MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Jacob Stallings hit a go-ahead single within the ninth, Jazz Chisholm Jr. adopted with a three-run homer and the Miami Marlins used an eight-run closing inning to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-3 on Wednesday.
Miami managed many of the sport till the eighth when pinch hitter Jordan Luplow linked for a tying two-run homer in opposition to Marlins reliever Steven Okert.
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Miami responded rapidly — and decisively — off Mark Melancon.
Stallings got here into the sport hitting simply .183 however got here up huge within the ninth, hitting a single that put the Marlins again in entrance.
Chisholm then drove a low pitch out to left-center, barely clearing the wall for a three-run blast that pushed Miami’s result in 7-3.
It has been a tough stretch for Melancon (0-4), the veteran nearer who signed a $14 million, two-year take care of the Diamondbacks throughout the offseason. He has surrendered eight runs over his final three outings.
Avisaíl García capped the ninth with one other three-run shot off J.B. Wendelken.
It was García’s second at-bat of the inning — he began the rally with a stroll.
Joey Wendle received the Marlins on the board within the first with a two-run shot down the right-field line that landed within the customer’s bullpen.
Miami tacked on one other run within the second on an RBI single from Stallings.
Luplow’s homer denied a win for Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara, who permitted one run and two hits over seven innings.
D-backs rookie Alek Thomas hit his first profession homer within the third, a solo shot over the 413-foot signal within the middle, however that was the group’s solely hit till the seventh.
The Marlins prevented a three-game sweep and received for simply the second time of their previous 11 video games.
The D-backs had their three-game profitable streak snapped.
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Arizona starter Merrill Kelly gave up three runs over 5 innings.
The right-hander has been one in every of baseball’s finest pitchers by way of the primary 5 weeks of the season with a 1.22 ERA, however he struggled in his first two innings.
FINALLY, BEER PREVAILS
D-backs designated hitter Seth Beer snapped an 0-for-37 streak with a single within the seventh.
Beer received off to a terrific begin this season — hitting a game-winning homer on opening day — however has been in a protracted funk. It was his first hit since April 22.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Marlins: Wendle left within the third inning with proper hamstring tightness.
UP NEXT
Marlins: Return dwelling for a nine-game homestand beginning Friday with a three-game sequence in opposition to the Brewers.
The Marlins will begin RHP Pablo Lopez (4-1, 1.00 ERA) within the first sport.
The Brewers will counter with RHP Corbin Burnes (1-2, 1.86 ERA).
Diamondbacks: Open a three-game sequence in opposition to the Cubs on Friday. RHP Zach Davies (1-1, 3.34 ERA) shall be on the mound for the primary sport.
The visiting Cubs will begin LHP Drew Smyly (1-3, 3.04 ERA).
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