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PHILADELPHIA -- John Mayberry Jr. gave Philadelphia a jolt with his bat. Jake Diekman lit up the scoreboard with a pair of big heaters. For a night, it was easy for Ryne Sandberg to like what he had in his Phillies. "There was a lot of life in the dugout tonight," Sandberg said. Mayberry and Carlos Ruiz each homered to lead Philadelphia past the Colorado Rockies 5-4 Monday night, giving the Phillies and two straight wins for the first time since the All-Star break. Ethan Martin (2-2) struck out six and allowed two runs over 6 1-3 innings for the win. Mayberry hit a three-run shot in the fourth to help the Phillies win again under Sandberg. He took over as interim manager Friday when Charlie Manuel, the winningest manager in club history, was fired. Jonathan Papelbon tossed a scoreless ninth for his first 21st save, and first since July 11. The Phillies won back-to-back games for the first time since July 14 and 19 -- before and after the All-Star game. "When you have a pitcher out there setting the tone like Martin did, it goes a long way," Sandberg said. Troy Tulowitzki hit his 21st homer for the Rockies. Jeff Manship (0-3) allowed five runs in five innings. "I liked the fact that we battled back after being down," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. With the underachieving Phillies well out of the playoff picture, Sandberg shook up his lineup and batted Ruiz second. Ruiz responded with just his third homer of the season, a solo shot in the fifth that made it 5-0. He hit second just one other time over his eight-year career. Sandberg also called out Jimmy Rollins before the game and said he would consider dropping the slumping shortstop from his usual leadoff spot. Sandberg wants Rollins to adjust his approach, to focus more on using his speed and contact skills to try for more groundballs and liners instead of swinging for the fences. "I have great conversations with him, and the constant communication of what is expected and needed from him," Sandberg said. "Is it going to happen overnight? No. But as we go forward and we have 39 games left, I talked to the guys on the first day, and told them that these games were, for them, on being evaluated, ending on a good note and making adjustments that need to be made. Now is a good time to try something." Sandberg will try just about anything new to shake the Phillies out of their doldrums -- and prove he deserves a shot at the full time job next season, and beyond. His offensively challenged team finally packed some punch after a woeful weekend against the Los Angeles Dodgers that included two shutout losses. Mayberrys ninth homer of the season made it 4-0 and gave the Phillies more runs scored than they had in Sandbergs first three games. Clearly, the problems went far deeper than Manuel. That includes the bullpen. Martin was solid in just his fourth career start and left with a 5-2 lead. Justin De Fratus bailed him out with a strikeout of Charlie Blackmon with two runners on to end to the seventh. "I felt like I was able to slow things down, be patient and just go at it," Martin said. Luis Garcia ran into trouble in the eighth and was chased after Wilin Rosarios two-run single extended his hitting streak to 10 games and made it 5-4. Diekman entered with runners on first and second and two outs, then balked. But he fanned Nolan Arenado on a 99 mph fastball to end the threat. "I think he was fired up right there in the moment," Sandberg said. "No, I didnt know he could throw 99." Theres still a lot to learn for the new man on the job. Even for a Hall of Famer. Sandberg even got to use his closer -- Papelbon took it from there and was successful in his first save opportunity since Aug. 1. 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Perez joins infielder Andy LaRoche and catcher Mike Nickeas with minor-league agreements for 2014 that include invitations to attend spring training.Mal Meninga has prevailed in the battle of the Queensland greats with his Australia side ending the Four Nations campaign of Wayne Bennetts England with a 36-18 win in London.The Kangaroos ran in six tries at the London Stadium, ruthlessly running away with the game in the second half after a tightly-contested opening stanza that saw the tourists lead 10-6 at the break, in front of a crowd of 35,569.Having already been assured of their spot in next weekends final at Anfield following Scotlands shock draw with New Zealand on Friday, Australia had nothing but their pride on the line.England needed to avoid defeat to book a place in the decider at the expense of the Kiwis but any hopes of the Meningas men taking it easy never materialised as they showed their class and professionalism in a polished display.England drew first blood with an early Gareth Widdop penalty before Johnathan Thurston responded in kind in the 17th minute.The home crowd were on their feet eight minutes later when livewire winger Jermaine McGillvary finished off a smart move with a fine finish in the right corner.Widdop failed to add the extras and Australia hit back five minutes before the break when Blake Ferguson hauled in a bullet pass from Darius Boyd, before Thurston bisected the posts from the sideline to give his side an 8-6 advantage.The Kangaroos were then gifted two points on the siren when Josh Hodgson failed to find touch from a penalty and Sam Burgesss reckless taackle on Aaron Woods allowed Thurston to extend the lead.ddddddddddddThe second half was a complete contrast to the first with Greg Inglis scoring the first of five second-half tries six minutes after the restart with Matt Scott and Josh Dugan adding further four-pointers that were converted by Thurston.Widdop scampered over for the hosts to reduce the deficit to 28-12 but Matt Gillett darted over after a great pass from man of the match Cooper Cronk to end any hopes of an English fightback.Ryan Halls 31st try in as many games for his country was a late consolation for England, but Valentine Holmes had the final say with an acrobatic diving effort in the dying minutes to add some extra gloss to the scoreline.It was very pleasing to get a win in a tough game, but we have a few things to work on, few things we wont be able to do next week, Australia skipper Cameron Smith said.They boys were really up for this game and are looking forward to next week.England skipper Burgess, who was lucky to stay on the field after cutting the eye of David Klemmer with a well-thrown punch in a late scuffle said bad errors cost his side..It was quite disappointing, Burgess said.We let ourselves down with crucial errors you cant do at this level.We missed touch and that was big momentum swinger. Weve not done as well we would have wanted. ' ' '