MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Interstat) — Eury Pérez pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and struck out seven as the Miami Marlins defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 on Tuesday night at loanDepot Park.

Pérez (6-9) earned the win with an efficient start, allowing no earned runs. Paul Skenes (9-11) took the loss after giving up five hits and one earned run over five innings. Pete Fairbanks pitched a scoreless ninth for his 18th save.

Esteury Ruiz opened the scoring in the third inning with a solo homer to left field, his sixth of the season. Ruiz scored again in the fifth when Xavier Edwards singled to shortstop and Jacob Gonzalez’s throwing error allowed Edwards to reach second. Miami totaled five hits, while Pittsburgh managed four.

Yohan Ramírez provided three scoreless relief innings with five strikeouts for Pittsburgh. Michael Petersen added one scoreless inning with two strikeouts for Miami. The attendance was 9,366, and the game lasted 2 hours 18 minutes. Miami improved to 61-59; Pittsburgh fell to 58-63.