Marlins hold off Diamondbacks behind Marsee, early offense

PHOENIX (Interstat) — Jakob Marsee homered and drove in two runs, and the Miami Marlins scored twice in each of the first two innings to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 on Wednesday night at Chase Field. Marsee went 2 for 3. Both teams finished with 10 hits. Gabriel Moreno had three hits, including a home run, and one RBI for Arizona, while Nolan Arenado also homered and had two hits. Miami’s Cade Gibson earned the win in relief, improving to 5-1. Sandy Alcantara recorded the save. Arizona’s Merrill Kelly took the loss, falling to 9-14 after allowing three earned runs in 4 2/3 innings with nine strikeouts. Ryan Gusto worked 4 1/3 innings for Miami, yielding two earned runs and striking out four. Miami’s Jack Ralston pitched two innings of one-run relief, and Arizona’s Dennis Santana tossed two scoreless innings. The Diamondbacks scored once in the first, fourth and seventh. Miami improved to 76-77, while Arizona dropped to 80-73. Attendance was 22,162, and the game took 2 hours, 51 minutes.