MIAMI (AP) — Rookie Agustín Ramírez hit a tiebreaking, two-run single within the eighth inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 on Saturday.
Kyle Stowers homered and Ronny Henríquez (5-1) pitched two good innings of reduction for the Marlins.
Milwaukee reliever Jared Koenig entered with the bases loaded and no outs within the eighth and fanned Connor Norby. He then bought Otto López to hit right into a drive play at house earlier than Ramírez hit a two-strike line drive to left that scored Javier Sanoja and Xavier Edwards.
Ramírez has 37 RBIs, which leads NL rookies.
Dane Myers and Sanoja hit singles towards Brewers reliever Nick Mears (1-2) to start out the eighth. Edwards then reached on a single when his bunt rolled truthful contained in the third-base line.
The Brewers tied it at 2-all on Isaac Collins’ run-scoring single within the fourth.
Rhys Hoskins hit an RBI triple within the second to place Milwaukee forward earlier than Stowers’ solo homer and Liam Hicks’ run-scoring double within the backside half gave Miami the lead.
Hoskins left in the fifth due to left thumb discomfort. The primary baseman stepped off the bag and caught shortstop Joey Ortiz’s errant throw to tag Eric Wagaman out within the fourth.
Brewers starter Chad Patrick allowed two runs in 5 innings. Marlins starter Cal Quantrill gave up two runs and 6 hits over 3 2/3 innings.
After Hicks’ go-ahead double with one out within the second, Patrick prevented the Marlins from increasing the lead by retiring Myers on a shallow fly ball and Sanoja on a grounder.
Stowers’ second-inning longball was his team-high 16th of the season and had an exit velocity of 112.4 mph, the hardest-hit homer of his profession.
RHP Brandon Woodruff will make his season debut when he begins for the Brewers on Sunday towards Marlins RHP Edward Cabrera (3-2, 3.41).
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