Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Philadelphia 5, Miami 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, September 2, 2011
Where: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Paul Schrieber, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Joe West
Attendance: 21659
Where: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Paul Schrieber, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Joe West
Attendance: 21659
John Mayberry Jr. homered and drove in three runs to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-3 victory over the host Florida Marlins on Friday.
The Phillies increased their lead to 8 1/2 games over the Atlanta Braves in the National League East.
Mayberry hit a two-run homer off Brad Hand (1-5) with none out in the fifth inning to put Philadelphia ahead for good 3-2. He added a sacrifice fly in the sixth to drive in Chase Utley with what proved to be the winning run.
The Phillies' Roy Oswalt (7-8) allowed three runs, eight hits and struck out seven in 6 1/3 innings. Hand gave up four runs - three earned, four hits, walked three and struck out four in five-plus innings.
Jose Lopez hit a solo home run in the sixth for the Marlins to make it 4-3.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Philadelphia | Miami | |
| Roy Oswalt | Player | Brad Hand |
| Win | W/L | Loss |
| 6.1 | IP | 5.0 |
| 7 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 8 | Hits | 4 |
| 4.26 | ERA | 5.40 |
Hitting
| Philadelphia | Miami | |
| Shane Victorino | Player | Omar Infante |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 4 | TB | 3 |
| .500 | Avg | .500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Philadelphia | 7 | 1 | 13 | .233 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami | 9 | 1 | 16 | .257 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |