Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Marlins Slam Brewers

     The Miami Marlins took care of the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 at Miller Park on Wednesday night. The Fish have won four straight games and 13 of their last 18. The Brewers have been outscored 24-3 by Miami in the last two contests.
     The Marlins got ahead 1-0 in the first inning. Starlin Castro grounded out to short for Curtis Granderson to score.
     Milwaukee(34-28) evened it up in the bottom of the second. Orlando Arcia doubled to deep center field for Mike Moustakas to reach home.
     Miami(23-36) broke it open during the top of the third. Brian Anderson smashed a grand-slam homer over the left-center field fence on the first pitch. Sandy Alcantara, Granderson and Garrett Cooper all scored on the play.
     In the fifth inning, the Fish extended their margin to 6-1. Castro hit a sacrifice fly to left and Anderson crossed the plate.
     The Marlins added two more runs in the eighth inning. Bryan Holaday drove in J.T. Riddle and Miguel Rojas with a base hit into left field.
     The Brewers compiled a couple of runs in the bottom of the ninth. Yasmani Grandal lifted a two-run homer to left-center field on the initial pitch with Hernan Perez scoring in front of him.

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