SAN FRANCISCO (Interstat) — The Miami Marlins erupted for nine runs on 16 hits Friday night at Oracle Park, overpowering the San Francisco Giants 9-4 in front of 38,317 fans.

The game lasted 2 hours, 54 minutes.

Miami jumped on Giants starter Adrian Houser immediately. Jakob Marsee led off the top of the first inning with a double to right field. After two strikeouts, Xavier Edwards doubled to right, scoring Marsee. Liam Hicks followed with a home run to right-center field, driving in Edwards and giving the Marlins a three-run lead before the Giants came to bat.

Sandy Alcantara started for Miami and worked around a pair of singles in the bottom of the first, escaping a jam when Rafael Devers grounded into a double play.

The Marlins added to their lead in the second inning. Owen Caissie doubled to left and scored on a single by Graham Pauley. The rally ended when Connor Norby grounded into a double play.

Miami made it five runs in the third inning. Kyle Stowers led off with a double, moved to third on a groundout and scored on a sacrifice fly by Hicks.

The decisive blow came in the fourth inning. Caissie walked, Pauley singled and Norby crushed a three-run home run to center field, his third of the season. The blast pushed the Marlins lead to eight runs. Miami loaded the bases later in the inning but failed to score again.

Alcantara settled in after the early support. He allowed three runs on nine hits over six innings, striking out four and walking none. He earned his third win of the season against two losses.

The Giants finally broke through in the fifth inning. Heliot Ramos doubled to left and scored on a single by Drew Gilbert. Eric Haase doubled to right, scoring Gilbert, and Luis Arraez singled to left, driving in Haase. That cut the deficit to 8-3.

Miami answered in the sixth. Stowers doubled again, his third hit of the night, and scored on a single by Otto Lopez. Edwards singled to put runners on the corners, but Hicks struck out to end the threat.

The Giants scored their final run in the eighth inning. Jung Hoo Lee led off with a home run to right field, his second of the season, making the score 9-4.

Lake Bachar pitched two innings of relief for Miami, allowing one run on two hits with one strikeout. John King pitched a scoreless seventh inning, striking out one. The Marlins bullpen combined to hold the Giants to one run over the final three innings.

Houser took the loss for San Francisco, falling to 0-3. He allowed seven runs on seven hits over three innings, striking out three and walking none.

The Giants used four relievers. JT Brubaker pitched three scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out three. Ryan Borucki tossed a scoreless inning. Caleb Kilian also threw a scoreless inning.

Norby finished 1 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs. Hicks went 1 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs. Edwards collected three hits in four at-bats with an RBI and a walk. Stowers had three hits, including two doubles, and scored three times. Lopez added three hits and an RBI. Caissie had a double and two runs scored.

For San Francisco, Lee had three hits, including a home run, and drove in one run. Arraez had three singles. Haase doubled and drove in a run. Ramos doubled and scored.

The game featured a total of 27 hits. Marlins pitchers combined for 13 strikeouts, 59 balls and 13 balls in play. Giants pitchers combined for 18 strikeouts, 39 balls and 18 balls in play.

Miami improved to 13-13 with the victory. The Marlins have won four of their last six games. San Francisco dropped to 11-15, losing for the fourth time in five games.

The most important portion of the game occurred in the top of the fourth inning. With the Marlins already leading 5-0, Caissie walked and Pauley singled, setting the stage for Norby’s three-run home run. That swing extended the lead to 8-0 and effectively put the game out of reach. The Giants would mount a three-run rally in the fifth, but they never got closer than five runs the rest of the way.

Miami will send the same two teams back to Oracle Park on Saturday for the second game of the series. The Marlins then travel to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers for three games before returning home to host the Philadelphia Phillies. The Giants remain home Saturday and Sunday against Miami before embarking on a road trip to Philadelphia, Tampa Bay and back to San Francisco for a series against San Diego.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of San Francisco Giants 5, Miami Marlins 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected San Francisco with a 55.60 percent probability to win. Miami had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 13 went under the over/under line of 7.5.