San Francisco, CA - Miguel Cabrera went 4-for-5 with a solo home run, three RBI and two runs scored as the Florida Marlins downed the San Francisco Giants, 8-5, in the finale of a three-game set at AT&T Park.
Barry Bonds finished the game 0-for-4 and remained at 754 career homers, one shy of Hank Aaron for the all-time record. Bonds grounded out to second in the second, flied out to right in the fourth, grounded out again to second in the sixth and reached first base on an error by Miguel Olivo in the eighth inning.
Jeremy Hermida went 2-for-3 with two RBI and Hanley Ramirez scored a pair of runs for the Marlins, who snapped a six-game losing streak.
Sergio Mitre (5-5) got the win as he gave up five runs on six hits with a pair of walks in 6 2/3 innings of work.
Ryan Klesko and Guillermo Rodriguez each drove in a pair of runs for the Giants, who had a four-game winning streak snapped.
Matt Morris (7-7) was handed the loss as he gave up six runs on 13 hits with eight strikeouts in seven innings of play. He has dropped his last four decisions and has not had a win since June 11.
Florida was trailing 5-2, but used a pair of two-run innings to take the lead.
In the fifth, Ramirez led off with a single and Dan Uggla followed with a double to right. Cabrera then singled to score Ramirez and, after Josh Willingham struck out, Hermida lifted a sacrifice fly to center to plate Uggla and make it a 5-4 game.
In the seventh, Willingham punched a two-out double, Hermida followed with a double to score Willingham and Jason Wood then roped a single to center and plate Hermida for a 6-5 lead.
The Marlins further padded their lead in the eighth inning. With runners on second and third and one out, Uggla’s sac fly to right scored Todd Linden and Cabrera followed with a single that plated Ramirez for an 8-5 lead.
Kevin Gregg retired the Giants in order in the ninth to pick up his 21st save of the season.
The Marlins took a 1-0 lead in the first as Cabrera hit a two-out double and crossed the plate when Willingham followed with a triple.
Florida made it a 2-0 game in the third as Cabrera belted a two-out, solo home run, his 25th of the season.
The Giants, though, took the lead in the fourth with five runs. Klesko belted a double to the gap in left-center to score Randy Winn and Ray Durham. After Pedro Feliz singled, Omar Vizquel roped a single to plate Klesko. Rodriguez then nailed a double and Feliz and Vizquel crossed the plate for a 5-2 lead.
Game Notes
San Francisco hits the road for a three-game set in Los Angeles starting on Tuesday…Florida returns home to face the Rockies for three games beginning on Tuesday…Florida outhit San Francisco, 17-7…Cabrera has 77 RBI on the season…Attendance was 42,965.
