Pettitte Gives Up 10 Runs to Marlins

Miguel Cabrera hit one of four Florida homers and the rookie-laden Marlins roughed up Andy Pettitte for 10 runs and 13 hits Tuesday night in an 11-2 rout of the host Houston Astros.

Josh Willingham connected twice, Mike Jacobs added a three-run shot and Hanley Ramirez had four hits and three RBIs. Florida, with six rookies in its starting lineup and a major league-low payroll of about $15 million, gave first-year Manager Joe Girardi his first win.

Things went bad early for Pettitte, who gave up seven earned runs in 4 2/3 innings.

Cabrera, who was 0 for 4 in Monday’s 1-0 loss, hit a two-run homer to right in the first. He also doubled and scored in the fifth.

Willingham, who spent most of last season at triple-A Albuquerque, got his second major league home run when his long fly hit the yellow line atop the left-field wall two pitches later. Willingham also connected against Chad Qualls in the sixth.

Jacobs homered into the right-field bullpen in the fifth to stretch the lead to 8-0. When winning pitcher Sergio Mitre hit the third double of the inning to score Miguel Olivo, the sellout crowd began to boo Pettitte.

Ramirez followed with an RBI double, and the boos got even louder. Russ Springer then relieved Pettitte to a loud ovation.

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Milwaukee 7, Pittsburgh 5 -- Gabe Gross homered as a pinch-hitter in his first at-bat with the host Brewers and Chris Capuano pitched six solid innings.

With runners at second and third in the ninth inning, Pirate pinch-hitter Freddy Sanchez hit a liner up the middle that appeared headed for center field and a tying, two-run single. But closer Derrick Turnbow reacted quickly and caught it, then retired Nate McLouth on a popup to end the game.

Gross’ two-run shot in the sixth landed on a catwalk in right-center, putting the Brewers ahead, 5-2. J.J. Hardy added an RBI single later in the inning.

Capuano, an 18-game winner last year, gave up two runs and struck out seven for the win and Turnbow worked the ninth for his second save in two days.

Gross became the fifth player in Brewer history to hit a home run in his first plate appearance for the team.

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San Francisco at San Diego, ppd., rain -- The first rainout in San Diego since 1998 forced the postponement of a game between the Giants and the Padres.

The game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on July 1.

It was just the 16th rainout in the Padres’ 38-year history and the first at Petco Park, which opened in 2004. The Padres had played 635 consecutive home games since they were washed out on May 12, 1998, at Qualcomm Stadium.