Dontrelle Willis wins No. 8
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Posted 10:22PM on Monday 23rd May 2005 ( 19 years ago )
MIAMI (AP) Dontrelle Willis is the National League's first eight-game winner of the season after pitching Florida past Philadelphia 5-to-2.<br>
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Willis improved to 8-and-1 by holding the Phillies to two runs and seven hits over eight innings. He was replaced by Todd Jones, who got the last three outs for his seventh save.<br>
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Carlos Delgado and Miguel Cabrera hit back-to-back homers in a four-run sixth that sent the Marlins to their season-high fifth straight win. Delgado and Cabrera combined for half of the Marlins' ten hits and stretched their hitting streaks to 12 games.<br>
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Jon Lieber had a 1-to-0 lead until Delgado's three-run blast in the sixth. Lieber is 5-and-4 after yielding four runs in six innings.
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