PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia pitcher Cole Hamels won his first game in more than a month and hot-hitting Domonic Brown again homered Wednesday afternoon as the Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 6-1 to reach .500 for the first time since April 14.
Hamels (2-9), who ended a career-worst six-game losing streak, had not won since his only victory of the season on April 28, over the New York Mets. He pitched seven innings against the Marlins and allowed one run and four hits while striking out a season-high 11 and walking one.
Brown hit his National League-leading 18th homer, a two-run shot, in a five-run seventh inning for the Phillies, who ran their winning streak to a season-high four games and evened their record at 30-30. They last reached .500 when they were 6-6.
It was also the 10th homer in 12 games for Brown, who victimized Marlins reliever A.J. Ramos (0-2).
Pinch-hitter Delmon Young, batting for Hamels, singled with one out in the seventh. Ben Revere also singled, and one out later, Jimmy Rollins singled to chase home pinch-runner Cesar Hernandez with the go-ahead run.
Ryan Howard then drove in two runs with his first triple of the season, and Brown lined a 3-1 pitch from Ramos into the right-field seats.
Phillies catcher Erik Kratz doubled home a run in the second, but the Marlins’ Derek Dietrich tied it at 1-1 with a homer off Hamels in the fourth.
Marlins pitcher Jacob Turner, making his second start of the season, allowed four hits and one run in six innings before giving way to Ramos. Turner struck out four and walked four.
NOTES: It was the 23rd double-digit strikeout game of Hamels’ career and his second this season. … Phillies RHP Roy Halladay, who before Wednesday’s game addressed reporters for the first time since undergoing shoulder surgery on May 15, said he hopes to return this season, though at this point there is no timetable. Halladay, who has not pitched since May 5, is 2-4 with an 8.65 ERA in seven starts this season. … According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Phillies OF John Mayberry Jr. on Tuesday became the first player in major league history to hit two home runs in extra innings in one game, with one of them being a walk-off grand slam. … Plate umpire John Hirschbeck was taken for X-rays after he was struck on the right hand by a pitch from Ramos in the seventh inning. Second base ump Jeff Reynolds moved behind the plate, and the game was completed with three umpires. … Crew chief Bob Davidson, the subject of the fans’ ire when he made a questionable interference call against the Phillies on Tuesday night, was again booed when introduced before the game.