The Phillies ended their losing streak at two games with a 3-1 win over the Marlins in game two of their series on Tuesday night. The Phillies took a 3-0 lead Tommy Joseph’s first major league home run in the second, a Peter Borjous RBI single in the fifth, and a Marcel Ozuna fielding error in the sixth. The Marlins avoided the shutout with a run in the ninth on a Derek Dietrich sacrifice fly. Vince Velasquez picked up the win to improve to 5-1, and Jeanmar Gomez picked up his major league leading 15th save. Phillies pitchers combined to strikeout 17 Marlins. The Marlins were 0-7 with RISP, and left 10 on base. Tommy Joseph had his first multi hit game and first RBI. The Phillies improve to 23-17, and the Marlins drop to 21-18.

Marlins: 1 R – 8 H – 1 E

D. Dietrich: 1/4, SF, 1 RBI
Chen: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 6 K 1 HR (L, 3-2)

Phillies: 3 R – 6 H – 0 E

T. Joseph: 3/4, 1 HR, 1 R, 1 RBI
P. Bourjos: 1/2, 1 RBI, 1 SB
V. Velasquez: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 10 K (W, 5-1)
 

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