SAN FRANCISCO _ Eleventh-inning home runs from A.J. Ellis, his first of the year, and Giancarlo Stanton, his second of the day, lifted the Miami Marlins to a 10-8 win over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday, completing the weekend sweep and the team's first half.
As Miami heads into the All-Star break, during which Stanton and Marlins Park will be in the spotlight, they are 41-46 and trending upward. They haven't been closer to .500 since May 7.
The Marlins held a four-run advantage in the seventh inning, but David Phelps (one run in one inning) and Kyle Barraclough (three runs in one-third of an inning) combined to blow it. The run off Phelps scored when Stanton dropped a two-out fly ball in right field. It was ruled a double for Denard Span.
Right-hander Jose Urena allowed three runs in five innings, a seventh consecutive start in which he lasted at least that long and allowed no more than that many earned runs.
He got burned on two pitches: a 3-1 fastball over the plate to Brandon Crawford for a two-run homer in the second, and a 2-2 changeup on the outer edge of the zone to Nick Hundley for a solo shot in the fifth.
Hundley's homer landed in right field, near where Stanton's landed Friday night. It had been a season and a half since a righty put one there at AT&T Park.
The Marlins scored two runs in the third on back-to-back doubles from Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuna and one run in the fifth on Stanton's homer to center. Justin Bour added a two-run single in the team's four-run seventh.
