MIAMI—Jamie Moyer pitched six sharp innings and the Philadelphia Phillies increased their lead in the NL East, beating the Florida Marlins 5-2 Sunday and taking a 1 1/2-game edge over the New York Mets.

The Phillies won for the ninth time in 10 games. They return home for the final week—three games against the Braves and three against Washington.

Florida remained five games behind the Mets in the wild-card race with seven games left.



Braves 7, Mets 6

ATLANTA—Scott Schoeneweis and the Mets bullpen blew another late lead, with Atlanta ...

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