Marlins down Rays in Citrus Series clash

MIAMI - Logan Morrison hit a game-tying home run in the fourth inning and doubled in Florida's two-run eighth to help the Marlins beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-3, on Friday night.

Morrison scored Florida's final run from third on a sacrifice fly to the first baseman.

The Marlins fell behind, 2-0, but rallied for their 14th come-from-behind win, which tied them with Colorado for the most in the majors.

Mike Stanton hit his 10th homer for Florida. Chris Coghlan, who had been in a 3-for-33 slump, had two hits and scored a run.

Leo Nunez needed only seven pitches in a perfect ninth for his 16th save, the most in the major leagues. He has yet to blow a save.

The first game of the Citrus Series between the state's two attendance-challenged teams drew a paid crowd of 18,111. The Marlins improved to 128-107 (.545) in interleague play, best in the NL.

With the score 3-all, the Rays wasted a leadoff double in the eighth.

Not the Marlins. Hanley Ramirez led off the bottom of the eighth with a single against Joel Peralta (1-3). Ramirez took third on Morrison's double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Gaby Sanchez.

With the infield in, Stanton hit a pop-up that sent first baseman Casey Kotchman retreating to the grass to make the catch with his back to the plate, and an alert Morrison tagged up and scored.

Marlins 5, Rays 3

Tampa Bay 200 000 100 – 3 7 1

Florida 100 200 02x – 5 9 0

Tampa Bay AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

 Jaso c 3   1   1   0   0   1   .221

c-Shoppach ph-c 1   0   0   0   0   1   .164

Zobrist 2b 4   0   0   0   0   2   .268

Damon lf 4   1   1   0   0   0   .265

Jo.Peralta p 0   0   0   0   0   0   ---

Longoria 3b 4   0   0   0   0   0   .221

Joyce rf 4   1   2   2   0   1   .358

B.Upton cf 1   0   0   0   0   0   .258

Ruggiano cf 2   0   0   0   1   1   .000

Kotchman 1b 3   0   2   1   0   0   .340

E.Johnson ss 3   0   0   0   0   1   .263

C.Ramos p 0   0   0   0   0   0   ---

Fuld lf 0   0   0   0   0   0   .233

Sonnanstine p 2   0   0   0   0   2   .000

Howell p 0   0   0   0   0   0   ---

B.Gomes p 0   0   0   0   0   0   ---

S.Rodriguez ss 1   0   1   0   0   0   .205

Totals 32   3   7   3   1   9   

Florida AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

 Coghlan cf 4   1   2   0   0   2   .244

H.Ramirez ss 4   1   1   0   0   0   .217

Morrison lf 4   2   2   2   0   0   .325

G.Sanchez 1b 3   0   0   1   0   0   .311

Dobbs 3b 3   0   2   0   1   0   .347

Stanton rf 3   1   2   2   0   1   .270

J.Buck c 4   0   0   0   0   1   .226

Infante 2b 3   0   0   0   0   1   .230

Ani.Sanchez p 2   0   0   0   0   0   .059

a-Cousins ph 0   0   0   0   0   0   .167

b-Helms ph 0   0   0   0   1   0   .211

M.Dunn p 0   0   0   0   0   0   ---

L.Nunez p 0   0   0   0   0   0   ---

Totals 30   5   9   5   2   5   

a-was announced for Ani.Sanchez in the 7th. b-was intentionally walked for Cousins in the 7th. c-struck out for Jaso in the 8th. E: Zobrist (3). LOB: Tampa Bay 3, Florida 5. 2B: S.Rodriguez (8), Coghlan (12), Morrison (8). 3B: Joyce 2 (2). HR: Morrison (6), off Sonnanstine; Stanton (10), off Sonnanstine. RBIs: Joyce 2 (23), Kotchman (8), Morrison 2 (14), G.Sanchez (27), Stanton 2 (23). CS: E.Johnson (1). SF: G.Sanchez, Stanton. RLSP: Tampa Bay 3 (B.Upton, E.Johnson, Damon); Florida 1 (Infante). RA: H.Ramirez, Morrison, J.Buck. GIDP: E.Johnson, Infante. DP: Tampa Bay 1 (Longoria, Zobrist, Kotchman); Florida 1 (H.Ramirez, Infante, G.Sanchez).

Tampa Bay IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Sonnanstine 5   7   3   3   0   1   75   4.21

Howell 1   0   0   0   0   1   14   0.00

B.Gomes 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   16   3.12

C.Ramos 1/3   0   0   0   1   1   10   3.95

Jo.Peralta (L 1-3) 1   2   2   2   1   0   21   3.47

Florida IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Ani.Sanchez 7   6   3   3   1   6   110   3.02

M.Dunn (W 4-2) 1   1   0   0   0   2   18   1.80

L.Nunez (S 16-16) 1   0   0   0   0   1   7   2.78

IBB: off Jo.Peralta (Dobbs), off C.Ramos (Helms). Umpires: Home, John Hirschbeck; first, Wally Bell; second, Laz Diaz; third, Scott Barry.

T: 2:45. A: 18,111 (38,560).

Pirates 10, Tigers 1

PITTSBURGH - Neil Walker homered and drove in a career-high five runs to lead Pittsburgh past Detroit.

Walker's two-run double in the sixth off reliever Brayan Villarreal helped break open a tight game. Walker later added a three-run homer in the ninth.

Jeff Karstens (3-2) put together his best performance of the year. He retired the first 14 he faced and gave up just one run on three hits in six innings, striking out four without issuing a walk.

Brad Penny (5-5) took the loss.

Detroit 000 001 000 – 1 7 0

Pittsburgh 000 106 03x – 10 10 1

Detroit AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

A.Jackson cf 4   0   1   0   0   2   .237

S.Sizemore 2b 4   0   0   0   0   1   .204

Boesch rf 4   0   0   0   0   0   .265

Valverde p 0   0   0   0   0   0   ---

Mi.Cabrera 1b 4   0   2   0   0   0   .309

1-C.Wells pr 0   0   0   0   0   0   .239

V.Martinez c 4   0   1   0   0   0   .313

Dirks lf 4   0   1   0   0   0   .300

Kelly 3b 4   0   0   0   0   2   .239

Santiago ss 3   1   2   1   0   0   .291

Penny p 2   0   0   0   0   2   .000

Villarreal p 0   0   0   0   0   0   ---

Benoit p 0   0   0   0   0   0   ---

b-Raburn ph-rf 1   0   0   0   0   0   .204

Totals 34   1   7   1   0   7   

Pittsburgh AB   R   H   BI   BB   SO   Avg.   

A.McCutchen cf 4   1   1   0   1   1   .247

Tabata lf 3   3   2   0   2   0   .235

G.Jones rf 4   2   2   2   1   1   .252

Ascanio p 0   0   0   0   0   0   ---

Walker 2b 5   1   2   5   0   1   .288

Overbay 1b 5   1   1   1   0   0   .235

Doumit c 4   0   1   1   0   0   .284

Br.Wood 3b 2   1   0   0   2   1   .214

Cedeno ss 3   0   1   0   1   1   .246

Karstens p 2   0   0   0   0   1   .133

a-Diaz ph 1   1   0   1   0   0   .227

D.McCutchen p 0   0   0   0   0   0   ---

Resop p 0   0   0   0   0   0   ---

c-Paul ph-rf 1   0   0   0   0   0   .244

Totals 34   10   10   10   7   6   

a-grounded into a fielder's choice for Karstens in the 6th. b-reached on error for Benoit in the 8th. c-grounded out for Resop in the 8th.1-ran for Mi.Cabrera in the 9th. E: A.McCutchen (2). LOB: Detroit 6, Pittsburgh 7. 2B: A.Jackson (9), G.Jones (4), Walker (11). HR: Santiago (1), off Karstens; Overbay (4), off Penny; Walker (6), off Valverde. RBIs: Santiago (5), G.Jones 2 (15), Walker 5 (29), Overbay (15), Doumit (15), Diaz (6). SB: A.McCutchen (6), Cedeno (1), Diaz (2). RLSP: Detroit 3 (Boesch 2, Kelly); Pittsburgh 5 (A.McCutchen, Cedeno 2, Walker, Overbay). GIDP: Kelly. DP: Pittsburgh 1 (Cedeno, Walker, Overbay).

Detroit IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Penny (L 4-4) 52/3   6   5   5   5   4   105   4.45

Villarreal 1/3   2   2   2   1   0   15   6.46

Benoit 1   0   0   0   0   2   15   7.47

Valverde 1   2   3   3   1   0   22   2.84

Pittsburgh IP   H   R   ER   BB   SO   NP   ERA   

Karstens (W 3-2) 6   3   1   1   0   4   75   3.32

D.McCutchen 1   2   0   0   0   0   12   0.49

Resop 1   1   0   0   0   2   21   4.43

Ascanio 1   1   0   0   0   1   14   4.91

IR-S: Villarreal 2-2. Umpires: Home, Mark Wegner; first, Chris Guccione; second, Mike Winters; third, Mike Muchlinski.

T: 2:59. A: 24,396 (38,362).