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WASHINGTON — Garrett Hampson hit a two-run homer to cap a four-run rally in the 11th inning, and the Miami Marlins defeated the Washington Nationals 8-5 on Friday night. Miami (68-67) moved over .500 with its second straight win over the Nationals. The Marlins entered the game three games back of San Francisco in the race for the NL’s third and final wild-card spot. CJ Abrams, Lane Thomas and Travis Blankenhorn hit solo homer for Washington, which has lost three in a row for the first time since a five-game skid July 3-7. The Nationals have dropped five of their last six. Miami second baseman...

MIAMI — Josh Lowe hit a tiebreaking single during Tampa Bay’s three-run 10th inning, and the Rays beat the Miami Marlins 3-0 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight victory. Four Tampa Bay pitchers combined on a four-hitter. After going 8-17 in July, the Rays closed out a 17-8 August and pulled within 1½ games of AL East-leading Baltimore. Jonathan Aranda opened the 10th with an infield single for the Rays’ third hit of the game, moving automatic runner José Siri to third. Lowe, hitting for Vidal Brujan, then singled back up the middle against David Robertson (4-6). “All I was trying to...

MIAMI — Randy Arozarena, Josh Lowe and Isaac Paredes homered as the Tampa Bay Rays rallied from two early deficits and beat the Miami Marlins 11-2 Tuesday night for their ninth win in 11 games. José Siri hit a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth inning and Yandy Díaz added two singles for the Rays, who trail AL-leading Baltimore by 2 1/2 games in the East Division and maintained their 5 1/2-game lead in the race for the AL’s top wild-card spot. With the win, Tampa Bay improved to 81-52, ensuring the Rays will go a seventh straight season without a losing record. Miami slugger Jorge Soler left...

MIAMI – Jake Burger still has two paper Burger King hats on top of his locker. After slapping a walk-off single two Sundays ago against the New York Yankees, the third baseman was surprised the next day with a tower of Burger King Whoppers waiting for him at his stall. It was an obvious play on his last name, a grasp at the low-hanging fruit. “It’s a good nickname, Burger King,” Burger said before Sunday’s 2-1 win over the Washington Nationals. Every King needs his Burger. Thanks for the gifts, @BurgerKing! #MakeItMiami pic.twitter.com/jQuqwuQ1K3 — Miami Marlins (@Marlins) August 14, 2023 It’s...

MIAMI — Joan Adon pitched six scoreless innings of two-hit ball as the Washington Nationals built a six-run lead and defeated the sliding Miami Marlins 7-4 Friday night. Carter Kieboom homered, Michael Chavis had two hits and Joey Meneses drove in three runs for the Nationals, who have won 10 of 13 and had a chance to move out of the NL East cellar. Adon (2-0) kept Miami hitless until Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s two-out single in the sixth. Chisholm’s grounder, which got under shortstop CJ Abrams, originally was ruled an error but the scoring decision reversed after Luis Arraez lined a single to center. The...

LOS ANGELES — The Miami Marlins, five outs from clinching a win of their road series against the powerhouse Los Angeles Dodgers and having a chance to sweep the National League West’s runaway leaders on Saturday night, saw new closer David Robertson implode, allowing three runs as the Dodgers rallied for a 3-1 win. The key hit was Mookie Betts’ two-run single in the opening game of a split-doubleheader. The NL West-leading Dodgers bounced back nicely from an 11-3 loss on Friday night, improving to 16-2 in August. Ryan Yarbrough (6-5) pitched two perfect innings for the win, and Evan Phillips...

MIAMI — Alex Bregman, Kyle Tucker and Chas McCormick homered in the first inning, and the Houston Astros built a huge early lead and beat the Miami Marlins 12-5 Wednesday night. Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez hit his fourth career triple, and Mauricio Dubón had two hits and two RBIs as Houston banged out 12 hits and took two of three games from Miami. Justin Verlander (8-6) benefitted from the early run support and threw five innings of five-run ball. The veteran right-hander gave up nine hits, walked two and struck out two in his third start since he rejoined the Astros at the trade deadline...

By ALANIS THAMES MIAMI — The run support the Astros were missing in Monday’s loss to the Marlins showed up Tuesday night. Kyle Tucker hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning, Yainer Diaz and Chas McCormick also went deep, and Houston rallied past Miami 6-5. “I thought yesterday’s game we put up some really good at-bats and hit the ball pretty well. It just didn’t go our way,” Tucker said. “Today we were able to put some runs across the board and the pitching staff did a good job.” Tucker connected on the first pitch from reliever A.J. Puk (5-5), sending it 422 feet to right-center. The...

MIAMI — Jorge Soler, Luis Arraez and Josh Bell hit consecutive homers in the eighth inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Houston Astros 5-1 on Monday night. Houston starter Framber Valdez (9-8) limited the Marlins to four hits and two runs – one earned – through 7 2/3 innings before Soler and Arraez connected with solo shots to make it 4-1 and end the left-hander’s outing. “It’s fun because I never hit homers,” Arraez said. “I followed Soler and said it was my time.” Hector Neris relieved and allowed Bell’s blast over the wall in right. Bell, who celebrated his 31st birthday, extended his on...

MIAMI — Sandy Alcantara threw a complete-game five-hitter, Luis Arraez homered and the Miami Marlins beat the New York Yankees 3-1 on Saturday. Alcantara (5-10) struck out 10 in his major league-leading third complete game and first home win since going the distance against Minnesota on April 4. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner coaxed 11 groundouts before a season-best crowd of 33,980. “Today was as good as you’ve seen him,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. “Maybe the Twins game matches that, but where we are in the season for him to do that, it was a really impressive outing at a time...