season. The Marlins are 4-3. ... The Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Rays and Kansas City Royals are reportedly among the teams interested in trading for C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, who was designated for assignment by Miami last week. The Marlins are expected to pick up a large part of the $14 million left on his contract in any deal. ... Marlins RHP Henderson Alvarez (shoulder inflammation) is set to return May 17.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Philadelphia |
|
Miami |
Jerome Williams
|
Player |
Tom Koehler
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
5.0 |
IP |
5.0 |
2 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
7 |
Hits |
4 |
5.40 |
ERA |
5.40 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Philadelphia
|
5 |
1 |
10 |
.161 |
8 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
Miami
|
13 |
0 |
18 |
.371 |
22 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
0 |