NATIONAL LEAGUE Late rally helps Marlins down reeling Cardinals

Florida handed St. Louis its sixth loss in seven games.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI -- Mike Lowell's homer sparked a five-run seventh inning that helped the Florida Marlins beat St. Louis 5-3 Saturday night, the Cardinals' sixth loss in seven games.
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa served his one-game suspension for a fight between the Cardinals and Arizona last weekend. La Russa watched the game from a suite while third base coach Jose Oquendo took over.
Jason Simontacchi held the Marlins to two hits through six innings and had a 2-0 lead before Lowell led off the seventh with his fifth homer.
Several of his teammates also got RBI hits in the inning.
Derrek Lee singled, prompting the Cardinals to turn to the bullpen, but pinch-hitters Brian Banks and Mike Redmond also got hits. Lee scored on Redmond's single to even the score at 2.
Juan Pierre, Luis Castillo and Ivan Rodriguez followed with RBI singles up the middle. Pierre and Castillo got hits past drawn-in infields.
The victory was Florida's seventh come-from-behind win this season and fourth when trailing after six innings.
Josh Beckett (2-2) gave up two runs on six hits and a walk in seven innings, winning for the first time in four starts.
The Cardinals scored an unearned run in the eighth off reliever Armando Almanza, but Braden Looper recorded four outs for his fourth save.
Steve Kline (0-3) allowed a hit and a run and got his second loss in as many outings. He also picked up the loss Thursday night at Atlanta.
The Cardinals scored runs in the fourth and sixth innings.
Albert Pujols walked, moved to third on Jim Edmonds' double and scored on a wild pitch. Edmonds finished with three doubles.
Edmonds also doubled in the sixth, a fly ball that left fielder Todd Hollandsworth lost in the lights. Orlando Palmeiro scored on the play.
ST. LOUISFLORIDA
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Vina 2b5010Pierre cf3111
OPlmro rf4110LCstillo 2b4021
Pujols lf2110IRdrgz c3011
Mrrero rf1000JEcrcn rf4000
Edmnd cf4131Lowell 3b4111
Rolen 3b3000DeLee 1b4110
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Rbnson ph1000Almnza p0000
Stcchi p3000Looper p0000
Kline p0000Beckett p2000
Hrmns p0000Rdmnd ph1011
JDrew ph1010GWlms lf0100
Totals34382Totals32595
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Florida00000050x--5
E--Beckett (1), GWilliams (1). DP--Florida 1. LOB--St. Louis 7, Florida 5. 2B--Vina (4), Edmonds 3 (9), Matheny (6). HR--Lowell (5). CS--LCastillo (4). SF--TMartinez.
IPHRERBBSO
St. Louis
Simontacchi6 1-342220
Kline L,0-3011100
Hermanson1 2-342201
Florida
Beckett W,2-2762216
Almanza2-311010
Looper S,41 1-310000
Kline pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
WP--Beckett 2.
Umpires--Home, Marty Foster; First, Gary Darling; Second, Terry Craft; Third, Fieldin Culbreth.
T--3:03. A--12,286.
Phillies 10, Giants 2
PHILADELPHIA -- Bobby Abreu homered, scored four runs and knocked in three for Philadelphia.
Jim Thome also homered and drove in two runs for the Phillies, who have won four of five. Abreu is 9-for-19 with nine RBIs and seven runs scored in his last five games.
The loss snapped the Giants' three-game winning streak, but their 18-5 start still matches their best since moving to San Francisco in 1958 -- tying the 1962 and 1971 teams.
SAN FRANPHILA
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NPerez 2b1110Ledee cf5220
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Aurilia ss5020Mchels rf0000
Bonds lf3000Burrell lf5110
Zerbe p0000Thome 1b3212
Feliz ph1000DaBell 3b2111
JoCruz rf2010Pratt c3012
Benard lf1000ToPerz 2b4021
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Trralba c2010Utley ph1000
Snow 1b4010CSilva p1000
Grssom cf4021
JeWms p1000
Brower p1000
RRvera rf1000
Totals34292Totals34101210
San Francisco000100001--2
Philadelphia00032302x--10
DP--Philadelphia 1. LOB--San Francisco 11, Philadelphia 8. 2B--Durham (3), Grissom (7), Ledee (6), BAbreu (5), DaBell (3). 3B--NPerez (1), Ledee (1). HR--BAbreu (3), Thome (3). SB--JoCruz (3), BAbreu (2). S--JeWilliams, Duckworth. SF--Thome.
IPHRERBBSO
San Francisco
JeWilliams L,0-1455553
Brower253305
Zerbe222200
Philadelphia
Dckwrt W,1-1551132
CSilva S,1441102
JeWilliams pitched to 2 batters in the 5th., HBP--by Brower (DaBell), by Duckworth (BSantiago), by Duckworth (Bonds). WP--JeWilliams. Umpires--Home, Charlie Reliford; First, Mike Everitt; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Larry Young.
T--3:06. A--19,464.
Braves 3, Brewers 2
ATLANTA -- Marcus Giles hit a solo home run in the seventh as Atlanta rallied.
With one out, Giles lined the first pitch he saw from reliever Valerio De Los Santos (0-2) into the seats in right-center, a 410-foot shot that gave the Braves their 10th victory in 12 games.
A night after the Brewers hit five homers in a 12-5 victory, they managed only five hits. Richie Sexson, who hit three home runs in that game, went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts.
MILWAUKEEATLANTA
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Sexson 1b3000Shffield rf4000
Jenkins lf2100CJones lf3010
BClark rf3010Smoltz p0000
Vn Wal rf1000AJones cf3100
Helms 3b3110JuFrco 1b3011
EPerez c3000Castilla 3b4011
Clayton ss4011JLopez c4010
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LVzcno p0000Grybsk p0000
KGintr ph1000MFrco ph1000
Santos p0000King p0000
Lskanic p0000RHrndz p0000
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Totals30251Totals30373
Milwaukee010001000--2
Atlanta10000110x--3
E--Helms (5). LOB--Milwaukee 8, Atlanta 8. 2B--ASanchez (8), Helms (5). HR--MGiles (4). CS--Helms (1). S--EYoung, HRamirez.
IPHRERBBSO
Milwaukee
WFranklin5 1-352140
LVizcaino2-300000
Santos L,0-2121100
Leskanic100001
Atlanta
HRamirez5 1-332144
Gryboski2-300000
King W,2-0100001
RHernandez100011
Smoltz S,9120002
HBP--by HRamirez (Jenkins). WP--WFranklin, HRamirez. PB--JLopez. Umpires--Home, Randy Marsh; First, Sam Holbrook; Second, Paul Schrieber; Third, Angel Hernandez. T--2:52. A--27,313.