PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Things are going so poorly for the Miami Marlins they’re losing runs.
Giancarlo Stanton homered twice, Miami got a solid outing from starter Nathan Eovaldi and they had 13 hits against six Phillies pitchers. Still, Jimmy Rollins homered with two outs in the 10th inning Saturday night to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-4 win.
It was the sixth straight loss for the Marlins, who lost two runs when a safe call was overturned by replay in the second inning.
“That seems to be the rut we’re in right now,” Miami manager Mike Redmond said. “Every mistake we make comes back to haunt us.”
Rollins drove a 2-2 pitch from Dan Jennings (0-1) into the seats in left. It was the 201st career homer for Rollins, but just the second game ender of his career. The first came June 23, 2010, against Cleveland.
Rollins said he was very upset with a comment directed toward him by a fan sitting near the home team’s dugout during his final at-bat.
“There was some fan in the stands popping off,” Rollins said. “He was right behind our dugout, close enough to yell and piss me off, honestly. It was something pretty ignorant, but it worked.”
After hitting the ball, Rollins turned and yelled in the fan’s direction. Rollins said he told the fan to shut up, using an abbreviated expletive.
“I was locked and had some aggression. It just worked out I was able to tell him,” Rollins said.
B.J. Rosenberg (1-0) pitched a scoreless 10th for the victory.
Rollins finished with three hits and hot-hitting Chase Utley had two doubles and drove in a run for Philadelphia, which has won 12 of 15 against the Marlins.
Through nine games, Utley is batting .500 with five doubles and eight RBIs.
Tony Gwynn Jr., starting in center and leading off for the second straight day in place of Ben Revere (sore ribs), had a pair of hits.
Stanton finished with three hits and three RBIs for the Marlins. His first homer, measured at 470 feet, cleared the seats in left-center and landed on Ashburn Alley - a popular outfield concessions spot. The fifth-inning solo drive off Jonathan Pettibone pulled Miami to 4-2.
“I don’t want to be a part of it, but you just go along with it,” Pettibone said.
Stanton tied it at 4 in the seventh when he drilled reliever Justin De Fratus’ first offering to deep left for a two-run shot. It was the 10th two-homer game for Stanton.
Stanton was due to bat second in the 11th if the game continued.
“We had Giancarlo coming up and that wasn’t a good thing,” Rollins said.
Said Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg: “The first two swings it looked like he had one thing in mind and that was not to play any more extra innings.”
Eovaldi went 6 1-3 innings, giving up four runs on seven hits while striking out five and walking none.
“After the third inning, I started to settle down,” he said. “We were in the game. We had chances almost every inning.”
Said Redmond: “Eovaldi gave us some solid innings. We had runners in scoring position but couldn’t get them in.”
Rollins’ RBI single and Utley’s run-scoring double gave Philadelphia a 2-0 lead after one.
The Marlins got a run back in the second and would have scored at least two more if not for replay.
Second base umpire Gary Cederstrom called Marcell Ozuna safe at second, saying that Ozuna beat shortstop Rollins to the bag on a forceout after Utley ranged right and threw to Rollins on Stanton’s grounder up the middle.
But Sandberg challenged the call and, after a 2 minute, 27 seconds delay, umpires overturned the call. Replays showed that Rollins touched the bag before Ozuna for the final out.
“It really cost us a couple of runs,” Redmond said.
Adeiny Hechavarria had scored, Christian Yelich likely would have scored and the Marlins then would’ve had runners on first and second with two outs.
“Normally that would be a huge play in the game,” Sandberg said. “I’m glad it went in our favor. It was a successful challenge and big in that moment.”
NOTES: Miami’s Derek Dietrich was a late scratch from the lineup due to lower back tightness. Jeff Baker started at second for him. … Hamels pitched six strong innings in a rehab start for Class-A Clearwater on Saturday night, giving up one run on six hits with six strikeouts and no walks. … Revere grounded out pinch-hitting in the 10th. … The three-game series concludes at 1:35 Sunday when Philadelphia RHP Kyle Kendrick (0-1, 3.75) faces Marlins RHP Henderson Alvarez (0-2, 4.15).
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