Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Miami 6, Philadelphia 5
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, August 26, 2011
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Ed Rapuano, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Alfonso Marquez, 3B - Ed Hickox
Attendance: 45523

John Buck belted a sixth-inning grand slam and the visiting Florida Marlins held on to win the opener of an abbreviated two-game series with the major league-leading Philadelphia Phillies, 6-5, on Friday.

Logan Morrison and Greg Dobbs drove in runs for the Marlins, who roughed up Roy Oswalt (6-8) and beat the Phillies for just the fourth time in 13 meetings this season.

Ryan Howard hit a three-run homer for the Phillies, who have lost two straight for the first time since July 27-28.

Buck gave Florida a 6-1 lead by drilling a 1-0 breaking ball just over the scoreboard in right for his second grand slam of the season and fourth of his career.

The Phillies were stymied by Clay Hensley (2-5) for 5 2/3 innings, but after he left Howard cut the margin to 6-4 with his two-out blast off reliever Mike Dunn – Howard's 27th.

Steve Cishek allowed a one-out RBI double to Michael Martinez in the ninth before earning his third save by retiring Shane Victorino and Placido Polanco.

The teams will wrap up Saturday afternoon. A day-night doubleheader was scheduled to avoid Hurricane Irene, but the nightcap was later canceled. Sunday’s contest has been rescheduled for Sept. 15.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Miami   Philadelphia
Clay Hensley Player Roy Oswalt
Win W/L Loss
5.2 IP 5.2
1 Strikeouts 2
3 Hits 12
4.76 ERA 7.94
Hitting
Miami   Philadelphia
Greg DobbsPlayer Hunter Pence
4 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
6 TB 2
.800 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Miami 14 1 23 .350 17 7 5 1 1 1
Philadelphia 9 2 18 .243 10 4 5 1 0 1