PHILADELPHIA, June 16 (UPI) -- Cliff Lee threw a 2-hitter and knocked in a run Thursday in pacing the Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-0 victory over the Florida Marlins.
Lee, who had two hits as a batter, gave up a two-out single to Mike Stanton and a lead-off single to Logan Morrison in the seventh in improving to 7-5 on the year. He walked two and struck out four.
The Phillies scored single runs in three consecutive innings with Lee's double to deep right-center driving in Michael Martinez from first in the fourth starting the string.
The next inning Ryan Howard connected with a drive the other way to left that ended up in the seats for his 15th home run of the year.
Those runs were charged to Javier Vazquez (3-7). The Phillies got to him for eight hits and two walks in five innings.
Philadelphia's Jimmy Rollins finished the scoring with a two-out double in the sixth.
