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NL Roundup: Marlins Beat Diamondbacks

Updated: Friday, 10 Jul 2009, 7:23 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 10 Jul 2009, 7:23 AM EDT

By The Associated Press

Pinch-hitter Brett Carroll's three-run homer sparked a franchise-record 10-run eighth inning, helping Florida come back from a seven-run deficit to beat Arizona 14-7 on Thursday night.

Florida matched the team record for the biggest comeback victory and Arizona set a club record for the largest blown lead.

Florida trailed 7-0 after five innings but rallied with three runs in the sixth and one in the seventh. Then the Marlins hit Arizona with the 10-spot in the eighth to make a winner of Kiko Calero (2-0).

The Marlins sent 14 batters to the plate in the eighth against three relievers — Juan Gutierrez, Scott Schoeneweis (1-1) and Blaine Boyer.

Carroll's homer off Schoeneweis gave Florida an 8-7 lead. Dan Uggla, Cody Ross and Jeremy Hermida followed with RBI singles, and John Baker drove in a run with a double. Another run scored on a passed ball, and the final run came in on Russ Gload's second fielder's choice grounder of the inning.
Phillies 9, Reds 6

At Philadelphia, Jayson Werth homered for the fourth straight game and Chase Utley hit an inside-the-park homer in the Phillies' win.

Jamie Moyer (8-6) allowed six runs and eight hits in five innings, but Philadelphia's offense bailed him out again. The Phillies have averaged 8.1 runs in Moyer's wins.

Werth went deep in the sixth for his seventh homer in 12 games. The Phillies became the second team in major league history to have four players hit 20 homers before the All-Star break. Raul Ibanez leads the team with 22, Ryan Howard has 21 and Utley and Werth have 20. The Toronto Blue Jays did it in 2000.

Utley circled the bases in the third after hitting a high drive that took an odd carom off the center-field wall.

Brandon Phillips hit a two-run homer and Edwin Encarnacion drove in three runs with a homer and triple for Cincinnati. Micah Owings (6-9) gave up seven runs and eight hits in 4 1-3 innings.
Dodgers 11, Mets 2

At New York, Manny Ramirez hit two RBI singles to key an early outburst against struggling starter Livan Hernandez, and Los Angeles' Randy Wolf earned his first win in eight outings.

Orlando Hudson hit a three-run double that capped a four-run first inning. Rafael Furcal had three hits for the Dodgers, who boosted baseball's best record to 54-31.

Los Angeles, which had 17 hits, won the season series 5-1 against the injury-ravaged Mets, who have lost five of six and 10 of 13.

Hernandez (5-5) lost his fourth straight start, allowing eight runs and 11 hits — both season highs — in four innings.
Nationals 11, Astros 10, 11 innings, completion of suspended game

At Houston, an error by Astros second baseman Miguel Tejada in the 11th inning made former Nationals reliever Joel Hanrahan a winner in the completion of a suspended game.

Hanrahan was traded by the Nationals on June 30 to Pittsburgh as part of a deal for Nyjer Morgan, who scored the winning run Thursday. Hanrahan was pitching for the Nationals when the game was suspended by rain in Washington on May 5. He earned his first win of the season and is 1-3 overall. He would have been 1-1 if he won on May 5.

The game resumed with one out in the bottom of the 11th with a Washington runner on first base. Josh Willingham singled before Josh Bard grounded into a forceout to second. Tejada, covering second base, threw the ball far over Lance Berkman's head, allowing Morgan to score.

Houston reliever LaTroy Hawkins, who took the loss, would have been 0-1 if he lost on May 5. He's now 1-3.
Astros 9, Nationals 4

At Houston, Lance Berkman's three-run homer was one of Houston's 16 hits.

Hunter Pence and Jeff Keppinger drove in two runs each for the Astros, who used a four-run sixth inning to overcome a two-run deficit and take the lead.

Keppinger's triple tied it at 4 and chased Nationals starter John Lannan (6-6), who was replaced by Jason Bergmann. After one out, Michael Bourn gave Houston the lead with his run-scoring triple and Miguel Tejada added an RBI single.

Berkman's 18th home run was a two-out shot in the eighth.

The Nationals took a 4-2 at the end of three after Josh Bard drove in two runs and Ryan Zimmerman and Adam Dunn each had an RBI.
Rockies 7, Braves 6

At Denver, pinch-hitter Garrett Atkins hit a two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning to lift Colorado to its fourth consecutive victory.

Ian Stewart started the rally by drawing a one-out walk, and Mike Gonzalez (3-2) hit Chris Iannetta with a pitch. After an out, Atkins, batting for reliever Juan Rincon (1-0), lashed a double down the left field line to snap the third tie of the game.

Huston Street allowed a run-scoring groundout by Diory Hernandez before getting Casey Kotchman on a comebacker for the final out, picking up his 22nd save in 23 opportunities.
Cardinals 5, Brewers 1

At Milwaukee, Joel Pineiro scattered three hits in his third complete game this year and Ryan Ludwick hit a three-run homer in St. Louis' five-run eighth inning.

Pineiro (7-9) benefited from three double plays and faced just one batter over the minimum. He struck

out five and walked none while throwing 100 pitches.

St. Louis won two of three against Milwaukee to increase its lead in the NL Central to two heading into a four-game, three-day series against the Chicago Cubs starting Friday.

Reliever Carlos Villanueva (2-5) allowed a single to pinch-hitter Skip Schumaker and a triple to Brendan Ryan that tied the game.

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