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Marlins rough up Phillies

Published: Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at 12:00 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA - Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs with a homer and two doubles, and Josh Johnson pitched seven strong innings to lead the Florida Marlins over the Philadelphia Phillies 15-2.

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Florida Marlins starting pitcher Josh Johnson throws in the second inning.

The Associated Press

Chase Utley extended his hitting streak to 32 games for Philadelphia, but Jon Lieber was roughed up in a terrible performance.

Lieber (4-8) allowed nine runs and 13 hits, including three homers, in 4 innings.

Johnson (9-5) gave up one run and five hits. The 22-year-old rookie struck out eight and lowered his NL-best ERA to 2.52.

Jeremy Hermida hit a three-run homer, and Miguel Olivo and Dan Uggla each added a two-run shot for the Marlins, who snapped a three-game losing skid.

A day after sending two-time All-Star right fielder Bobby Abreu and starting pitcher Cory Lidle to the New York Yankees for four minor league prospects, the Phillies traded left-handed reliever Rheal Cormier to Cincinnati for another minor leaguer.

The underachieving Phillies, who trail the Reds by 5 games in the NL wild-card standings, made four trades in the past week to dump salaries and restock their farm system.

One player they plan to keep in Philadelphia for a while is Utley. The All-Star second baseman was 0-for-2 against Johnson before he singled off the glove of diving second baseman Uggla. Utley's streak is the longest in the major leagues this season, and second-longest in team history.

Shortstop Jimmy Rollins has the longest Phillies streak at 38 games - the final 36 of last season and the first two this year. Ed Delahanty had a 31-game run in 1899.

Lieber completely unraveled in the fifth, allowing four runs after Mike Jacobs' fly ball fell in for a double because right fielder David Dellucci lost it in the sun.

Lieber intentionally walked Cabrera and fanned Josh Willingham for the second out, but Hermida homered to right-center to make it 8-1. Three straight singles, the last by Johnson, chased Lieber, who jogged off the mound to a chorus of boos.

Lieber won 17 games in his first season in Philadelphia, but has been a major disappointment this year.

Cabrera put Florida ahead 2-0 in the first inning with an opposite-field homer to right. Olivo made it 4-0 with another opposite-field drive in the second.

  • DIAMONDBACKS 15, CUBS 4:

    Orlando Hudson hit home runs from both sides of the plate, including his first career grand slam, as visiting Arizona hit a team-record six homers.

    Rookie Stephen Drew hit his first career home run, and Shawn Green, Chad Tracy and Eric Byrnes also went deep for the Diamondbacks, who had a season-high scoring total.

  • ROCKIES 4, BREWERS 2:

    Aaron Cook won for the first time in a month and host Colorado found some of its missing power at the plate.

    Garrett Atkins and Matt Holliday hit back-to-back homers in the third inning as the Rockies won consecutive games for the first time since a four-game sweep at Washington June 12-15.

    Hudson homered left-handed with the bases loaded against Mark Prior (0-5) in the third inning, driving a 3-1 pitch just over the wall in left-center to make it 6-1. Hudson added a two-run shot from the right side in the seventh off Glendon Rusch. Drew, the No. 8 hitter, immediately followed with his homer to make it 10-3.

    Brandon Webb (12-4) gave up long homer to Aramis Ramirez, giving up four runs and eight hits in seven innings. He tied Carlos Zambrano and Jason Marquis for the NL lead in victories.

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