Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Philadelphia 6, Miami 2
When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, May 3, 2015
Where: Marlins Park, Miami, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Paul Schrieber, 1B - Clint Fagan, 2B - Brian O'Nora, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 20461

MIAMI -- Ryan Howard hit a rare triple to help the Philadelphia Phillies snap a five-game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Miami Marlins on Sunday at Marlins Park.

Miami (12-13) had its four-game winning streak broken and failed in its chance to climb over .500 for the first time this season.

Philadelphia (9-17) trailed 2-1 until the sixth, when Marlins starting pitcher Jarred Cosart (1-2) hit left fielder Darin Ruf with a pitch to lead off the inning.

Howard, the Phillies' 6-foot-4, 260-pound first baseman, tied the score when he hit just his second triple in the past two years and his first of the season. Marlins center fielder Marcell Ozuna took a bad route to the ball, and it skipped past him, and Howard then scored on a single by right fielder Grady Sizemore.

All three of those Phillies players -- Ruf, Howard and Sizemore -- are batting under .200.

Ruf and Howard hit run-scoring singles in the seventh, stretching the Phillies' lead to 5-2. Only one of those two runs was earned, however, due to an error by Marlins second baseman Donovan Solano, his second of the game.

The Phillies made it 6-2 in the eighth on a run-scoring single by center fielder Odubel Herrera.

Phillies starter Severino Gonzalez (1-1), who entered the game with a 23.63 ERA after getting hit hard in his big-league debut against the Cardinals on April 28, got his first victory. He allowed five hits and two runs, lowering his ERA to 10.57.

Miami opened the scoring in the first when left fielder Ichiro Suzuki walked on a 3-2 pitch, stole second and third and scored on right fielder Giancarlo Stanton's sacrifice fly. Those were Suzuki's first steals of the season.

Philadelphia tied the score 1-1 in the sixth when shortstop Cesar Hernandez scored from second on a single by center fielder Ben Revere. Marlins shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria tried to backhand the ball, but couldn't come up with the play.

The Marlins took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth when Solano reached on an infield single and scored on a double to left by his brother, Jhonatan Solano.

NOTES: Marlins 2B Dee Gordon, who leads the majors with a .440 batting average, earned his first rest of the season. LF Ichiro Suzuki replaced him as the leadoff batter, and Donovan Solano replaced him at 2B. ... Marlins rookie C J.T. Realmuto was rested, and Jhonatan Solano started in his place. That meant that brothers (the Solanos) started a game together for the first time in Marlins history. ... Marlins LF Christian Yelich (back) expects to return on Thursday but will do a rehab stint in the minors first. ... Phillies CF Odubel Herrera was rested for the first time since the opening week. The Phillies moved Ben Revere from LF to CF, started Darin Ruf in LF and started Cesar Hernandez in place of Freddy Galvis at shortstop. ... The Phillies conclude their 10-game road trip with games at Atlanta on Monday through Wednesday. ... Miami embarks on a 10-game trip starting Monday with three in Washington followed by four in San Francisco and three at Los Angeles.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Philadelphia   Miami
Severino Gonzalez Player Jarred Cosart
Win W/L Loss
5.0 IP 5.0
5 Strikeouts 6
5 Hits 5
3.60 ERA 5.40
Hitting
Philadelphia   Miami
Ben Revere Player Jhonatan Solano
3 Hits 1
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 2
.600 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Philadelphia 10 0 12 .256 21 11 6 2 2 0
Miami 6 0 7 .194 10 10 2 2 2 2