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09/06/10 09:10:00
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09/06 21:08 CDT Oswalt goes 7 innings, Phillies split doubleheader
Oswalt goes 7 innings, Phillies split doubleheader
By ROB MAADDI
AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Roy Oswalt pitched seven effective innings, helping the
Philadelphia Phillies beat the Florida Marlins 7-4 Monday to split their
day-night doubleheader.
Placido Polanco had a double, triple and two RBIs and Chase Utley also drove in
a pair as the Phillies moved within a half-game of NL East-leading Atlanta.
In the opener, Adalberto Mendez pitched one-hit ball for six scoreless innings
before injuring himself in his major league debut, and the Marlins won 7-1.
Oswalt (11-13) allowed four runs and six hits, striking out seven. The
three-time All-Star is 5-1 since joining the Phillies in a trade with Houston
on July 29. Philadelphia is 7-1 in his starts.
Mike Stanton, Hanley Ramirez and Cameron Maybin each homered off Oswalt, who
gave up just one run in his previous 21 1-3 innings.
Brad Lidge pitched a scoreless ninth for his 21st save in 26 chances.
After scoring only nine runs in their last four games, the Phillies put up five
against Anibal Sanchez (11-9) in the second to take a 5-1 lead.
Carlos Ruiz walked on four pitches with the bases loaded to force in the first
run. After Oswalt flied out to shallow right, Shane Victorino hit an RBI single
to right that made it 2-1. Stanton nailed Domonic Brown by several feet trying
to score on the hit.
Polanco then ripped a two-run double down the left-field line and Utley's RBI
single made it 5-1.
Ramirez hit a two-run drive that just cleared the wall in left-center to cut it
to 5-3 in the third. Maybin connected in the fifth to get the Marlins within
5-4. Stanton crushed one into the second deck in left to give Florida a 1-0
lead in the second.
Utley had an RBI single and Raul Ibanez doubled in a run to extend
Philadelphia's lead to 7-4 in the fifth.
Mendez (1-0) left the first game in the seventh after hurting his right
quadriceps running to first base on a single. He slowed down and hobbled to the
bag before he was helped to the dugout. Mendez said he just cramped up and
would be fine.
The Phillies, held to one hit three times already this season, finished with
three overall.
Stanton and Chad Tracy homered and Dan Uggla drove in three runs for Florida.
Marlins rookie Logan Morrison, hit in the face by a foul ball from teammate
Emilio Bonifacio while in the on-deck circle Sunday, went 1 for 4 and scored a
run.
Mendez struck out six, walked two and hit a batter with a pitch. The
28-year-old righty was 5-5 with a 3.98 ERA between Double-A and Triple-A before
getting called up after seven seasons in the minors. He had just 20 starts,
including nine this year, in 350 career appearances.
Vance Worley (0-1) allowed two runs and six hits, striking out five in five
innings in his first career start for Philadelphia. The right-hander was 10-7
in the minors this year, and pitched a scoreless inning in his only previous
appearance with the Phillies.
He might have earned himself another shot if the Phillies decide to replace the
struggling Kyle Kendrick in the rotation.
Jayson Werth's RBI single in the ninth prevented Philadelphia's 12th shutout.
Uggla's two-out single in the first gave Florida a 1-0 lead. He added a two-run
double in the ninth.
Tracy put the Marlins up 2-0 in the second with his first homer since last
September with Arizona. Tracy, who hit 47 homers from 2005-06 for the
Diamondbacks, went 95 at-bats without going deep.
Stanton's two-run shot off Chad Durbin made it 4-0 in the eighth.
Notes: The Phillies purchased the contract of LHP Nate Robertson and called up
LHP Mike Zagurski from Triple-A before the opener. ... Ramirez extended his
hitting streak to 14 games in the second game. ... A crowd of 45,373 in the
nightcap was the 112th straight sellout at Citizens Bank Park. ... Lidge is 11
for 12 since his fourth blown save.
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