The Miami Marlins shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 at loanDepot park on Tuesday night. The Marlins are in the middle of a six-game homestand. Both clubs had the day off yesterday.
Miami(61-59) took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third. Esteury Ruiz cracked a solo home run to left field on the first pitch for his sixth homer of the season.
Pittsburgh(58-63) gave up one run in the fifth inning and were down 2-0. Xavier Edwards hustled for an infield hit and Ruiz scored on a throwing error by Jacob Gonzalez.
Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes went five innings, struck out five batters and gave up one earned run on five hits. Marlins starting pitcher Eury Perez hurled seven shutout innings, allowed three hits and struck out seven batters.