Marlins Take Series Against Phillies

The Florida Marlins took two of three games this past weekend against the Philadelphia Phillies at Sun Life Stadium. The Marlins had been dominated at home when playing the Phillies over the past four seasons. In the process, Florida won consecutive games for the first time since July 31 to August 2 and won a three-game home series since mid-July against the New York Mets. Phillies outfielder John Mayberry drove in three runs on a homer and a sacrifice fly to lead his team to a 5-3 victory in game one. The Phillies became 42 games over .500 and broke a club record that they set in 1976. The Marlins took game two of the series 8-4 after an almost two-hour rain delay. Gaby Sanchez hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the eighth innning while Mike Cameron contributed two home runs for Florida. The Marlins played their longest game of the season for the third and final game of the series on Sunday. The game went 14 innings, over five hours and the Marlins set a franchise record with 23 runners left on base. In an unusual way to end a ballgame, the Phillies walked four Marlins in the 14th inning as Mike Cameron got the last base-on-balls and Emilio Bonifacio scored with two outs. The Phillies filed a protest after the umpire crew reversed a home run call in the sixth inning when it was tied at 2-2. Hunter Pence blasted a shot toward right field where a fan reached over the outfield wall to catch the ball and prevented outfielder Bryan Petersen from making a play.