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
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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 |
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 |
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