4 homers, 18 hits carry Marlins to 3rd straight win
WASHINGTON — The Marlins are going to maintain this National League Wild Card race attention-grabbing, aren’t they?
If there’s a message from their previous few days within the nation’s capital, that’s it, particularly after erupting for his or her third straight win with Saturday’s 11-5 rout of the Nationals at Nationals Park. Miami’s offense broke out for 4 homers to help Johnny Cueto’s first victory of the season because the Marlins saved tempo once more within the NL Wild Card race with considered one of their extra lopsided wins in weeks.
Games remaining: at WSH (1), vs. LAD (3), at PHI (3), at MIL (4), vs. ATL (3), vs. NYM (3), vs. MIL (3), at NYM (3), at PIT (3)
Standings replace: The Marlins (69-67) are 1 1/2 video games behind the D-backs (70-65) and the Giants (70-65) for the third NL Wild card spot and a half recreation behind the Reds (70-67). Miami would maintain the primary tiebreaker, based mostly on head-to-head matchups, over Arizona (4-2), however not essentially towards San Francisco (3-3) or Cincinnati (3-3).
The Marlins feasted on Trevor Williams, driving a pair of homers from Jake Burger and lengthy balls from Jesús Sánchez and Bryan De La Cruz to 9 runs over the primary 4 innings. De La Cruz and Luis Arraez each loved four-hit video games as Miami racked up 18 whole, one shy of its season-high.
