Philadelphia 5, Miami 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, April 12, 2014
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
72°
Umpires:
Home -
Lance Barksdale, 1B -
Mark Ripperger, 2B -
Gary Cederstrom, 3B -
Kerwin Danley
Attendance:
27760
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Phillies 5, Marlins 4 (10): Jimmy Rollins hit a walk-off home run with two outs in the 10th inning as host Philadelphia handed Miami its sixth straight defeat.
Rollins initially fell behind 0-2 against Dan Jennings (0-1) before belting a 1-2 slider a couple of rows over the left-field wall. Rollins finished 3-for-5 and scored twice while Chase Utley had a pair of RBI doubles for the Phillies, who had not scored since the third inning prior to Rollins' second career walk-off homer.
Five Miami players recorded multiple hits, led by Giancarlo Stanton (3-for-5, two homers), who took over the major-league lead with 16 RBIs. Jarrod Saltalamacchia added two hits and a pair of walks for Miami, which will try to avoid a three-game sweep on Sunday.
The Phillies had at least one baserunner in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings but could not push across the go-ahead run until the first extra frame. B.J. Rosenberg (1-0) worked the top of the 10th to pick up the victory for Philadelphia, which also received a solid game from Tony Gwynn Jr. (2-for-5, two runs).
Run-scoring hits by Utley and Ryan Howard gave the Phillies a 4-1 lead in the third inning before Stanton took over during the middle frames. The Miami slugger belted a mammoth home run to center field off Philadelphia starter Jonathan Pettibone in the fifth and hooked a scorching homer to left field in the seventh against Justin De Fratus - a two-run shot that tied it at 4.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Two Marlins runs crossed the plate on a fielder's choice in third inning, a play in which Marcell Ozuna was ruled safe at second base on a bang-bang play. The Phillies challenged and the play was reversed, keeping the Philadelphia lead at 2-1. ... Miami starter Nate Eovaldi allowed four runs and seven hits over 6 1/3 innings while Pettibone tossed five innings, allowing two runs (one earned). ... Stanton has 10 career multi-homer games.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Miami
|
13 |
2 |
19 |
.310 |
23 |
8 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Philadelphia
|
9 |
1 |
15 |
.250 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |