MIAMI (Interstat) — Graham Pauley hit a two-run homer and Miami’s bullpen protected an early lead as the Marlins beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 on Saturday afternoon at loanDepot Park.

The Dodgers opened with a pair of two-out homers in the first. Tommy Edman flew out to left and Freddie Freeman grounded out to second before Mookie Betts launched a fly ball to left-center for his 20th home run. Max Muncy followed with a drive to center for his 28th homer, giving Los Angeles a 2-0 lead. Kyle Tucker struck out swinging to end the inning. Tyler Phillips, Miami’s starting right-hander, surrendered both long balls but recovered after the rocky opening frame.

Miami answered in the second. Owen Caissie drew a leadoff walk before Graham Pauley hit a fly ball to right-center for his fourth homer, scoring Caissie and tying the game. Joe Mack lined out to right, and Kyle Stowers struck out swinging. Heriberto Hernandez then singled to left, Griffin Conine singled to right to move Hernandez to third, and Otto Lopez singled to right to score Hernandez. Jakob Marsee grounded out to end the inning, but the Marlins had a 3-2 lead.

Los Angeles threatened in the second when Teoscar Hernandez walked, Josue De Paula reached on a forceout, and Hunter Feduccia walked. Alex Freeland grounded out to move both runners into scoring position, but Tommy Edman struck out swinging to strand them. Miami challenged the play at first on Freeland’s grounder, and the call was overturned, but the Dodgers still came away empty. In the third, Freddie Freeman lined out to second, Betts grounded out, and Muncy flew out to left. Miami went quickly in the bottom half as Sanoja flew out, Esteury Ruiz was called out on strikes after a Miami challenge for catcher interference was upheld, and Pauley struck out swinging.

The Marlins added an insurance run in the fifth. Griffin Conine walked, Otto Lopez walked and Jakob Marsee was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Javier Sanoja reached on a fielder’s choice, with Conine scoring and Lopez moving to third while Marsee advanced to second. A throwing error by shortstop Mookie Betts allowed the play to develop. Esteury Ruiz flew out softly to right, and Agustin Ramirez grounded into a double play, but Miami led 4-2.

Phillips settled in after the first. He did not allow another hit and was pulled with two outs in the fourth after walking Josue De Paula. Manager Clayton McCullough made the move with Phillips at 68 pitches. Cade Gibson induced an inning-ending groundout from Hunter Feduccia, then retired the Dodgers in order in the fifth. Phillips finished with 3 2/3 innings, two hits, two earned runs and three strikeouts. After the first, Phillips dealt with anxiety. Following a mound visit in the second, he stepped into the tunnel and screamed into a towel before returning with positive self-talk, a method suggested by pitching coach Daniel Moskos.

The Dodgers put a runner on in the fourth when De Paula walked, but Feduccia grounded out to end the inning. In the fifth, Alex Freeland, Edman and Freeman all grounded out. Betts walked with one out in the sixth, but Muncy struck out, Tucker popped out to short and Teoscar Hernandez grounded out sharply. Miami’s Joe Mack, Kyle Stowers and Heriberto Hernandez went down in order in the sixth. In the seventh, De Paula and Feduccia grounded out before Freeland singled to right. Edman grounded out to second. Miami loaded the bases in the seventh on singles by Conine and Lopez and a sacrifice bunt that moved both runners over. Justin Wrobleski intentionally walked Sanoja, then struck out Ruiz and got Jared Serna to pop out to catcher Hunter Feduccia in foul territory.

Miami’s bullpen handled the rest. Cade Gibson earned the win with 1 1/3 hitless innings. Tyler Zuber struck out one in a scoreless inning, and Calvin Faucher allowed one hit in a scoreless inning. Pete Fairbanks worked the ninth and allowed one hit and one earned run, but recorded his 19th save. The Dodgers’ final push came in the ninth. Kyle Tucker flew out to center, Teoscar Hernandez grounded out, and Josue De Paula walked. Hunter Feduccia then singled to left, scoring De Paula and cutting the Miami lead to 4-3. Will Smith lined out to third baseman Javier Sanoja to end the game.

Los Angeles had chances earlier but could not muster enough against Miami’s relief corps. Justin Wrobleski pitched two scoreless innings for the Dodgers, allowing two hits and striking out one. Jack Dreyer, Seth Halvorsen and Tyler Zuber each delivered a scoreless inning, with Halvorsen and Zuber recording one strikeout apiece. But the Dodgers’ offense finished with four hits. Betts went 1 for 3 with a homer and one RBI. Pauley went 1 for 2 with a homer and two RBIs. The Marlins collected seven hits.

Tyler Glasnow took the loss for Los Angeles. He allowed four runs, three earned, over his outing. Gibson improved to 4-1, while Glasnow fell to 4-1. Fairbanks earned the save. The Dodgers dropped to 90-58. The Marlins improved to 73-76 and snapped a four-game losing streak. Miami had lost to the Dodgers 6-2 on Friday afternoon before rebounding in the second game of the series. The teams are scheduled to conclude the series Sunday at loanDepot Park. Los Angeles will continue its road trip at Cincinnati beginning Monday, while Miami is set to open a series at Arizona on Monday.

Los Angeles pitchers combined for 13 strikes, 64 balls and 13 balls in play. Miami pitchers combined for 17 strikes, 44 balls and 17 balls in play. The game took 2 hours, 44 minutes and drew an announced attendance of 34,814.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Los Angeles 7, Miami 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Dodgers a 62.3 percent win probability, and Los Angeles was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under line was 7.5.