Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Miami 7, Colorado 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, May 21, 2012
Where: Marlins Ballpark, Miami, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ted Barrett, 1B - Marvin Hudson, 2B - Tim McClelland, 3B - Brian Runge
Attendance: 25155

Marlins 7, Rockies 4: Giancarlo Stanton belted his second grand slam in nine days with two outs in the fourth inning as Miami battled back from an early four-run deficit to hand visiting Colorado its fifth straight loss.

Stanton hammered a 3-2 pitch from veteran Jamie Moyer off the scoreboard in left field for a 6-4 lead. Austin Kearns was 4-for-4 with a pair of RBIs for Miami, which improved to a major league-best 15-5 in May.

Marlins starter Mark Buehrle (4-4) allowed just one hit over his last 6 2/3 innings after giving up four runs on four hits in the first. Buehrle also doubled and scored the first of five runs in the fourth.

Hanley Ramirez added two hits and scored three times for the Marlins, who started a 10-game homestand. Heath Bell pitched a hitless ninth for his sixth save.

Jordan Pacheco started the rally in the first with a one-out infield single for the Rockies and Carlos Gonzalez followed with a single. Michael Cuddyer drilled a two-run double to deep left field and Troy Tulowitzki followed with his fifth homer, a two-run blast to left field.

Moyer (2-4) allowed nine hits, four walks and six runs in 3 2/3 innings.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Miami’s Omar Infante left the team Sunday to attend the funeral of his grandfather in Venezuela. … Colorado reliever Adam Ottavino struck out Stanton and Logan Morrison with the bases loaded in the fifth. … Marlins Park is the 50th major league stadium in which the 49-year old Moyer has pitched. … It was Stanton’s fourth career slam.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Colorado   Miami
Jamie Moyer Player Mark Buehrle
Loss W/L Win
3.2 IP 7.2
5 Strikeouts 2
9 Hits 5
14.73 ERA 4.70
Hitting
Colorado   Miami
Jordan Pacheco Player Austin Kearns
2 Hits 4
0 RBI 2
0 HR 0
2 TB 4
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Colorado 5 1 9 .167 6 2 4 2 0 2
Miami 13 1 19 .351 23 13 6 7 4 1