Marlins Drop Dodgers

     The Marlins continued their winning ways in Miami as they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 at Marlins Park on Sunday. The Fish, now 14-5 at home, have won five of six games in their current nine-game homestand and will next host the New York Mets. The Dodgers are 4-2 on their nine-game road trip and head to Washington D.C. for their next three games.
     The first inning belonged to Miami(16-15) as they got two runs. After Christian Yelich grounded out to short, Derek Dietrich singled to right-center field. Giancarlo Stanton came up and slammed a two-run homer to right center against Stephen Fife on a 2-1 pitch.
     Los Angeles(18-14) put together a two-out rally during the third inning against Jose Fernandez. Dee Gordon walked and advanced to third on a base hit by Yasiel Puig to left field. Former Marlins Hanley Ramirez knocked in Gordon on a single into center field. Puig would tie the game at 2-2 as he scored from third on a passed ball.
     The Marlins would regain the lead on a Yelich solo home run with two out in the fifth inning as he smashed the ball to right field on the first pitch for his second homer of the year.
     The Dodgers stuck again with another two-out rally in the sixth inning to even the game 3-3. Adrian Gonzalez walked and went to second on a base hit by Matt Kemp into right field. Carl Crawford would drive Gonzalez in with a single to left field.
     Stanton homered to left field on the second pitch of the bottom of the seventh for his second dinger of the game and tenth home run of the season as the Marlins took a 4-3 lead.
     A.J. Ramos was called in to make his first career save in the top of the ninth, but he was unable to accomplish it. Chone Figgins got a pinch-hit lead-off walk and then scored on a double to right field by Andre Ethier.
     Jamey Wright entered the game to pitch the bottom of the ninth for the Dodgers. Adeiny Hechavarria singled to right center and went to second on a sacrifice bunt by pinch-hitter Donovan Solano. Yelich then grounded to first as Hechavarria moved to third. Jeff Baker got a walk-off double as Puig bounced off the right-field wall when he tried to make the catch.
     Fernandez went seven innings, allowed two earned runs on five hits, struck out ten batters and threw a career-high 114 pitches. It was the 20th consecutive home start for Fernandez where he gave up two earned runs or less which tied a major league record set by former Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser in 1985 and 1986. Fife pitched six innings, gave up four runs on seven hits for LA.