Marlins ride early burst to 9‑5 win over Twins
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Leo Jiménez had three hits and Xavier Edwards doubled, tripled and scored three runs as the Miami Marlins beat the Minnesota Twins 9-5 on Wednesday night. Owen Caissie hit a two-run homer in the second inning and Liam Hicks drove in three runs, raising his MLB-leading RBI total to 38. Max Meyer (3-0) allowed four runs and struck out nine over 5 2/3 innings for the win. Miami scored two runs in the first, two in the second and four in the fourth. Byron Buxton homered twice and Kody Clemens also went deep for the Twins, who scored in the first, third, fifth and eighth innings. Josh Bell stole his first base since Sept. 27, 2018, ending a 978-game gap between steals, the longest for a batter since at least 1900, per the Elias Sports Bureau. Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) took the loss. Attendance was 14,005, and the game lasted 2:53. Miami improved to 20-23, Minnesota fell to 19-24.