Oswalt helps Phillies split doubleheader
September 7, 2010
PHILADELPHIA (AP)—Roy Oswalt(notes) found a way to win without dominant stuff.
Oswalt pitched seven effective innings, helping the Philadelphia Philliesbeat the Florida Marlins 7-4 Monday to split their day-night doubleheader.
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Placido Polanco(notes) had a double, triple and two RBIs and Chase Utley(notes) also drovein a pair as the Phillies moved within a half-game of NL East-leading Atlanta.
In the opener, Adalberto Mendez(notes) pitched one-hit ball for six scorelessinnings before injuring himself in his major league debut, and the Marlins won7-1.
Oswalt (11-13) allowed four runs and six hits, striking out seven. Thethree-time All-Star is 5-1 since joining the Phillies in a trade with Houston onJuly 29. Philadelphia is 7-1 in his starts.
“First time I’ve won giving up four runs,” Oswalt said. “It’s nice.”
Oswalt came in with the lowest run support of any starter in the majors at2.85 per outing. He was 0-5 in five starts when giving up four or more runs.
Mike Stanton(notes), Hanley Ramirez(notes) and Cameron Maybin(notes) each homered off Oswalt, whogave up just one run in his previous 21 1-3 innings.
Brad Lidge(notes) pitched a scoreless ninth for his 21st save in 26 chances.
After scoring only nine runs in their last four games, the Phillies put upfive against Anibal Sanchez(notes) (11-9) in the second to take a 5-1 lead.
“It’s just been the inconsistency of our offense,” manager Charlie Manuelsaid.
Carlos Ruiz(notes) walked on four pitches with the bases loaded to force in thefirst run. After Oswalt flied out to shallow right, Shane Victorino(notes) hit an RBIsingle to right that made it 2-1. Stanton nailed Domonic Brown(notes) by several feettrying to score on the hit.
Polanco then ripped a two-run double down the left-field line and Utley’sRBI single made it 5-1.
Ramirez hit a two-run drive that just cleared the wall in left-center to cutit to 5-3 in the third. Maybin connected in the fifth to get the Marlins within5-4. Stanton crushed one into the second deck in left to give Florida a 1-0 leadin the second.
Utley had an RBI single and Raul Ibanez(notes) doubled in a run to extendPhiladelphia’s lead to 7-4 in the fifth.
Mendez (1-0) left the first game in the seventh after hurting his rightquadriceps running to first base on a single. He slowed down and hobbled to thebag before he was helped to the dugout.
“I’m fine. It was just a cramp,” Mendez said. “I’ve never had that happenbefore.”
Mendez collected three souvenir balls from his first game.
“First win, first strikeout and first hit,” he said proudly, looking atthe balls in his locker.
The Phillies, held to one hit three times already this season, finished withthree overall.
Stanton and Chad Tracy(notes) homered and Dan Uggla(notes) drove in three runs forFlorida. Marlins rookie Logan Morrison(notes), hit in the face by a foul ball fromteammate Emilio Bonifacio(notes) while in the on-deck circle Sunday, went 1 for 4 andscored a run.
Mendez struck out six, walked two and hit a batter with a pitch. The28-year-old righty was 5-5 with a 3.98 ERA between Double-A and Triple-A beforegetting called up after seven seasons in the minors. He had just 20 starts,including nine this year, in 350 career appearances.
“He was throwing strikes and attacking the hitters,” Marlins manager EdwinRodriguez said. “Everybody was wondering about him. Then after the thirdinning, they were saying, ‘This kid’s for real.”’
Vance Worley(notes) (0-1) allowed two runs and six hits, striking out five in fiveinnings in his first career start for Philadelphia. The right-hander was 10-7 inthe minors this year, and pitched a scoreless inning in his only previousappearance with the Phillies.
He might have earned himself another shot if the Phillies decide to replacethe struggling Kyle Kendrick(notes) in the rotation.
“Hopefully, I get another opportunity,” Worley said.
Jayson Werth’s(notes) RBI single in the ninth prevented Philadelphia’s 12thshutout.
Uggla’s two-out single in the first gave Florida a 1-0 lead. He added atwo-run double in the ninth.
Tracy put the Marlins up 2-0 in the second with his first homer since lastSeptember with Arizona. Tracy, who hit 47 homers from 2005-06 for theDiamondbacks, went 95 at-bats without going deep.
Stanton’s two-run shot off Chad Durbin(notes) made it 4-0 in the eighth.
Notes: The Phillies purchased the contract of LHP Nate Robertson(notes) and calledup LHP Mike Zagurski(notes) from Triple-A before the opener. … Ramirez extended hishitting streak to 14 games in the second game. … A crowd of 45,373 in thenightcap was the 112th straight sellout at Citizens Bank Park. … Lidge is 11for 12 since his fourth blown save.
