MIAMI - Bob Brenly was angry Monday night, and not just because Arizona lost for the eighth time in 10 games.
The Diamondbacks manager was incensed that after Ugueth Urbina walked pinch-hitter Carlos Baerga with the bases loaded in the eighth and ran off the mound, the Florida reliever got an inning-ending called strikeout from plate umpire Mike DiMuro on Danny Bautista. Florida held on for a 3-2 win.
"Urbina runs off the mound and shows up the home plate umpire the way he does," Brenly said, "and then he (DiMuro) gives him two pitches that are borderline at best."
After the ball four call, Urbina turned his back to the plate and walked toward second base. Florida manager Jack McKeon, worried the reliever would get ejected, sent pitching coach Wayne Rosenthal out to the field to calm Urbina.
"I don't know that I've ever seen an umpire do that after being shown up the way he was," Brenly said. "I'm not saying he needs to squeeze him, but certainly you don't go off the corner and give the guy pitches after he embarrasses you in front of everybody."
Florida has won four straight and seven of eight, closing within one game of Philadelphia, the wild-card leader. At 57-49 the Marlins are eight games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 1997 season (92-70).
Miguel Cabrera drove in three and Mark Redman gave up one run in 71/3 innings to lead the Marlins.
REDS 6, PHILLIES 5 (10): Another late-inning comeback completed a tough day for host Cincinnati.
Kelly Stinnett's bases-loaded single in the 10th beat Philadelphia a few hours after the clubhouse was somber following a front-office housecleaning.
Chief operating officer John Allen called the players together and told them that general manager Jim Bowden, manager Bob Boone and two coaches had been fired.
"It was stunning," said first baseman Sean Casey, who tied the score at 5 with a homer in the eighth. "It was very surprising. It was just a weird atmosphere. Guys were coming in to get ready to work, and your skipper's gone and your general manager's gone."
A few hours later they were huddled and doing their trademark group hop at first base after a game-ending hit.
"It's a beautiful win," said Stinnett, who provided the Reds' 10th game-ending hit but first since June 17.
PIRATES 3, CARDINALS 0: Jeff Suppan pitched his second shutout of the season as host St. Louis, which is second in the league in runs, went scoreless for the third time.
"Today was just one of those days where I trying to change speeds on everything," Suppan said. "I was trying to throw my curveballs slower than slow. I kept my changeups down. I tried to use my fastball effectively."
BRAVES 10, EXPOS 8: Marcus Giles homered twice, including his second career grand slam, and had a career-high six RBIs and four hits for visiting Atlanta.
Giles had the Braves' fifth slam this season, a drive off Javier Vazquez that capped a five-run sixth.
BREWERS 4, METS 2: Scott Podsednik's tiebreaking two-run single in the ninth helped visiting Milwaukee snap a three-game losing streak.
American League
RANGERS 10, MARINERS 1: Rafael Palmeiro hit a grand slam and a three-run homer for career-high seven RBIs to lead visiting Texas. Palmeiro moved into 15th place with his 514th homer, two more than Ernie Banks.
ANGELS 2, A'S 1: Tim Salmon and Garret Anderson hit run-scoring singles in the eighth as host Anaheim avoided a four-game sweep.
