MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Interstat) – The Texas Rangers defeated the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Monday night at loanDepot Park. Robby Ahlstrom (1-0) earned the win, allowing two earned runs over five innings with nine strikeouts. Jacob Latz recorded his 13th save, pitching 1 1/3 scoreless innings.

Ezequiel Duran hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning, scoring Brandon Nimmo to give Texas a 4-0 lead. Miami answered with a sacrifice fly in the fifth and Xavier Edwards’ RBI triple in the sixth. Alejandro Osuna doubled home a run in the eighth, and after Kyle Stowers doubled for Miami to make it 4-3, Latz closed the door.

Calvin Faucher (4-4) took the loss. Joc Pederson had two hits for Texas, which outhit Miami 9-7. The Rangers improved to 38-40, while the Marlins fell to 40-39. Attendance was 20,008, and the game lasted 2:50.