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Friday, Apr. 21 7:05pm ET
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MIAMI (AP) -- When Bobby Abreu plays Florida, he steps it up a notch. "Abreu kills us. He crushed us last year," Florida manager John Boles said after Abreu went 4-for-4 with a go-ahead home run and a double to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the Marlins 4-3 Friday night.
Abreu has six hits in his last six at-bats, increasing his career average against Florida to .365. Last season, he hit .404 (19-for-47) against the Marlins. "I had a very good game, but the big thing is to win the game," Abreu said. Abreu scored twice, stole two bases and broke a 3-3 tie in the fifth with his third homer of the season. "He took some nice swings tonight," Phillies manager Terry Francona said. Andy Ashby (1-1) allowed one earned run, struck out three and walked three in his 19th complete game, his first since last July 4 against Colorado. With runners at first and second in the ninth, he retired pinch-hitter Mark Smith on a game-ending grounder. Vladimir Nunez (0-2) allowed four runs and eight hits in seven innings. Florida scored all its runs in the second. Paul Bako hit an RBI single and a run scored when Ashby threw wildly to first for an error on Mark Kotsay's comebacker. Alex Gonzalez's sacrifice fly made it 3-0. Philadelphia closed within a run in the third on Scott Rolen's RBI double and Rico Brogna's run-scoring grounder, then tried the game in the fourth on Doug Glanville's RBI single. Brant Brown doubled for Florida leading off the seventh and was sacrificed to third by Kotsay, but Gonzalez and Cliff Floyd grounded out.
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