Category: MLB

By Noah Trister BALTIMORE — Gunnar Henderson homered to start a two-run seventh-inning for Baltimore, and the Orioles rallied from an early four-run deficit to win their seventh straight game, 6-5 over the Miami Marlins on Saturday night. Anthony Santander put Baltimore ahead with an RBI single later in the seventh, and the Orioles are only two games behind Tampa Bay atop the AL East, even through the Rays swept a doubleheader at Kansas City. Baltimore has matched a season high with its winning streak, which is the longest active run in the major leagues. Miami opened the scoring with four...

BALTIMORE — Adam Frazier went deep twice in his first career multihomer game, and Cedric Mullins hit a solo shot of his own to lift the Baltimore Orioles to their sixth straight victory, 5-2 over the Miami Marlins on Friday night. In a matchup between two of the first half’s biggest success stories, the Orioles returned from the All-Star break and pulled within 1 1/2 games of first-place Tampa Bay in the AL East. The Rays were rained out at Kansas City. Miami fell to 9 1/2 back of Atlanta in the NL East but remains atop the wild card standings. Mullins and Frazier had three hits and two...

MIAMI — You never know when it will hit you. It hit Dane Myers during the National Anthem on Sunday. He realized just before this craziest of weeks got even crazier that he actually was here, living his dream, playing in the major leagues as the Miami Marlins center fielder. “I got a little emotional,’’ he said. No matter Myers was called up from the minors Monday when Jazz Chisholm suffered an oblique muscle injury. No matter he took over center field when Chisholm’s replacement, Jonathan Davis, suffered a knee injury Tuesday. No matter Myers got his first big-league hit in his first...

MIAMI — Pinch-hitter Cristian Pache hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Friday night and match the franchise record with their 13th straight road victory. The Phillies, coming off a three-game sweep of the AL-leading Tampa Bay Rays, moved within 1 1/2 games of the second-place Marlins in the NL East standings by tying the franchise mark for consecutive road wins, set in 1976. The Atlanta Braves lead the division. Miami had a 3-1 lead entering the ninth before J.T. Realmuto hit a leadoff single against...

MIAMI — Nolan Arenado homered, Jack Flaherty pitched 6 2/3 innings of shutout ball and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Miami Marlins 3-0 on Thursday night to avoid a series sweep. St. Louis dropped the first three games of the series. Two were one-run defeats, including a 10-9 walk-off loss Wednesday night. Flaherty (6-5) struck out five, walked two and allowed nine hits. He also threw six scoreless innings against the New York Yankees on July 1 and has lowered his ERA from 4.95 to 4.27 in the two starts. Chris Stratton replaced Flaherty at a season-high 111 pitches in the seventh after...

MIAMI — Two runs scored on a throwing error by Cardinals closer Jordan Hicks with one out in the ninth inning, and the Miami Marlins rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-9 on Wednesday night. With Yuli Gurriel on first after a single and pinch-runner Garrett Hampson on second, Joey Wendle hit a dribbler back to Hicks (1-5). The pitcher’s high, errant throw got past first baseman Paul Goldschmidt to allow both runners to score. The Cardinals’ Jordan Walker hit a two run homer off Marlins closer A.J. Puk (4-2) in the ninth to make it 9-8. The Cardinals came from behind to tie the game...

NEW YORK — The Miami Marlins will have a second representative at the All-Star Game in Seattle after slugger Jorge Soler was added as a reserve on Sunday evening. For the Cuban-born Soler, the 2021 World Series Most Valuable Player while with the Atlanta Braves, it will be his first All-Star Game. Soler, who has 22 home runs, also had 22 round-trippers for the Royals on selection day in 2019 but was left off the squad. He was hitting .233 with 55 RBI four years ago and is hitting .241 with 47 RBI heading into Monday’s play. Soler joins Luis Arraez as Marlins heading to the Pacific Northwest...

ATLANTA — Michael Soroka won his first home start in nearly three years, Matt Olson homered twice and drove in five runs and the National League-leading Atlanta Braves won their sixth straight game with a 16-4 rout of the Miami Marlins on Friday night. Ronald Acuña Jr., Eddie Rosario, Austin Riley and Sean Murphy also went deep to give the Braves 153 homers, by far the most in the majors. They hit 61 in June to set a franchise record for a single month, breaking the mark of 56 from June 2019. Soroka (1-1) took the mound in a home game for the first time since Aug. 3, 2020, when he tore his...

BOSTON — Jean Segura’s infield single broke up Brayan Bello’s no-hit bid with nobody out in the eighth inning, and the Miami Marlins followed with three more hits to break a scoreless tie and beat the Boston Red Sox 2-0 on Thursday night. Bello held the Marlins hitless through seven, retiring major league batting leader Luis Arraez all three times he faced him. Arraez, who also drew an intentional walk in the eighth, saw his batting average drop from .396 to .392. “That guy threw a really good game,” Arraez said. “He was nasty today.” Bello (5-5) struck out five and walked one. He was...

MIAMI — Jon Berti drove in the winning run with a single in the 11th inning, and the Miami Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Saturday. Automatic runner Joey Wendle advanced to third on Nick Fortes’ sacrifice bunt before Berti hit a line drive to right against Angel Perdomo (1-1). Yuli Gurriel’s sacrifice fly off Pirates closer David Bednar in the bottom of the 10th tied it at 3-all after Ke’Bryan Hayes put the Pirates ahead in the top half with an RBI single. Luis Arraez homered and walked twice, Jacob Stallings had three hits and Andrew Nardi (5-1) struck out the side in a perfect...