WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — Eury Pérez pitched into the seventh inning and the Miami Marlins built a nine-run lead before holding off a furious late rally by the Athletics, winning 9-8 on Sunday evening at Sutter Health Park.

The Marlins improved to 49-42 with their third consecutive win over the Athletics, who fell to 41-49. The victory completed a three-game series sweep for Miami, which outscored 28-15 over the weekend.

Pérez allowed three hits and two walks while striking out seven over six-plus innings. He earned his fifth win against six losses. Gage Jump took the loss, allowing eight runs on nine hits and three walks in 2 2/3 innings, dropping to 3-3.

Miami jumped on Jump early. Heriberto Hernández led off the top of the first with his 10th home run of the season, a solo shot to center field. The Marlins added two more in the second. Otto Lopez hit a ground-rule double to left-center that scored Jakob Marsee, and Liam Hicks followed with a sacrifice fly that brought home Brian Navarreto.

The Marlins broke the game open in the third. Leo Jiménez hit his first major league home run, a two-run shot to left-center that also scored Esteury Ruiz. Brian Navarreto added a ground-rule double and later scored on another sacrifice fly, this one by Otto Lopez. Miami led 6-0 after three innings.

Miami’s offense continued to produce in the sixth. Otto Lopez led off with his ninth home run of the year, a solo shot to center. Heriberto Hernández followed with his second homer of the game and 11th of the season, also to center field. The Marlins led 8-0.

The Athletics managed only three hits through seven innings against Pérez and reliever Justin Sterner, who pitched a scoreless seventh. But the home team erupted in the eighth.

Lawrence Butler led off with a walk. Joshua Kuroda-Grauer singled, and Carlos Cortes doubled to right, scoring Butler and moving Kuroda-Grauer to third. Max Muncy walked to load the bases. Jonah Heim then crushed a 1-1 pitch to right field for a grand slam, his ninth home run of the season. The blast cut the Miami lead to 8-5 and brought the crowd of 8,686 to life.

Brian Serven followed with a single, but the Athletics could not close the gap further. Henry Bolte grounded into a force out and Nick Kurtz struck out to end the inning.

Miami added a crucial insurance run in the ninth. Otto Lopez singled, moved to third on a double by Hernández, and scored on a groundout by Liam Hicks. The Marlins led 9-5.

The Athletics mounted another rally in the bottom of the ninth. Zack Gelof singled, and Lawrence Butler doubled, putting runners at second and third with no outs. Joshua Kuroda-Grauer struck out. Carlos Cortes popped out. With two outs, Max Muncy walked to load the bases. Jonah Heim then singled to center, scoring Butler and Muncy to make it 9-8. But Brian Serven grounded out to second base to end the game.

Miami outhit the Athletics 16-7. Hernández led the Marlins with three hits, including two home runs and a double. Otto Lopez also had three hits, including a double and a home run. For the Athletics, Jonah Heim was the offensive star, going 2-for-4 with a grand slam and six RBIs.

The game lasted 3 hours, 22 minutes.

The Marlins have now won six of their last seven games. The Athletics have lost three in a row and eight of their last nine.

Miami returns home to host the Seattle Mariners for a three-game series starting Tuesday. The Athletics travel to Detroit for a three-game set against the Tigers beginning Tuesday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Miami Marlins 5, Athletics 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Miami with a 53.20 percent probability to win. The Athletics had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 17 went under the over/under line of 9.5.