Florida Marlins vs Philadelphia Phillies
1:05 PM ET, June 16, 2011
Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
As the Philadelphia Phillies continue to surge, the Florida Marlins remain in a freefall.
Looking for his fifth straight winning start at home, Cliff Lee tries to help the Phillies extend their season-high winning streak to seven and sweep the Marlins, who have dropped six in a row.
After rolling to a 9-1 win over Florida on Tuesday, Philadelphia (43-26) swept a doubleheader from the Marlins on Wednesday. Jimmy Rollins' three-run homer highlighted an 8-1 win in the opener and Carlos Ruiz had a run-scoring single in the 10th inning to give the Phillies a 5-4 comeback victory in the nightcap.
"Things happen for you when you're going good," said Phillies manager Charlie Manuel, whose team has won nine of 11.
The Phillies have not swept a series of more than three games from Florida since doing so in a rare five-game set June 28-July 1, 2001.
Florida (32-36) has lost 16 of 18, and gone from two games back to 10 1/2 behind the NL-East leading Phillies in 11 days. The Marlins led 4-2 in the ninth of the nightcap before Shane Victorino forced extra innings with a two-run single.
Looking for his fifth straight winning start at home, Cliff Lee tries to help the Phillies extend their season-high winning streak to seven and sweep the Marlins, who have dropped six in a row.
After rolling to a 9-1 win over Florida on Tuesday, Philadelphia (43-26) swept a doubleheader from the Marlins on Wednesday. Jimmy Rollins' three-run homer highlighted an 8-1 win in the opener and Carlos Ruiz had a run-scoring single in the 10th inning to give the Phillies a 5-4 comeback victory in the nightcap.
"Things happen for you when you're going good," said Phillies manager Charlie Manuel, whose team has won nine of 11.
The Phillies have not swept a series of more than three games from Florida since doing so in a rare five-game set June 28-July 1, 2001.
Florida (32-36) has lost 16 of 18, and gone from two games back to 10 1/2 behind the NL-East leading Phillies in 11 days. The Marlins led 4-2 in the ninth of the nightcap before Shane Victorino forced extra innings with a two-run single.
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