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.
Grant Hill 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).
Shaquille ONeal Magic Jersey . -- Isaiah Pead took a stutter step forward, then raced to the left sideline and travelled 60
yards up the field before finally getting tripped up by a leg tackle.
Swingman C.J. Watson Jersey .Connor Graham, Alex Lintuniemi and Sam Studnicka also scored for Ottawa (11-8-2). Liam Herbst
made 21 saves for the win.Brendan Lemieux had both of Barries (10-10-2)
goals.LAS VEGAS -- The diagonal scar on the bridge of Alexis Daviss nose seems
par for the course for a UFC fighter. The story behind the mark predates
cage-fighting, however. "It was from when I was a kid, actually," the Canadian
bantamweight admitted with a smile. "I was playing around with my sister. I say
she pushed me, but she says I tripped." The 29-year-old from Port Colborne,
Ont., who fights out of San Jose, has had her share of fight cuts that have
morphed into scars. But they are hidden nicely by her eyebrows. The other good
news is blood does not bother Davis. In fact, it can spur her into action as in
a November 2013 win over Liz Carmouche when she turned it up a notch after being
cut over her eye. "It kind of wakes you up a little bit more. Youre like, Yup,
that was a good shot. Now its my turn," said Davis. Suffice to say, theres more
to the soft-spoken Davis than meets the eye. That seems to have escaped the
bookmakers, who have made unbeaten champion (Rowdy) Ronda Rousey a prohibitive
favourite to dispatch Davis -- ranked No. 2 among 135-pound contenders -- in the
co-main event of UFC 175 on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Middleweight champion Chris Weidman takes on former light-heavyweight
title-holder Lyoto (The Dragon) Machida in the main event. Rousey (9-0) ranged
from a 9-1 to 14-1 favourite as of Friday. The UFC had her as a 10-1 favourite.
The bookies clearly havent been to Daviss home, which comes complete with
fold-up wrestling mats stashed in the living room. When youre an elite UFC
fighter and married to a fellow black belt in jiu-jitsu, you like to be able to
put a theory in action when something new and exciting pops into your mind.
Davis (16-5) met husband-to-be Flavio Meier three years ago at his gym in
California. An accomplished black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (his titles
include the 2011 Pan-American championship for black belts) and taekwondo, he is
a head instructor at the Institute of Martial Arts in San Jose. Meier, who moved
to the U.S. from Brazil in 1999, says it was love at first sight -- for him.
"But I had to work a little bit for her," he said. That was three years ago.
They married a year ago, with Meiers three boys -- now aged four, 10 and 13 --
from a previous marriage coming as part of the package. "Its another side of her
that a lot of people dont know," he said. "How caring and what a great person
she is. The kids love her." The 39-year-old Meier says Daviss healthy lifestyle
and work ethic are great examples for the kids. The whole family trains at the
gym -- even the four-year-old takes a kids class. "Hes got a dangerous armbar,"
joked Davis. Meier says he finds it a lot easier competing himself than watching
his wife fight. "I get nervous. I dont show her but I do get nerves a lot," he
said. When it comes to jiu-jitsu, both say the other is better. "He always says
that I beat him up but he beats me up all the time," said Davis, who has a black
belt in both Brazilian and Japanese jiu-jitsu. "Im not saying this in bias
because shes my wife, but to me she is the best in the world in jiu-jitsu," said
Meier. "In MMA, for sure." The 27-year-old Rousey, however, is the UFCs resident
rock star. At the UFCs media day Thursday, more than a dozen reporters and four
cameras were waiting in front of Rouseys chair in advance of the start. There
was one Canadian reporter in front of Daviss station. Davis has no complaints.
The spotlight is new to her and, while not averse to it, she is still getting
used to it. "Im just a girl from a small town," she said. "Its crazy the
different steps Ive taken in my life and how far Ive come. All the way to
California now. Im in a video game. How cool is that? Its increedible, its
almost like unreal to me.
Swingman Vince Carter Jersey. But its great. I love it." Davis has enjoyed every stop of her MMA journey. "Lifes an
adventure," she said. "Its taken me to a lot of places and Ive met great
people." In Rousey, she is meeting a finisher. The champion has never gone the
distance and her average fight time over her night-fight career is just two
minutes 44 seconds. Rousey has used her judo takedown successfully in 12 of 17
attempts in the UFC for a 70.6 per cent success rate (the average UFC takedown
rate is 41 per cent.) On the Davis side of the balance, the Canadian has never
been submitted in 21 fights. She has outlanded her five previous opponents and
scores well in the clinch. Asked about the showdown, former UFC lightweight and
welterweight champion B.J. Penn lists off Rouseys strengths and successes. "What
Alexis should have is a lot of hunger to be that woman and thats how she can get
the job done," he said. A veteran of the sport, Davis had compiled a 9-4 record
before Rousey made her pro MMA debut in March 2011. Davis made her pro debut in
April 2007, losing by TKO to fellow Canadian Sarah Kaufman. Davis lost again to
Kaufman, now ranked fifth among UFC bantamweight contenders, by majority
decision in Strikeforce in March 2012. She says the second Kaufman showcased the
old Alexis Davis -- "Im just going out there and Im just going to bang and I
dont care what happens. You kind of take a lot of shots that way." Davis has won
five fights in a row since, coinciding with her move to California and ability
to take advantage of a larger and more diverse pool of training partners. She
worked with Cesar Gracie before settling at the Institute of Martial Arts, owned
by eight-time jiu-jitsu world champion Caio Terra who will be in her corner
Saturday along with Meier. Davis added two-hour trips twice a week to Sacramento
to her training camp this time, to work on her wrestling with Uriah Fabers Team
Alpha Male. The thought is wrestling may help control the explosive throws of
Rousey, who won Olympic bronze in judo. "They always say that wrestling is like
the anti-judo," said Davis. But Davis, who speaks of Rousey with real respect,
says its hard to prepare for the champion because Rousey evolves every time she
fights. "Its like a whole new Ronda were seeing every time," said Davis. While
Rousey is known for her armbar, she has good standup and stopped Sara McMann
with a knee to the body. "I want the fight to go to the ground," said Davis. "I
just want it to go on my terms." But she says she is comfortable wherever the
fight goes. Davis has worked hard on her standup game and has good kicks,
although she says she sometimes forgets to use them. The five-foot-six Canadian
believes the fight will either end in the first round or go five rounds. The two
women have shown plenty of mutual respect, exchanging a warm handshake after
posing in front of the media Thursday. Rousey and Davis are the only female
fighters to go 3-0 in the UFC. But while Rousey has made movies ("The
Expendables 3," "Entourage" and "Fast and Furious 7"), earned ESPY Award
nominations and appeared on the cover of ESPN The Magazine, Davis has flown
under the radar. Asked whether she has treated herself with any of her UFC fight
paycheques, Davis admits only to buying a new TV. "Were kind of saving up," she
said. "Id like to eventually buy a house." A win Saturday would make Davis only
the third Canadian to hold a UFC title, following Carlos (Ronin) Newton and
Georges St-Pierre. It would also change her world. Despite the lopsided odds,
Meier says bet on it. "Saturday shes going to shock the world," he said. "I know
this for sure."
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