Category: MLB

By RONALD BLUM NEW YORK (AP) — Marlins third baseman Kyle Stowers, in the midst of a torrid 13-game stretch, was named as the team’s lone representative at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, to be played in Atlanta on July 15. The 27-year-old Stowers, who is in his fourth season in the bigs, had seen his on-base-plus-slugging percentage (OPS) dwindle to .797 on June 21, has gone 15 for 45 in the 13 games since then, drilling six home runs, driving in 12 runs and seeing that OPS vault to .868. Meanwhile, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw was picked for his 11th All-Star Game and Paul...

MIAMI — Brooks Lee and Carlos Correa drove in runs to back a strong start by Simeon Woods Richardson, and the Minnesota Twins beat Miami 2-1 on Wednesday night to end the Marlins’ eight-game winning streak. Byron Buxton singled off Janson Junk to begin the game. He advanced on a wild pitch and Willi Castro’s single before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Lee that ended the Twins’ 18-inning scoreless streak. Kyle Stowers homered for the second straight game, a solo shot off Woods Richardson to tie it in the second. It was his fifth homer in nine games and 15th overall. Castro, who went 3 for...

MIAMI — Kyle Stowers homered and the Miami Marlins stretched their winning streak to eight, one shy of the club record set in 2008, with a 2-0 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night. Edward Cabrera (3-2) struck out six and only allowed two hits and one walk in seven innings, the longest start of the season by a Marlins pitcher. He struck out Byron Buxton to end the third for his 400th career strikeout, becoming the third-fastest to reach the mark in franchise history. Stowers gave Miami a 1-0 lead in the second inning with his 14th home run of the season. He initially took first base...

By DAVID BRANDT PHOENIX — Otto Lopez hit a go-ahead, two-run single and Kyle Stowers added a three-run double during an eighth-inning rally and the Miami Marlins completed a three-game sweep by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Sunday. The streaking Marlins have won seven in a row. The Diamondbacks took a 2-1 lead into the eighth inning, but lefty Jalen Beeks walked the bases loaded with two outs. Lopez then hit a line drive into left that scored Liam Hicks and Dane Myers for a 3-2 lead. Agustin Ramirez was intentionally walked to load the bases again and Stowers hit a bases-clearing...

By JOHN MARSHALL PHOENIX  — Agustín Ramírez hit a run-scoring single in the 10th inning, Heriberto Hernández had a tying sacrifice fly in the ninth and the Miami Marlins stretched their winning streak to six games with an 8-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday. Arizona led 7-3 entering the eighth inning, but Miami’s Otto Lopez hit a two-run homer off Jalen Beeks and Liam Hicks followed with a run-scoring single to pull Miami to 7-6. Hernández tied it in ninth on a sacrifice fly off Shelby Miller after Dane Myers singled and stole two bases. Ramírez lined a run-scoring single...

MIAMI (AP) — Kyle Stowers ended a 31-game home run drought, Sandy Alcántara pitched six strong innings and the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 5-3 on Sunday in the rubber game of their three-game series. Otto López had two hits and drove in two runs, and Xavier Edwards singled twice, doubled and had an RBI for the Marlins. Alcántara (4-8) allowed three runs and six hits, walked two and struck out four. The 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner has completed six innings in three of his last four starts. Anthony Bender tossed 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of Alcántara, Calvin Faucher got...

By ALANIS THAMES MIAMI — Bryson Stott hit a three-run homer, Ranger Suárez pitched seven effective innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Miami Marlins 4-2 on Wednesday night. Suárez (6-1) permitted one run and four hits in another solid performance since his return from an early-season back injury. He struck out eight and walked two. The veteran left-hander has only allowed eight runs since giving up seven in his first start of the season on May 4. Stott capped Philadelphia’s four-run fourth inning against Adam Mazur (0-1) with his fifth homer of the season. J.T. Realmuto hit an...