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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Philadelphia 10, Florida 6
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 86°
Umpires: Home - Dan Iassogna, 1B - Dale Scott, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Alfonso Marquez
Attendance: 44221

Ryan Howard homered and drove in six runs and Cole Hamels extended his scoreless innings streak to 25 as the Phialdelphia Phillies topped the Florida Marlins, 10-6, on Wednesday.

Chase Utley drove in two and scored a pair and Carlos Ruiz added an RBI for the Phillies, who maintained a one-half game lead over the Atlanta Braves in the NL East.

Philadelphia wasted little time jumping all over Marlins left-hander Andrew Miller as Howard sent a two-run single into right field with just one out in the first. The Phillies added another in the second, one more in the third on Ruiz’s single before Howard split the game open in the fourth.

Miller (1-1) retired the first batter of the frame before allowing back-to-back singles to Placido Polanco and Utley. Howard then launched his 28th homer of the season out to deep left to push it to 7-0.

That was plenty of support for Hamels (10-10), who allowed just four hits while striking out five and walking one in seven scoreless innings. The left-hander has won three in a row without allowing a run and has 26 strikeouts against five walks in his last four outings.

Florida attempted to mount a comeback with a six-run eighth inning, but the deficit was too large.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Florida   Philadelphia
Andrew Miller Player Cole Hamels
Loss W/L Win
4.0 IP 7.0
5 Strikeouts 5
11 Hits 4
15.75 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Florida   Philadelphia
Wes Helms Player Ryan Howard
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 6
0 HR 1
2 TB 6
.667 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Florida 9 1 16 .250 11 8 6 4 0 2
Philadelphia 18 1 26 .439 28 10 10 4 2 1