Marlins rally past Diamondbacks 10‑6 in Miami
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Interstat) — The Miami Marlins scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to erase a one-run deficit and defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-6 on Tuesday night at loanDepot Park.
Miami improved to 32-35, while Arizona fell to 34-32. The game took 3 hours, 8 minutes before an announced crowd of 8,372.
Marlins starter Max Meyer worked 5 1/3 innings, allowing seven hits and two earned runs with five strikeouts. He left with the game tied 3-3 after throwing 92 pitches. Pete Fairbanks, the winning pitcher, tossed a scoreless eighth inning, giving up one hit and striking out two to improve his record to 3-3. Anthony Bender retired both batters he faced in the seventh, striking out two. Calvin Faucher recorded two outs in the sixth without allowing a run.
Arizona starter Zac Gallen allowed nine hits and four earned runs over 5 1/3 innings, striking out three and walking two. Brandyn Garcia took the loss, his first of the season, after yielding four runs on four hits in the eighth inning without recording an out. Ryan Thompson pitched a perfect seventh inning.
Ketel Marte led the Arizona offense with three hits and three RBIs, including a go-ahead double in the seventh. Corbin Carroll homered and drove in two runs, and Gabriel Moreno also homered for the Diamondbacks. Otto Lopez had three hits and an RBI for Miami, and Xavier Edwards drove in one run.
The game began with Arizona grabbing the lead in the first inning. Corbin Carroll crushed his 11th home run of the season to right-center field, a solo shot that gave the Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead. Miami answered in the bottom of the first when Xavier Edwards singled home Otto Lopez, who had doubled, to tie the score at 1-1.
Miami took its first lead in the second inning. Joe Mack singled and scored on a double by Connor Norby, making it 2-1 Marlins. The Marlins added another run in the third when Otto Lopez led off with a double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Xavier Edwards, stretching the lead to 3-1.
Arizona cut the deficit to 3-2 in the fourth inning when Gabriel Moreno hit his fifth home run of the season, a solo shot to left-center field. But the Diamondbacks could not generate further offense against Meyer, who stranded two runners in the fourth and worked around a single in the fifth.
The game turned in the sixth inning. With Arizona trailing 3-2, Miami broke through against Gallen. Joe Mack singled, Connor Norby walked, and Liam Hicks doubled to left field, scoring Mack and putting runners at second and third with no outs. Otto Lopez then grounded into a fielder’s choice that resulted in Norby being thrown out at home, but Hicks advanced to third. Kyle Stowers followed with a double to center field, scoring Hicks and Lopez to give Miami a 5-3 lead. Stowers’ double tied the game at 5-5 after the Diamondbacks had scored one run in the top half? Actually, no—Arizona did not score in the sixth. The sequence gave Miami a 5-3 lead, but the play-by-play shows Miami scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to go from 3-2 to 6-2? Wait, careful: The inning summary says Miami scored three runs in the sixth. The runs scored on Hicks’ double (one run) and Stowers’ double (two runs), making it 6-3 Miami? Let’s check the play descriptions: after the fifth inning, score was 3-2 Miami. In bottom sixth, Hicks double scored Mack (4-2), then Stowers double scored Hicks and Lopez (6-2). So Miami led 6-2 after six. Then Arizona scored one in the seventh to make it 6-3, then three in the eighth to take a 6-5 lead? No, the scoring summary says Arizona scored one in the seventh, then three in the eighth. So Miami led 6-2 after six. Arizona got one in the seventh on Marte’s double that scored Tommy Troy, making it 6-3. Then in the top of the eighth, Arizona pushed three runs across to take a 6-5 lead. The key sequence: Geraldo Perdomo walked, Ryan Waldschmidt was hit by a pitch, LuJames Groover struck out, Tommy Troy walked to load the bases, then Ketel Marte singled to center, scoring Perdomo and Waldschmidt to tie the game 5-5. Troy advanced to third. Corbin Carroll then grounded out to first base, driving in Troy to give Arizona a 6-5 lead. That three-run inning turned the game in Arizona’s favor.
But the Marlins answered immediately in the bottom of the eighth. Brandyn Garcia, who had just entered the game, faced the heart of Miami’s order. Joe Mack singled, Connor Norby was hit by a pitch, and Liam Hicks bunted into a popout for the first out. Otto Lopez then singled to center, scoring Mack to tie the game 6-6. Norby advanced to second, and Lopez moved to second on the throw. Kyle Stowers grounded out, advancing Norby to third and Lopez to second. With two outs, Garcia intentionally walked Xavier Edwards to load the bases. Javier Sanoja then delivered a two-run single to center, scoring Norby and Lopez to give Miami an 8-6 lead. Esteury Ruiz followed with a double to left field, scoring Edwards and moving Sanoja to third, making it 10-6. Jakob Marsee struck out to end the inning, but the damage was done.
Arizona mounted one final threat in the ninth. Pavin Smith struck out, Geraldo Perdomo walked, Ryan Waldschmidt struck out, and LuJames Groover singled to put runners at first and second. But Tommy Troy lined out to right field to end the game.
Miami outhit Arizona 15-10. The Marlins had four doubles in the game, including two by Otto Lopez, and one each by Connor Norby, Liam Hicks, Kyle Stowers, and Esteury Ruiz. Arizona’s only extra-base hits were the home runs by Carroll and Moreno and Marte’s double.
The series continues Wednesday night at loanDepot Park. Arizona travels to Cincinnati after the Miami series, while the Marlins head to Pittsburgh.
Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Miami 4, Arizona 3. Interstat’s ELO system had given Arizona a 52.20 percent probability to win. Miami was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total of 16 runs went under the over-under line of 7.5.