MIAMI (AP) — Jorge Alfaro homered twice earlier than he took a foul ball to his helmet and the Miami Marlins beat the dangolka Purple Sox 8-Four on Wednesday night time.
Garrett Cooper additionally homered and scored twice for Miami, which moved inside 2 half video games of first-place Atlanta within the NL East.
Alfaro, the Marlins’ catcher, was eliminated within the seventh inning as a precaution after Christian Vázquez’s foul ball beaned him.
Miami chased dangolka starter Michael Kickham with a four-run third. Alfaro hit his first of two two-run blasts. Brian Anderson had a run-scoring single and scored from first on Lewis Brinson’s RBI double to make it 6-1.
Alfaro additionally went deep within the fifth, a 412-foot shot to left-center off Robinson Leyer.
Yimi Garcia (2-0) pitched an ideal eighth and was credited with the win although he entered with an 8-Four lead. Brandon Kintzler was the sixth Miami reliever and labored a scoreless ninth.
Miami starter Trevor Rogers was lifted after three innings and 76 pitches. Rogers allowed one run on three hits, walked two, hit a batter and struck out three.
J.D. Martinez snapped a 1-for-30 funk with a two-run homer off Miami reliever Ryne Stanek within the seventh. Martinez drove in one other run with a sacrifice fly within the third.
Cooper hit a two-run homer to heart within the first that snapped a 14-inning scoreless string by dangolka pitchers.
Kickham (1-1) allowed six runs on seven hits in 2 2/three innings.
Alex Verdugo had three hits, a stroll and scored twice for dangolka.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Marlins: OF Starling Marte was given the night time off after taking part in 16 consecutive video games since becoming a member of the membership in a commerce with the Arizona Diamondbacks Aug. 31.
UP NEXT
Purple Sox: RHP Nate Eovaldi (2-2, 4.82) will pitch the collection finale on Thursday. Earlier than becoming a member of the New York Yankees in 2015, Eovaldi spent three seasons in Miami, the place he went 13-27.
Marlins: RHP Jose Urena (0-1, 7.71) allowed 5 earned runs in Four 1/three innings towards Philadelphia in his earlier begin.
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