The Phillies found some extra-base pop in rolling to a 7-3 win over the Miami Marlins at Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday night.
Freddy Galvis and Ryan Howard both hit two-run homers and Ben Revere added a two-run triple.
The seven runs were a season-high for the Phillies, who had previously scored five runs twice.
The Phillies are 5-9.
The Marlins, who came into the season with high expectations, have lost five in a row to fall to 3-11, and the heat is intensifying on manager Mike Redmond.
Starting pitching report
Jerome Williams (1-1) did a nice job for the Phillies. He scattered eight hits over six innings and allowed three runs, one of which was unearned. Williams walked one and struck out six. One of those strikeouts came against dangerous Giancarlo Stanton with two men on in the fifth.
Miami’s Dan Haren (1-1) was tagged for a pair of two-run homers, both on hanging splitters. Galvis got him for one and Howard the other. Howard’s homer in the bottom of the sixth gave the Phils a 4-3 lead.
Bullpen report
Luis Garcia, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon combined on three scoreless innings for the Phillies in closing out the game. Papelbon struck out two.
Miami’s Mike Dunn gave up three runs in the seventh.
At the plate
Galvis and Howard both hit their first homers of the season.
Revere hit the deck on a high and tight pitch from Mike Dunn in the bottom of the seventh. Revere then clubbed the next pitch to right-center for a two-run, standup triple. Chase Utley followed with a sacrifice fly to give the Phils a four-run lead
Utley went hitless. He is 0 for his last 21 and hasn’t had a hit in a week. Utley is approaching the longest drought of his career, 0 for 24 in 2008. During the skid, Utley has hit a number of balls hard, but right at defenders.
Stanton did what he often does. He drove a full-count cutter from Williams into the second-deck bullpen in dead center with one out in the fourth. The home run traveled 453 feet.
In the field
Howard made a costly two-out error that led to a run in the fifth. He made up for it with his two-run homer in the sixth.
Health check
Chad Billingsley was not able to make his minor-league rehab start on Monday because of a stomach ailment. He was being checked by the team’s medical staff on Tuesday. Billingsley is recovering from two elbow surgeries. After his last start, he said he would need three more starts in the minors before being ready to join the big club. His next start has not yet been scheduled.
Manager Ryne Sandberg indicated that Domonic Brown would likely complete his 20-day rehab at Lehigh Valley before joining the Phillies. Brown’s rehab clock runs through next Tuesday.
Up next
Interesting pitching matchup Wednesday night with Cole Hamels (0-2, 5.00) facing Jarred Cosart (0-1, 4.76). Cosart is a former Phillies prospect traded to Houston in the Hunter Pence deal in July 2011. The Astros dealt him to the Marlins last summer.