PHILADELPHIA -- Chase Utley hit a two-run home run in the 14th inning, lifting the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on Thursday night. Kyler Fackrell Jersey . Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Giancarlo Stanton and Marcell Ozuna homered for Miami. The Marlins managed just two hits from the ninth inning on, however. After the Phillies squandered chances to score in the 10th, 11th and 12th innings, Jimmy Rollins led off the 14th with an infield single. Utley followed by driving an 0-2 pitch from Chris Hatcher (0-1) deep into the seats in right field. Utley was mobbed at home plate by his smiling teammates and met with a pie in the face while giving a TV interview afterward. The game lasted 4 hours, 41 minutes and the teams combined to use 13 pitchers. Justin De Fratus (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings as part of an impressive display by the Philadelphia bullpen. De Fratus, Mario Hollands, Ken Giles, Antonio Bastardo, Jonathan Papelbon and Jake Diekman combined to pitch seven scoreless innings of three-hit relief after Phillies starter Cole Hamels left. Hamels gave up three runs on the solo homers and left after allowing seven hits, striking out seven and walking none in seven innings. It was the 10th straight start Hamels pitched seven innings or more; he is 2-2 in those outings due to a lack of run support. The left-hander entered with an MLB-best 1.66 ERA over his last nine outings, but the Phillies have scored three runs or less in 10 of his 13 starts this season. Overall, Hamels is 2-4. Saltalamacchias homer to left field leading off the third staked Miami to a 1-0 lead. Stanton went deep to start the fourth before Philadelphia got a run back in the bottom of the inning on Carlos Ruizs sacrifice fly. The Phillies tied it in the fifth on Utleys RBI single. But the leadoff homer hurt Hamels again in the seventh when Ozuna started the inning by clearing the fence in left to make it 3-2. The Phillies got a gift run in the seventh off reliever Bryan Morris when first baseman Jeff Baker booted Rollins grounder that should have ended the inning. Bakers error allowed Domonic Brown to score from third. Brown singled pinch-hitting for Hamels to start the inning. He wasnt in the starting lineup for a defensive gaffe, his second in three nights, in Wednesdays 3-2 Marlins win when he misplayed Ozunas fly ball in left field. Marlins right-hander Tom Koehler was in line for the victory before Bakers miscue after giving up two runs on seven hits in six innings with six strikeouts and no walks. NOTES: The teams split the four-game set, and the Marlins remained winless in four-game series in Philadelphia. The Phillies have won eight of the series and the teams have split five. . Miamis Casey McGehee extended his road hitting streak to 17 games with a fourth-inning single. . A fan wearing a Phillies jersey and hat in the first row of the upper deck made an impressive one-handed catch of Ryan Howards foul ball in the sixth inning. . The Phillies open a four-game series against Atlanta on Friday night when RHP Kyle Kendrick (3-7, 4.20) opposes Braves RHP Julio Teheran (6-5, 2.41). Dorsey Levens Jersey . Head coach Randy Carlyle confirmed the news after the Leafs morning skate on Monday. Kozun was hurt during Friday nights home game against the Red Wings and did not make the return trip to Detroit for Saturdays game. B.J. Goodson Jersey . The defending champions’ roller coaster season included trading offensive star Percy Harvin in the midst of the team’s 3-3 start. That move that reportedly irked several Seahawk players, but one management saw necessary to save the team’s chemistry.VANCOUVER -- The Vancouver Canucks have assigned forward Nicklas Jensen to the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League. The move comes after Jensen came off the Canucks injured reserve list. He was hurt in a Sept. 29 exhibition game against Edmonton when he was checked hard into the boards. The 20-year-old native Herning, Denmarkk, played two games for the Canucks last season. Green Bay Packers Store. He also played 20 games for the AHLs Chicago Wolves (two goals, two assists) and 50 games for AIK of the Swedish Elite League (17 goals, six assists). The six-foot-three, 197-pound winger was originally selected 29th overall by the Canucks in the 2011 draft. ' ' '
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