The Miami Marlins overcame the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 at loanDepot park on Wednesday night. The Marlins, who have won four of their last five contests, will go for the four-game series sweep on Thursday.
Miami(38-47) pulled in front in the opening frame. Garrett Cooper lifted a solo home run to center field on a 1-0 count for his eighth homer of the year.
The Marlins made it 2-0 in the bottom of the second. Jesus Sanchez connected on a solo homer to right field on a 3-0 pitch.
Los Angeles(53-34) picked up five runs in the top of the third. A.J. Pollock led off with a solo home run to left-center field on the first pitch for his 10th homer of the 2021 campaign. Three batters later,
Mookie Betts barely got a homer over the left-field wall on a full count for his 11th home run of the season.
Albert Pujols singled to left and Max Muncy got an infield hit. Justin Turner came up and pounded a three-run homer to left-center field on a 2-2 pitch for a five-run gap. It was the 14th home run of the season for Turner.
The Fish closed it to 5-3 in the bottom of the third. Jesus Aguilar knocked in Jazz Chisholm Jr. with a double into left field.
In the fifth inning, Miami scored one run. Chisholm grounded out to second and Jon Berti crossed the plate.
It became 5-5 during the bottom of the sixth. Cooper hit his second home run of the contest which went over the right-field fence.
The Marlins took the lead 6-5 in the eighth inning. Sanchez sliced a single into left field and Magneuris Sierra scored.
The Dodgers evened it up 6-6 in the top of the ninth. Zach McKinstry smashed a solo home to right field on a 0-1 count.
Miami got the walk-off victory in the bottom of the ninth. Aguilar hammered a three-run homer to left field on a 0-1 pitch with Sandy Leon and Starling Marte aboard.
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