Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Philadelphia 8, Arizona 5
When: 9:40 PM ET, Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: 92°
Umpires: Home - Ed Hickox, 1B - Ed Rapuano, 2B - Angel Hernandez, 3B - Mark Carlson
Attendance: 24213

Phillies 8, Diamondbacks 5:
Laynce Nix went 3-for-3 with a home run and Pete Orr tripled in three runs as visiting Philadelphia matched a season-high with eight runs and snapped a three-game slide.

Hunter Pence broke out of an 0-for-16 drought with a two-run homer in the fourth inning and Shane Victorino added a solo shot for the Phillies, who had not scored more than five runs in any of the previous eight games.

Vance Worley (2-1) started for Philadelphia and threw six strong innings, allowing one run on five hits while striking out six and walking one.

The Phillies got to Josh Collmenter (0-2) in the fourth for four runs. Pence took the first pitch of the at-bat the opposite way over the right field wall to open the scoring. Nix followed three batters later with a towering two-run blast down the right field line.

Orr’s bases-loaded triple in the seventh made it 7-1 and closed the book on Collmenter, who was charged with six runs on nine hits in six-plus innings.

The Diamondbacks made it interesting against the Philadelphia bullpen, putting together a three-run seventh and pulling to within 8-5 on Jason Kubel’s solo homer in the eighth.

But Jonathan Papelbon worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his sixth save.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Phillies leadoff hitter Juan Pierre went 2-for-4, giving him five multi-hit games in the last 10. … Arizona recalled right-hander Joe Martinez and left-hander Mike Zagurski prior to the game. In corresponding moves, the Diamondbacks optioned Joe Paterson to the minors and designated Jonathan Albaladejo for assignment. … Pence had an MRI on his left shoulder come back clean on Tuesday.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Philadelphia   Arizona
Vance Worley Player Josh Collmenter
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 6.0
6 Strikeouts 6
5 Hits 9
1.50 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Philadelphia   Arizona
Laynce Nix Player Cody Ransom
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 1
1 HR 1
6 TB 5
1.000 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Philadelphia 12 3 24 .324 7 8 8 0 0 0
Arizona 9 2 19 .250 9 11 5 1 1 0