WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — Kyle Stowers homered twice and drove in three runs, and the Miami Marlins erupted for six runs in the first inning to beat the Athletics 12-5 on Friday night at Sutter Health Park.

The Marlins improved to 47-42, while the Athletics fell to 41-47.

Stowers, who entered the game in a 2-for-14 slump over his previous four games, went 4-for-5 with two solo homers and a two-run shot. His first home run, leading off the sixth, gave the Marlins some breathing room after the Athletics had cut a six-run deficit to two. His second homer, a two-run blast in the eighth, put the game out of reach.

Heriberto Hernández also contributed a three-run homer in the first inning and finished 2-for-5 with three RBIs. Owen Caissie added a two-run homer in the ninth.

Lake Bachar (1-0) earned the win with two scoreless innings of relief, allowing no hits and striking out one. He entered in the fifth and was followed by Calvin Faucher, Tyler Zuber and William Kempner, who each threw a scoreless inning.

Jack Perkins (2-4) took the loss after allowing seven runs on seven hits over three-plus innings.

The Marlins sent 10 batters to the plate in the first inning. Liam Hicks led off with a single and Stowers followed with a single. Otto Lopez singled to load the bases. Xavier Edwards walked to force in the first run. Hernández then launched a 1-1 pitch over the center-field wall for his ninth home run, making it 4-0. After two strikeouts, Jakob Marsee homered to right field, his fifth, to push the lead to 6-0.

The Athletics answered in the third. Alika Williams led off with a double and Nick Kurtz followed with his 20th home run, a two-run shot to center, cutting the deficit to 6-2.

In the fourth, the Athletics scored three more to pull within one. Joshua Kuroda-Grauer singled, Carlos Cortes singled and Henry Bolte walked to load the bases. Jeff McNeil cleared the bases with a double to the gap in right-center, scoring three runs and making it 6-5. The Athletics put two more runners on base with walks, but Colby Thomas struck out to end the threat.

The Marlins regained control in the sixth. Stowers led off with a solo homer to right, his ninth, restoring a two-run lead at 7-5.

Stowers struck again in the eighth. Hicks walked to lead off the inning and Stowers followed with his 10th homer, a two-run shot to right-center, extending the lead to 9-5. The Marlins added three more in the ninth. Hicks singled, Stowers singled, and after a strikeout and a groundout, Caissie homered to left field, his 11th, making it 11-5. A walk and a single brought in another run before the inning ended.

The Marlins’ bullpen was effective. Bachar, Faucher, Zuber and Kempner combined for five scoreless innings, allowing only two hits and striking out five. Zuber worked around two hits in the eighth, striking out one.

For the Athletics, José Suarez pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief, allowing no hits. Mark Leiter Jr. struck out two in a scoreless inning. Kurtz finished 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. McNeil drove in three runs.

The Marlins outhit the Athletics 11-9.

The game began with each team’s starter struggling early. Perkins allowed the six-run first and was pulled after three innings. The Marlins’ starter, Tyler Phillips, allowed five runs on six hits over three-plus innings before giving way to Bachar.

Miami will continue the series Saturday afternoon. The Athletics will send a pitcher to be determined against the Marlins.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Miami Marlins 6, Athletics 2. Interstat’s ELO system gave Miami a 52.00 percent probability to win. The Athletics were installed as pregame favorites with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 17 went under the over-under line of 10.