Christopher Morel's go-ahead single lifts Marlins past Nationals
MIAMI (AP) — Christopher Morel hit a go-ahead single in the eighth to lift the Miami Marlins past the Washington Nationals 5-2 on Sunday. Morel’s one-out hit to center against Gus Varland (0-1) put the Marlins up by one run in the eighth. Following Miami’s second double steal of the inning, Heriberto Hernández hit a two-run single that scored Morel and Jakob Marsee, who was part of both double steals to give him 12 stolen bases on the season, tied for fifth in the major leagues.
Miami leads with 48 stolen bases. Andrew Nardi got the first two outs of the ninth before rookie Josh Ekness got the final out for his first big league save. Miami won its second straight game after losing five of its previous six.
Calvin Faucher (4-2) walked one and didn’t surrender a hit in two scoreless innings of relief. ORIOLES 2, ATHLETICS 1 BALTIMORE (AP) — Chris Bassitt pitched six solid innings in relief and Leody Taveras threw out the potential tying run at the plate in the seventh to lift Baltimore to a win over the Athletics. The Orioles announced shortly before the game that left-hander Keegan Akin would start on the mound instead of Bassitt, and that ploy worked out when Akin struck out two in a 1-2-3 first and then Bassitt (3-2) came in and yielded only one run in six innings.
Baltimore left the bases loaded in the fifth and sixth, but in the latter inning took a 2-1 lead on an RBI single by Dylan Beavers that chased A’s starter Luis Severino (2-4). Anthony Nunez walked two in the eighth but struck out Brent Rooker and got Tyler Soderstrom on a flyout to keep the Orioles in front. Rico Garcia worked a hitless ninth for his third save, preventing a three-game sweep by the A’s.
Carlos Cortes hit a sacrifice fly for the Athletics to open the scoring in the second, but Gunnar Henderson’s run-scoring infield single evened the score in the third. RAYS 4, RED SOX 1 BOSTON (AP) — Junior Caminero hit a solo homer over the Green Monster, Nick Martinez pitched one-run ball into the sixth inning and Tampa Bay beat Boston to win the rain-shortened series. Tampa Bay won for the 14th time in 16 games after their seven-game winning streak was stopped Friday.
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