Brewers Bounce Marlins (6-5) In 11 Innings
MIAMI (CBS4) – Josh Wilson homered with two out in the 11th inning Sunday to help the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Florida Marlins by a run for the third day in a row, 6-5.
The Brewers won despite blowing a 5-0 lead. Wilson's hit off Mike Dunn (4-3) was the first for Milwaukee in 5 2-3 innings against Florida's bullpen.
Tim Dillard (1-0) escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and pitched 1 2-3 scoreless innings. John Axford worked the 11th, retiring Gaby Sanchez on a groundout with two on for his 16th save in 18 chances.
The Marlins left 11 runners on base and went 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position. They've stranded 31 runners and gone 5 for 32 (.156) with runners in scoring position in the first three games of the four-game series.
Milwaukee improved to 19-6 since May 9, best in the majors. The Brewers have the best home record in the majors, but they arrived in Miami only 9-19 on the road.
The Marlins have lost four games in a row, all by one run. They've dropped seven of nine since sweeping the NL champion Giants.
Florida backup catcher Brett Hayes hit his first career grand slam to tie it at 5 in the sixth, but the Marlins missed a chance to win the game in the ninth.
With the game still tied, Dillard entered and pitched out of a one-out, bases-loaded jam. Sanchez bounced into a forceout at the plate, and Mike Stanton flied to left.
The Marlins also left the bases loaded in the first.
Milwaukee's Rickie Weeks hit a two-run homer, his 11th of the season and No. 100 for his career. He also had an RBI single.
Wilson, making his first start for the Brewers, singled and scored in the fourth.
Chris Narveson took a shutout into the sixth for Milwaukee but got only one more out. He gave up an RBI double by Sanchez, then departed after walking Greg Dobbs to load the bases.
Marco Estrada struck out the next batter, but Hayes lined a 2-2 pitch into the seats for his second homer of the season.
Florida's Anibal Sanchez lasted only five innings and allowed five runs, the last one scoring on a two-out balk.
The game was scoreless until the third, when the Brewers scored three times. Narveson led off with an infield single, and Weeks homered. Nyjer Morgan doubled, and with two out Jonathan Lucroy singled off the glove of shortstop Emilio Bonifacio to drive home the run.
Weeks singled home a run in the fourth and later came home on the two-out balk.
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