Wagaman batted .250 with 28 doubles, nine home runs and 53 RBIs in 140 games as a rookie last season for the Marlins, finishing strong with a team-leading .328 average over 61 at-bats during the month of September. The 28-year-old Wagaman started 94 games at first base and 13 games in left field in 2025, after appearing in 18 games with the Los Angeles Angels in his debut in 2024.

Drafted in the 13th round in 2017 by the New York Yankees, Wagaman was designated for assignment earlier this week by the Marlins. He’ll provide the Twins more potential depth at first base along with Kody Clemens behind veteran Josh Bell, who signed a one-year, $7 million contract last month.

The Twins also designated infielder Ryan Fitzgerald for assignment to make room on their 40-man roster for Wagaman.

The 24-year-old Bragg was a 17th-round draft pick by the Twins in 2023. He finished last season with Double-A Wichita.

He gets a $1 million signing bonus, a $12 million salary and the chance to earn $1 million in performance bonuses for appearances: $100,000 for 30, $200,000 for 40, $300,000 for 50 ad $400,000 for 60. If traded, he would receive a one-time $500,000 assignment bonus from the acquiring team.

The 32-year-old made a career-high 61 appearances with Tampa Bay last season, going 4-5 with a 2.83 ERA. He set a career high with 27 saves in 32 opportunities, while giving up seven home runs and 45 hits in 60 1/3 innings.

Fairbanks also finished last season ranked third among American League relievers in games finished (48) and seventh in saves.

He spent the past seven seasons with the Rays and went 20-22 with a 2.98 ERA. He recorded 96 walks and 317 strikeouts in 267 appearances. He made 12 postseason appearances with the Rays, including nine during the club’s World Series appearance in 2020.

The Rays declined an $11 million option on Fairbanks last month, allowing their closer to become a free agent. Fairbanks got a $1 million buyout.

Morel, 26, hit .219 with 37 runs, 16 doubles, 11 homers and 33 RBI in 105 games with the Tampa Bay Rays last season. He started 57 games in left field with a .971 fielding percentage, made one start in right field and one appearance at second base.

The Santiago, Dominican Republic, native was signed by the Chicago Cubs in August 2015, ranking as high as the organization’s No. 8 prospect by MLB Pipeline in 2021.

He played in 323 games with Chicago over parts of three seasons from 2022-24 and hit .228 with 43 doubles, eight triples, 60 home runs, and 168 RBIs.

The move is the first significant signing of the offseason for the Marlins, who finished the 2025 season with a 79-83 record under first-year manager Clayton McCollough.

The Marlins organization teamed up with Feeding South Florida and Tito’s Vodka to distribute meals to more than 1,000 families from Little Havana.

“Being able to just hand out food and, I don’t know who said it on stage, but just, you know, no hungry kids at nighttime, it feels good to be part of something like that,” said Marlins pitcher Anthony Bender.

Each family received a gift bag filled with roughly 15 pounds of food, including a 10-pound turkey for the holiday.

“So many people don’t have food and stuff, you know, and nobody to give to them, they live by themselves, they’re elderly like me and other people, and they don’t have nobody to turn to,” said one woman picking up food. “Joy to us.”

“Thank God for them helping the community, I appreciate it,” said a woman.

As music filled the air, the event helped bring relief, warmth and holiday cheer to those in the community who need it most.

“Putting smiles on people’s faces is one of the most rewarding things you can do, and so that’s what giving back is all about,” said Marlins manager Claytin McCullough.

Several families left the park with more than just smiles as they brought home a warm holiday meal to put together and a heart full of gratitude.

“It means so much because one time last Thanksgiving we didn’t have anything at all, like, to the point that me and my mom lived in a hotel, we didn’t have no Thanksgiving so it makes me want to cry,” said one woman picking up food.

Additionally, Frankie Piliere was promoted to vice president of amateur forecasting and player evaluation initiatives, and Vinesh Kanthan was moved to senior director of baseball operations.

Kapler will be the club’s sixth general manager after beginning his tenure with the Marlins in 2024 as an assistant GM focusing on player, coaching and staff development.

This past season, the Marlins’ minor league system made club history with four different affiliates reaching the postseason at their respective levels. That includes Jacksonville, which claimed the Triple-A National Championship.

Kapler spent the previous six seasons as a manager with Philadelphia (2018-19) and San Francisco (2020-23). The Los Angeles-native was also the World Series champion Dodgers’ director of player development from 2015-17, during which he worked with Marlins manager Clayton McCullough.

Miami outperformed many expectations in McCullough’s first season, going 79-83. The Marlins had an over/under of 62 1/2 wins before the season, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. Their 16 1/2-win overperformance was the best in baseball, and they won 13 of their final 17 games.

“It is an exciting time to be part of the Marlins organization, and I am ready to continue the great work we are doing here, alongside Peter (Marlins president of baseball operations Peter Bendix) and our entire Baseball Operations staff,” Kapler said in a statement. “The growth and momentum we’ve built are a direct reflection of a clear vision, a strong culture, and an incredible team working together toward a shared goal. I’m proud to help continue that progress and contribute to what’s ahead.”

Piliere joined the Marlins as director of amateur scouting, overseeing the club’s amateur scouts and draft. And Kanthan, before coming to Miami, spent five seasons with the Texas Rangers organization.

The Mets (83-79) needed a win and a Cincinnati loss at Milwaukee to reach the postseason. The Reds (83-79) lost 4-2 to the Brewers but took the final National League wild card on a head-to-head tiebreaker after winning the season series against New York.

Cabrera (8-7) struck out seven and walked five.

Mets starter Sean Manaea fanned three in 1 2/3 hitless innings. But with little margin for error, manager Carlos Mendoza pulled Manaea following his second walk in the second, and reliever Huascar Brazobán got out of the inning.

Connor Norby began the Miami fourth with a single off reliever Brooks Raley (3-1).

Raley was replaced by Ryne Stanek — already the fourth Mets pitcher — and he gave up a run-scoring double to Eric Wagaman that put the Marlins on the board. Brian Navarreto hit another RBI double, followed by a run-scoring triple from Javier Sanoja and an RBI single by Xavier Edwards off Tyler Rogers.

The Mets used eight pitchers, including closer Edwin Díaz, who pitched scoreless innings in the fifth and sixth.

Francisco Lindor doubled in the seventh for one of five Mets hits, but New York went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10 overall. The season ended when Lindor grounded into a game-ending double play.

The Marlins won the season series from their division rivals, 7-6.

Key moment

The Mets loaded the bases with three walks in the fifth before Pete Alonso came up with two outs. He lined out to left field on a ball that left his bat at 116 mph.

Key stat

The Mets were a major league-best 45-24 through June 12 but went 38-55 the rest of the season.

The Mets remained tied with Cincinnati for the last National League wild card at 83-78. The Reds beat NL Central champion Milwaukee 7-4.

Because the Reds hold the head-to-head tiebreaker, New York needs a win Sunday and a Cincinnati loss at Milwaukee to reach the postseason.

Holmes (12-8) allowed one hit over six innings with three walks and a strikeout. Brooks Raley and Tyler Rogers each worked a perfect inning before Edwin Díaz got three outs to end it.

Alonso put the Mets ahead 1-0 with his NL-leading 41st double against Eury Pérez (7-6) in the first inning. The All-Star first baseman then doubled New York’s lead with a solo shot to left-center in the third, his 38th home run of the season.

Alonso reached base a third time when he drew a leadoff walk in the sixth and scored on Jeff McNeil’s double that made it 3-0.

Pérez struck out a career-high 11 batters while allowing three runs and three hits in 5 1/3 innings.

The Mets added two runs in the ninth on Francisco Lindor’s RBI single and a wild pitch by reliever George Soriano that allowed Tyrone Taylor to score.

Xavier Edwards singled in the third for Miami’s only hit.

Key moment

Trailing by two runs, the Marlins drew consecutive two-out walks in the fifth against Holmes, but he got Edwards to ground out to escape the threat.

Key stat

Holmes, a converted reliever, finished his first full season as a starter with a 3.53 ERA in 165 2/3 innings.

Up next

Miami RHP Edward Cabrera (7-7, 3.66 ERA) will pitch Sunday’s regular-season finale against Mets LHP Sean Manaea (2-4, 5.80).

The Mets dropped out of the third NL wild-card position when Cincinnati beat Milwaukee later Friday. The Reds pulled into a tie with the Mets in the standings, but hold the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Xavier Edwards had three hits and Otto López doubled and singled for the Marlins.

Alcantara (11-12) settled down after allowing Francisco Lindor’s game-starting homer and Pete Alonso’s RBI double in the first. The 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner allowed six hits through the first three innings then retired 10 straight before Lindor walked to lead off the eighth that ended his outing.

The Marlins chased Mets starter Brandon Sproat (0-2) during a six-run fifth that erased a 2-0 deficit. Heriberto Hernández hit a two-run triple and scored on Jakob Marsee’s RBI groundout. Xavier Edwards hit an RBI single and Norby’s two-run, pinch-hit homer off reliever Gregory Soto capped the outburst.

Cade Gibson relieved Alcantara and got the first two outs in the eighth. Tyler Phillips closed with the four-out save after the Mets loaded the bases in the eighth.

Lindor’s first inning homer was his 11th leadoff blast of the season and 31st of his career.

Sproat gave up four runs and five hits over 4 2/3 innings. It was Sproat’s fourth career start since being called up from Triple-A on Sept. 7.

Mets third baseman Brett Baty exited the game in the second inning because side soreness.

Key moment

Phillips inherited the bases loaded when Soto reached on a fielder’s choice and Nimmo reached on a throwing error by second baseman Edwards, and Jeff McNeil worked a two-out walk. Pinch hitter Mark Vientos popped out to short left field to end New York’s threat.

Key stat

Norby’s drive was the ninth pinch-hit homer by the Marlins this season.

Up next

RHP Clay Holmes (11-8, 3.66 ERA) will start for the Mets on Saturday while the Marlins will go with RHP Eury Pérez (7-5, 4.20).

After hitting a team-record eight homers Wednesday night in an 11-1 victory that wrapped up a first-round bye, the Phillies scored the lone run on Alec Bohm’s first-inning groundout.

Buehler (10-7) allowed three hits and three walks and hit a batter. Taijuan Walker followed with two innings of relief, Matt Strahm pitched the eighth and, after an hour-long rain delay, 40-year-old David Robertson finished for his second save.

Janson Junk (6-4) took the loss.

Key moment

It looked like trouble for Philadelphia when Walker, pre-scheduled to split duty with Buehler, entered in the sixth and walked Miami’s Xavier Edwards, then allowed a single to Liam Hicks. But Walker then retired Otto Lopez on a fly to center, and struck out Griffin Conine and Connor Norby to escape the jam.

Key stat

Buehler, signed to a minor-league deal Aug. 31, has appeared in three games for the Phillies and recorded the win in all three.

Up next

The Phillies will host the Minnesota Twins in the teams’ final series of the regular season. On Friday, the Phillies will go with Aaron Nola (4-10, 6.46 ETA) against the Twins’ Joe Ryan (13-9, 3.47). The Marlins will finish up by hosting the New York Mets, who will be trying to hold onto the third wild-card spot. Sandy Alcantara (10-12, 5.48) goes for the Marlins against New York’s Brandon Sproat (0-1, 3.94).

Assured one of the top two seeds in the NL, the East champion Phillies (93-65) will open the postseason at home Oct. 4 in a best-of-five Division Series.

Schwarber hit Nos. 55 and 56 to pull within two of Seattle’s Cal Raleigh for the major league lead. Schwarber also doubled and singled. Philadelphia hit seven homers against Atlanta on Aug. 28, with Schwarber getting four of them.

Sosa was activated before the game after being out since Sept. 16 because of a groin injury. Bryson Stott, Alec Bohm and Otto Kemp also homered.

Jesus Luzardo (15-7) struck out 10 in seven innings against his former team. He allowed three hits and one run.

Marlins starter Ryan Weathers (2-2) lasted 4 2/3 innings, allowing five earned runs on six hits — three of them homers. Valente Bellozo allowed four homers in the seventh.

Key moment

Sosa came off the IL before the game and promptly hit home runs in three consecutive at bats. His three-run shot in the fifth inning off newly entered reliever Lake Bachar gave the Phillies a 6-1 lead.

Key stat

Schwarber’s third-inning home run was his 23rd off a left-hander this season, the most in major league history.

Up next

Phillies RHP Walker Buehler (9-7, 5.13 ERA) was set to face RHP Janson Junk (6-3, 4.27) on Thursday night in the series finale.

Hernández, who had three hits, homered with one out in the ninth inning off Philadelphia closer Jhoan Duran to force extras. Conine homered in the eighth inning off David Robertson to start the comeback in which Miami scored all of its runs from the eighth onward.

Miami won its seventh straight game and has won 11 of 12 to stay four games out of the last wild-card spot with five to play.

Josh Simpson (4-2) picked up the win by pitching 1 1/3 innings in relief. Lou Trivino (3-2) gave up the winning run.

Kyle Schwarber and Otto Kemp homered for Philadelphia, which has dropped three straight.

Schwarber hit his NL-leading 54th home run in the first and became the 22nd player in MLB history to reach 54 homers in a season and one of six active players to reach that mark. He is four home runs shy of Philadelphia’s single-season franchise record held by Ryan Howard.

Kemp, was filling in at first base for Bryce Harper, who missed the game because he was feeling ill.

Cristopher Sánchez pitched seven shutout innings for the Phillies.

Key moment

In the second inning, Miami right fielder Dane Myers crashed hard into the right field wall attempting to catch an eventual double by Max Kepler. Myers grabbed his right knee and fell to the ground. He was carted off the field with what the Marlins announced as a knee laceration.

Key stat

Sánchez’s strikeout of Javier Sanoja in the fifth inning was the 500th of his career.

Up next

Marlins LHP Ryan Weathers (2-1, 3.21 ERA) squares off against Philadelphia LHP Jesús Luzardo (14-7, 4.08) on Wednesday.

Wyatt Langford hit his 22nd homer for Texas (79-77), whose seven-game losing streak is its longest this season. The Rangers are five games behind Houston (84-72) and Cleveland, who are tied for the final American League wild card.

The Astros, who hold the tiebreaker over Texas, were swept this weekend by Seattle after the AL West-leading Mariners finished the series with a 7-3 win Sunday night. Before that, Houston had swept three games against the Rangers, who finish the regular season next weekend in Cleveland.

Miami (76-80) went ahead to stay in the fourth when Lopez had an RBI double and scored on a single by Heriberto Hernández off Merrill Kelly (12-9). Back-to-back doubles by Jakob Marsee and Agustín Ramírez made it 3-0 in the fifth.

The Marlins were four games behind the New York Mets (80-76) and Cincinnati, who were tied for the last National League wild card.

Lake Bachar (8-2) worked two innings for the win after taking over for 22-year-old starter Eury Pérez, who set a season high by striking out nine in four scoreless innings. Pérez allowed two hits and walked one while throwing 88 pitches.

George Soriano worked the ninth for his first save.

Key moment

After Texas scored twice in the sixth to pull to 3-2, Graham Pauley led off the Marlins seventh with a triple to deep center field and No. 9 batter Brian Navarreto followed with a sacrifice fly to the same area for a 4-2 lead.

Key stat

Miami has won 10 of its last 11 games and its 76 total wins are already 14 more than last season.

Up next

Both teams get a day off before playing Tuesday night, when Miami is at NL East champion Philadelphia, and Texas hosts Minnesota.

Johnston also had an RBI single for the Marlins (75-80), who have won five consecutive games and 10 of their last 13.

Rookie Cade Gibson (4-5) pitched two innings to earn the win. Calvin Faucher’s 15th save came despite allowing a leadoff homer to Kyle Higashioka in the ninth. Faucher left runners on second and third.

The Rangers (79-76) have dropped six straight, matching their longest losing streak of the season.

Johnston pulled a first-pitch curve by rookie Jack Leiter (9-10) just over the right-field fence to snap a 2-all tie. Norby then pulled a 1-0 slider just over the left-field wall.

Marlins rookie starter Adam Mazur gave up the two runs in four innings in his sixth try for his first win this season.

Eric Wagman hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth for the Marlins to score Norby.

Three of Texas’ eight hits came in the third, including consecutive RBI singles by Alejandro Osuna and Rowdy Tellez.

Rangers manager Bruce Bochy was ejected in the eighth inning after arguing with plate umpire Cody Freeman.

Key moment

Johnston’s first-pitch homer came after Leiter retired the first two batters of the sixth on seven pitches.

Key stat

The Marlins are 39-38 on the road (36-42 at home) as they try to finish with a winning road record for the third time in franchise history.

Up next

Marlins RHP Eury Pérez (7-5, 4.40 ERA) will start Sunday afternoon’s series finale. The Rangers didn’t name a Sunday starter before Saturday’s game.

The Marlins, who have won nine of their last 12 games, had 14 total hits, led by Marsee, Xavier Edwards and Connor Norby with two each. Javier Sanoja hit a pinch-hit solo home run in the seventh, Miami’s second game in a row with a pinch-hit homer and ninth overall.

Marlins starter Janson Junk allowed three hits and struck out five in seven innings. His one run allowed was the fewest he’s surrendered since July 12, when he gave up no runs in seven innings.

George Soriano (2-0) threw two relief innings with no hits and one run allowed, and Miami held the Rangers to four hits.

Patrick Corbin (7-10) took the loss in his first relief appearance since Sept. 29, 2017, when he was with Arizona. He allowed three hits and three runs in one inning.

Rangers starter Tyler Mahle threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings with six strikeouts in his first start since returning from the 60-day injured list. He missed the Rangers’ last 85 games due to right shoulder fatigue, last making a start on June 10.

Rowdy Tellez hit a two-run homer for Texas.

Key moment

After Marsee’s go-ahead double, the Marlins brought two more across as Navaretto hit an RBI double and Dane Myers added an RBI single.

Key stat

The Marlins improved to 25-60 when their opponent scores first, 9-4 in extra innings, and 12-64 when trailing after six innings.

Up next

RHP Adam Mazur (0-4, 4.85 ERA) starts for the Marlins as the three-game series continues Saturday. The Rangers have yet to announce their starter.

Otto Lopez and Heriberto Hernández also homered for the Marlins, who finished with 34 hits in the series at Coors Field.

Miami has won seven of eight and remained six games back of the New York Mets for the final National League wild-card spot.

Sandy Alcantara (10-12) struck out eight and gave up three runs in 6 2/3 innings. Over his past 11 starts, the former Cy Young Award winner is 6-3 with a 3.18 ERA. He went 4-9 with a 7.14 ERA in his first 19 starts this season.

The Rockies mounted a late charge with a four-run ninth inning, but with the tying run at the plate, Calvin Faucher forced Jordan Beck into a groundout to pick up his 14th save.

In his 11th major league game, Blaine Crim homered twice for the MLB-worst Rockies, who have lost five in a row, 11 of 12 and 22 of 26. Mickey Moniak hit a two-run home run in the ninth to extend his streak of games with a homer to four.

Tanner Gordon (6-7) allowed four runs (three earned) over six innings.

Key moment

Hicks and Lopez hit back-to-back homers in the third inning to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead.

Key stat

The Rockies’ loss was their 112th, breaking a tie with the 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks for the most by a National League team since 1969.

Up next

Marlins: RHP Janson Junk (6-3, 4.48 ERA) will square off against RHP Tyler Mahle (6-3, 2.34) and the host Texas Rangers on Friday.

Rockies: RHP Bradley Blalock (1-5, 9.00 ERA) will take the mound against a to-be-announced starter and the visiting Los Angeles Angels Friday.

Javier Sanoja had three hits and Lake Bachar (7-2) tossed two shutout innings in relief of Ryan Weathers for Miami, which has won six of its last seven and handed Colorado its 21st lost in the last 25 games.

Mickey Moniak hit his 23rd home run for the Rockies (41-111), who need one win in their last 10 games to avoid matching the 2024 Chicago White Sox for the most losses for a season in the modern era.

Colorado needs two victories to surpass the 1962 New York Mets, who had the fewest wins by an NL team.

The Rockies took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly and an RBI single. Miami scored a run in the third and two more in the fourth to go ahead, 3-2, but Jordan Beck’s RBI single in the bottom of the inning tied it.

Ramírez had a sacrifice fly in the sixth off Jaden Hill (1-1) and Heriberto Hernández added another sacrifice fly in the seventh. Ramírez hit a two-run homer to left field in the eighth — his 21st of the season — and Joey Wiemer had a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth.

The start of the game was delayed by 40 minutes due to inclement weather.

Key moment
Bachar halted Colorado’s momentum with two clean innings. The Rockies had 10 baserunners — eight hits, two walks — in four innings against starter Ryan Weathers.

Key stats
Colorado pitchers combined to issue nine free passes — eight walks and a hit-by-pitch. The Rockies have plunked three Miami batters through the first two games of the series.

Up next
Miami RHP Sandy Alcantara (9-12, 5.53 ERA) will take the mound against Rockies RHP Tanner Gordon (6-6, 6.14) on Thursday.

Detroit took advantage of three errors by Miami on a single ball in the second inning, scoring both runs and going on to stop a three-game losing streak.

Urquidy, a 30-year-old right-hander, had Tommy John surgery for the second time in June 2024 and signed a $1 million, one-year contract with the Tigers in March following five seasons with Houston.

He relieved Keider Montero (5-3) started the sixth and worked around Agustín Ramírez’s two-out single. Eric Wagaman singled leading off the seventh and Tommy Kahnle followed with one out. Urquidy threw 25 pitches, averaging 93 mph with his fastball.

Wil Vest followed Kahnle, who got five outs, and finished for his 21st save in 27 chances. After a single and walk put two on with out out, Vest retired Joey Wiener on a flyout and fell behind Javier Sanoja 3-1 before throwing a pair of called strikes with fastballs at the outside corner.

AL Central-leading Detroit, closing on its first division title since 2014, was outhit 7-4.

Montero allowed three hits in five innings.

Miami made three errors in the second as Detroit scored twice. With Spencer Torkelson on first, Colt Keith’s grounder to first went off Wagaman for the first error. Second baseman Máximo Acosta retrieved the ball in foul territory and threw wildly past third.

Left fielder Troy Johnston tried to run down the ball but it bounced off a fence, through his legs and past as Keith reached third. Keith scored on Dillon Dingler’s single.

Adam Mazur (0-4) allowed two unearned runs and one hit over six innings, retiring his final 11 batters.

Key moment

Kahnle inherited two runners with one out in the seventh, when he retired Victor Mesa Jr. on a flyout and Javier Sanoja on a groundout.

Key stat

Montero pitched his longest outing since throwing six innings against Tampa Bay on July 7.

Up next

Tigers: RHP Casey Mize (14-5, 3.83) starts Tuesday’s series opener against Cleveland and LHP Joey Cantillo (5-3, 3.36).

Marlins: RHP Eury Pérez (6-5, 4.67) starts Tuesday’s series opener at Colorado, which starts LHP Kyle Freeland (4-15, 4.97).

Agustín Ramírez doubled and singled, while Otto López had two hits and drove in a run as the Marlins won their fourth straight.

After Wenceel Pérez’s RBI double put Detroit ahead in the top of the 11th, López started the bottom half with an infield single that advanced automatic runner Joey Wiemer. Heriberto Hernández’s RBI fielder’s choice scored Wiemer before Johnston drove a slider from Rafael Montero (1-2) over the wall in right-center.

It was Johnston’s first career multi-homer game.

Josh Simpson (3-2) got the last two outs in the top of the 11th for the win.

Gleyber Torres had a sacrifice fly against Janson Junk in the fifth to put the Tigers ahead 3-2 but the Marlins tied it on Johnston’s solo homer in the sixth.

Junk gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings, striking out three and walking one.

López’s run-scoring single in the first and Javier Sanoja’s RBI double in the second gave Miami a 2-0 lead.

Kerry Carpenter hit a two-run homer in the third to tie it, driving Junk’s first pitch over the wall in right-center for his 25th homer.

Detroit starter Charlie Morton gave up two runs and three hits in four innings. He struck out four and walked four.

Key moment

Simpson inherited the bases loaded with one out in the top of the 11th. A wild pitch from deflected off the backstop to catcher Liam Hicks, who tagged Spencer Torkelson as he attempted to score from third. Simpson then struck out Parker Meadows to limit the Tigers to a run.

Key stat

Marlins relievers had thrown 13 1/3 scoreless innings until Pérez’s RBI double in the 11th.

Up next

Tigers have not announced a starter for the series finale on Sunday against Marlins RHP Adam Mazur (0-3, 6.30 ERA).

Alcantara (9-12) allowed four hits and struck out eight in the matchup of Cy Young Award winners. The 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner matched a season-high seven innings for the sixth time.

Skubal (13-5) struggled after a recent string of dominant outings. He gave up four runs and four hits before he left with one out in the fourth. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner had allowed one earned run over his previous 27 1/3 innings.

Tigers shortstop Javier Báez left after he fouled off a pitch that struck near his left eye during an at-bat in the second inning. Báez swung at a 90 mph changeup from Alcantara and the ball first deflected off the brim of his helmet before making contact near his eye.

Rookie Agustín Ramírez, Heriberto Hernández and Joey Wiemer homered for the Marlins, who won their third straight.

Ramírez put Miami on the board with a solo shot in the first. He drove Skubal’s fastball into the left-field seats for his 20th homer.

Hernández connected off Skubal to lead off the second and Javier Sanoja added an RBI fielder’s choice in the second to make it 3-0.

After Riley Greene’s solo homer in the fourth narrowed the deficit for Detroit, Miami responded with Sanoja’s two-run double.

Key moment

Wiemer helped expand the Marlins’ lead with a two-run homer against reliever Chris Paddack in the sixth.

Key stat

It was the Marlins’ first three-game win streak since a three-game home sweep of the New York Yankees Aug. 1-3 that got them to 55-55.

Up next

RHP Charlie Morton (7-13, 4.85 ERA) will start for the Tigers on Saturday against RHP Jansen Junk (6-3, 4.48) of the Marlins.

Weathers (2-1), who had been sidelined since June 7 with a left lat strain, was activated from the injured list on Thursday.

Rookie Jakob Marsee doubled and singled for the Marlins, who split the four-game set and won the season series against their NL East opponent, 7-6.

Miami scored quickly against Washington starter MacKenzie Gore (5-14) on Heriberto Hernández’s sacrifice fly and Wagaman’s RBI single in the first.

Wagaman hit a two-run double and scored on Joey Wiemer’s sacrifice fly in the eighth.

Tyler Phillips followed Weathers with two innings of relief before Ronny Henriquez and Michael Petersen pitched an inning each to complete the shutout.

Gore, who also was activated from the injured list on Thursday, gave up two runs and four hits in five innings. He had not pitched since Aug. 30 because of left shoulder inflammation.

Key moment

Daylen Lile and Andrés Chaparro singled to lead off the fourth but Weathers induced a double-play groundout from Brady House and retired Paul DeJong on a grounder to end Washington’s threat.

Key stat

Marsee has 15 multihit games since his promotion from Triple-A on Aug. 1.

Up next

The Nationals begin a three-game home series against Pittsburgh on Friday and RHP Brad Lord (5-8, 4.20 ERA) will start the opener. The Pirates have not announced a starter.

RHP Sandy Alcantara (8-12, 5.67) will start the opener the Marlins’ three-game home series against Detroit on Friday. LHP Tarik Skubal (13-4, 2.10) will go for the Tigers.

Robert Hassell III had an RBI single in the third inning and Daylen Lile and Luis Garcia Jr. knocked in runs in the sixth as the Nationals built a 3-0 lead.

Miami started its comeback in the bottom of the sixth as Jakob Marsee (four hits), Lopez, Agustin Ramirez drove in runs before Wagaman’s run-scoring hit gave the Marlins a 4-3 lead. Lopez added an RBI single in the seventh and Edwards added his third homer of the year in the eighth.

Miami starter Eury Perez allowed three earned runs and seven hits with seven strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings, but didn’t figure in the decision. Lake Bachar (6-2) worked two-thirds of an inning and earned the victory.

Jake Irvin (8-12) took the loss for the Nationals.

Washington interim manager Miguel Cairo was ejected in the sixth inning after a disputed play. The Marlins disputed a call when Marsee was ruled out on a tag play at second. The umpires met and changed the call to safe. That Nationals challenged, but the safe call was upheld. Cairo argued the ruling and was then ejected by Laz Diaz. Irvin, after being removed from the game, was also ejected by Diaz.

Key moment

Abrams’ error to begin the sixth opened the floodgates for Miami.

Key stat

Edwards had three hits and Marsee four from the top spots in Miami’s order.

Up next

Nationals LHP MacKenzie Gore (5-13, 4.15 ERA) comes off the injured list to start Thursday against Marlins LHP Ryan Weathers (1-1, 3.28).

Rookie Daylen Lile also went deep while CJ Abrams and James Wood doubled and singled each for the Nationals.

Parker (8-15) retired 14 straight after allowing Joey Wiemer’s solo homer in the second. The left-hander allowed four hits, struck out two and walked two.

After losing five of their first six against the Marlins this season, the Nationals have won five straight against their NL East opponent.

Washington built a 7-1 lead before the Marlins rallied on Agustín Ramírez’s RBI single in the eighth and rookie Victor Mesa Jr.’s two-run double in the ninth that made it 7-4. After Jose A. Ferrer allowed Xavier Edwards’ RBI infield single that scored Mesa, he retired Ramírez on a groundout for his eighth save.

The Nationals struck quickly against Miami starter Adam Mazur on Bell’s three-run homer in the first. Bell drove Mazur’s slider into the upper deck seats in right for his 20th home run.

Bell homered twice in Monday’s 15-7 series opening win and also went deep when Washington beat the Chicago Cubs to close their series Sunday.

Mazur (0-3) gave up six runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Key moment

After Ramírez’s two-out RBI single in the eighth, Washington reliever P.J. Poulin struck out Jakob Marsee with the bases loaded to end Miami’s threat.

Key stat

Bell has seven homers and 18 RBIs in his last 26 games.

Up next

RHP Jake Irvin (8-11, 5.71 ERA) will start for the Nationals on Wednesday while the Marlins will go with Eury Pérez (6-5, 4.66).

Dylan Crews and Luis García Jr also homered as the Nationals matched their season high for runs and hits (19).

Miami drew just 7,992, its 12th crowd this season under 8,000.

Bell’s RBI single in the fifth put Washington ahead 3-1 and, batting right-handed, he hit a two-run drive off Josh Simpson for a 10-2 lead in the sixth.

Hitting left-handed, Bell added a two-run homer in the sixth against Josh Simpson, a 413-foot, 110 mph drive four rows into the nearly empty right-field upper deck for his 19th long ball this season. Bell added an RBI single in the ninth, matching his career high for hits.

Washington’s Danny Espinosa homered from both sides of the plate twice in the same series against Cincinnati, on June 30 and July 3, 2016, a four-game series in which he had five homers and 15 RBIs.

Crews also had four RBIs for the Nats, who won for the sixth time in seven games.

Cade Cavalli (3-1) gave up two runs and six hits in five innings.

García homered in the second off Janson Junk (6-2), who was activated from the injured list after recovering from tight ulnar nerve irritation and allowed six runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Heriberto Hernández had a tying single in the second and Crews had a go-ahead single in the fourth,

Victor Mesa Jr. homered, doubled and drove in three runs for the Marlins and Jakob Marsee hit a solo shot.

Key moment

Crews hit a two-out homer for an 8-2 lead, capping a six-run fifth.

Key stat

Washington tying season high for runs and hits.

Up next

Washington LHP Mitchell Parker (7-15, 5.87 ERA) takes the hill opposite RHP Adam Mazur (0-2, 5.74) in Tuesday’s second game of a four-game series.

It all happened when the Miami Marlins faced the Philadelphia Phillies Friday night at LoanDepot Park.

Harrison Bader crushed a home run into the left field stands for the Phillies.

The father and son sat down with NBC Philadelphia to speak out about the viral moment.

“It went into that seat and kind of jumbled around, and I was already, you know, going in and coincidentally as soon as I was going in it stopped in one spot and I just picked it up and the guy in the Eagle shirt and, I guess, her hands came right in like half a second after me,” said Drew Feltwell.

The camera followed Drew Feltwell back to his seat, who tossed the baseball to his son before the two shared a hug.

The family was visiting from West Palm Beach for Drew’s son Lincoln’s tenth birthday.

That’s when the woman stormed over to the duo and things got rowdy.

“I didn’t even see her walk up, and as she reached for my arm she just yelled in my ear ‘That’s my ball,'” said Drew.

That’s when the woman, who the internet has dubbed ‘Phillies Karen’, demanded the ball, Drew recalls.

“When she screamed in my ear that’s when everybody saw how shocked I was,” said Drew. “I guess she just thought that was her ball because it was in front of her.”

While the conversation did not have subtitles it seems safe to assume she wanted the ball and felt it belonged to her.

“She had many, many inappropriate words to say around my kids and all I could think was make her go away,” said Drew.

All dad could think about was how to de-escalate the situation, taking the ball in question back from his son and handing it to the woman.

“That was what we were there for, we were there to get a home run ball so I though I had accomplished this great thing,” said Drew.

The woman, ball in-hand, stormed back to her seat.

“When we had to give the ball to her I wasn’t very happy but it had to be done to get her to go away,” said Lincoln.

Fans couldn’t believe their eyes.

“The ‘boos’ started and they were very intense, she’s going to pay for that but it’s not by my hand,” said Drew.

Later in the game Marlins staff stopped in the stands to give Lincoln a goodie bag full of gear.

After the game, the Phillies organization set up a meet and great with the Phillies star who hit the homer too.

The center-fielder gave Lincoln a gift pack and his own signed bat.

“What he gets a gift bag, it was a Marlins employee,” said a sports broadcaster.

“At the end I ended up being happy, I got to see Bader,” said Lincoln.

A similar sight at a Mets game where one fan wrestled the ball away from and older man, swiping the memorabilia and heading back to his seat.

A week before that, a signed hat was snatched out of the hands of a young fan at the US Open.

The moment captured on video highlights a trend of bad behavior at sporting events, though locals still express disdain at this situation.

“That lady was disgusting,” said a Marlins fan.

Others tried to justify the behavior before finishing the rest of the video.

“I thought it was messed up, I even looked to see if she went back to, like, a kid, to give it back to someone who was with her, but she didn’t so I thought it was not nice,” said another fan.

As for the case at Friday night’s Marlins game, the woman’s identity remains unconfirmed.

Troy Johnston had two hits for the Marlins, who snapped a five-game skid.

Ronny Henriquez (7-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, and Lake Bachar escaped a jam in the ninth for his third save.

Trea Turner homered and Brandon Marsh had three hits for the Phillies. Turner exited because of a right hamstring strain after he legged out a grounder and reached on a throwing error by López in the seventh.

Phillies slugger Key Schwarber hit an RBI single in the ninth. Schwarber, who leads the National League with 49 homers, has not gone deep since he did it four times against Atlanta on Aug. 28.

The Marlins sent 10 batters to the plate in a four-run first against Taijuan Walker (4-8). López hit a three-run homer and Máximo Acosta added an RBI single.

Turner greeted reliever Calvin Faucher with a homer to lead off the sixth. Faucher also allowed an RBI single to Marsh.

López hit a solo drive off Philadelphia reliever José Alvarado in the seventh to make it 5-3.

Walker (4-8) worked six innings and held the Marlins scoreless after the first.

Key moment

Bachar walked Max Kepler and pinch-hitter J.T. Realmuto to start the ninth. Bryson Stott popped out and pinch-hitter Harrison Bader lined out before Schwarber’s run-scoring single. Bachar then retired Bryce Harper on a groundout to end it.

Key stat

López became the sixth Marlins player with a multi-homer game this season.

Up next

The Phillies return home for a four-game series against the New York Mets on Monday with RHP Aaron Nola (3-8, 6.78) scheduled to start the opener. The Marlins have not announced a starter for the opener of a four-game series against visiting Washington on Monday.

Jesús Luzardo struck out eight over six innings of two-run ball for the NL East-leading Phillies. Luzardo (13-6) allowed five hits and walked four.

Phillies star slugger Kyle Schwarber went 0-for-3 and was hit twice. Schwarber remains at 49 homers since he went deep four times against Atlanta on Aug. 28. He hit a drive to the warning track in the ninth that was caught by centerfielder Jakob Marsee.

After winning three of four at the New York Mets Aug. 28-31, the Marlins have lost five straight.

Philadelphia catcher J.T. Realmuto threw out Agustín Ramírez and Maximo Acosta on unsuccessful stolen base attempts in the first and seventh.

Harper gave the Phillies a quick lead with a two-run homer in the first. He drove a fastball from Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara over the wall in center for his 24th home run.

Philadelphia padded the lead in the fourth on Harrison Bader’s run-scoring single and Bryson Stott’s sacrifice fly.

Miami narrowed the deficit in the bottom half, when Eric Wagaman doubled and Javier Sanoja added an RBI infield single.

David Robertson and Matt Strahm followed Luzardo with scoreless innings each before Jhoan Duran closed for his 27th save.

Alcantara (8-12) gave up four runs and seven hits in six innings. The right-hander walked one and struck out four.

Key moment

After he issued walks to Wagaman and Sanoja, Luzardo ended his outing by retiring Troy Johnston on a flyout for the third out in the sixth.

Key stat

Harper has 33 RBIs over his last 50 games.

Up next

RHP Taijuan Walker (4-7, 3.92 ERA) will start the series finale for the Phillies on Sunday while the Marlins have not announced a starter.

Until it wasn’t.

The Phils held a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning when outfielder Harrison Bader blasted a solo home run into the left field stands to extend the team’s lead.

This is where things get a little interesting.

The NBC Sports Philadelphia broadcast showed a father retrieve the ball and bring it back to his young son, when all of a sudden an unidentified woman comes out of nowhere and confronted the duo.

The father had a shocked look on his face as the woman, who was seated the row behind where he had retrieved the ball, continued to argue with him.

After some back-and-forth, the man took the ball from his son’s glove, handed it over to the woman and shooed her away.

It did have a happy ending for the young fan however, despite both him and his father being decked out in Phillies gear.

The incident drew the ire of both the Phillies and Marlins game broadcasts as well as social media. The Marlins confirmed to CNN the son received a Miami goodie bag and a baseball for him to keep.

On top of that, Bader met the young fan after the game and gave him a signed bat.

The Phillies went on to win 9-3.

The Phillies went deep four times, including solo shots from Max Kepler and Harrison Bader. Every Phillies starter had at least one hit, and they finished with 16 total.

Trea Turner went 4 for 5, his second time recording four hits against the Marlins this season.

Cristopher Sánchez (12-5) pitched seven effective innings, allowing one run on six hits while striking out five and walking one. Tanner Banks relieved Sánchez in the eighth.

Stott broke the game open in the seventh when he lined a shot into the Phillies’ bullpen against reliever George Soriano to make it 9-1.

Brian Navarreto, an eighth-inning defensive replacement, pulled the Marlins within 9-3 with his first career home run, a two-run drive to center against Banks.

Kepler hit a solo shot into the second deck off Marlins starter Valente Bellozo (1-4) in the second. Marsh drilled a 420-foot, two-run shot to left-center off reliever Lake Bachar in the fourth, and Bader went deep in the next at-bat to put Philadelphia ahead 5-1.

NL homer run-leader Kyle Schwarber (49) singled twice. He hasn’t homered in the seven games since his four-home run outing against Atlanta on Aug. 28.

Javier Sanoja hit an RBI double in the third, Miami’s only run scored against Sánchez.

Bellozo allowed two runs and four hits in three innings, striking out two.

Key moment

Bachar replaced Bellozo in the third with the Marlins trailing 2-1, but gave up three straight hits — including the homers by Marsh and Bader — as Philadelphia extended its lead.

Key stat

Sánchez’s 12 wins are a career high, surpassing his previous career-best 11 wins in 2024.

Up next

Philadelphia LHP Jesús Luzardo (12-6, 4.06 ERA) will start the second game of the series Saturday against Miami RHP Sandy Alcantara (8-11, 5.66).

It was only the second three-game sweep this season for Washington, which took three at Baltimore from May 15-17. The Nationals’ last three-game sweep at home was July 19-21, 2024, against Cincinnati.

Brady House also went deep for Washington, and Luis García Jr. had two RBIs. Jackson Rutledge (3-2) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.

Joey Wiemer homered for Miami, which was swept for the fourth time this season and the first time since June 2-4 against Colorado.

Nuñez, who spent all of last season on Washington’s roster as a Rule 5 pick, had three hits and four RBIs in his 75th career game.

He hit a one-out drive off Eury Pérez (6-5) into Washington’s bullpen in right in the second. He also singled home a run in the sixth and connected for a two-run shot in the eighth off Luarbert Arias.

House hit a two-run shot in the fourth to make it 7-0. It was the rookie’s first homer since July 12.

Wiemer hit a two-run homer in the fifth, and Heriberto Hernández chased Washington starter Mitchell Parker with a two-run single. Parker allowed four runs — two earned — in 4 2/3 innings.

Key moment

Replay determined that Miami’s Connor Norby wasn’t hit by a pitch in the fifth. Instead, the ball went off the knob of his bat and Washington turned the play into an inning-ending groundout, stranding two runners.

Key stat

Washington’s bullpen did not allow an earned run in 4 1/3 innings, lowering its ERA in 14 games since Aug. 20 to 1.60.

Up next

Both teams are off Thursday. Miami has not announced its starter for Friday’s series opener at home against Philadelphia. RHP Jake Irvin (8-10, 5.42 ERA) faces the Chicago Cubs as Washington begins a seven-game road trip Friday.

The team hosted a drive-thru food distribution at loanDepot Park on Wednesday morning.

7News cameras captured volunteers packing cars with meals for 1,000 families across Miami.

This is the fifth year in a row that the Marlins and Florida Blue have partnered to deliver meals.

The goal is to deliver five million meals through the usage of a co-branded Farm Share truck across the state of Florida over the next year.

Lile hit a bloop double in the second and an RBI single in the third. Lile scored on Riley Adams’ double after his own double.

Adams scored on an opposite-field single from Jacob Young. Adams knocked the ball out of the glove of Marlins third baseman Connor Norby on a tag attempt to reach third base on the prior play.

In the fourth, Wood drove home Young with his 27th home run of the season.

Young was removed from the game in the top of the sixth inning with back spasms. He was replaced in center field by Robert Hassell III.

Adam Mazur (0-2) gave up 10 hits and five runs, but finished six innings for Miami. The Marlins used five pitchers in the 2-0 loss to open the series on Monday night.

Jose A. Ferrer earned his sixth save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth inning to secure the series win. He was the fifth Nationals reliever after five innings of two-run baseball from starter Cade Cavalli (2-1).

Key moment

Norby’s failure to tag Adams out at third base allowed the latter to score on Young’s ensuing single, giving the Nationals an early 3-0 lead.

Key stat

Wood’s home run was just his third since July 9. At that point, Wood had 24 home runs, eighth in the majors. His 27 home runs now rank tied for 21st in baseball.

Up next

The Nationals will send LHP Mitchell Parker (7-15, 5.94 ERA) to the mound on Wednesday night against Marlins RHP Eury Pérez (6-4, 4.04).

A 26-year-old left-hander selected in the 12th round of the 2021 amateur draft, Alvarez allowed his only hit when Victor Mesa Jr. singled to left with one out in the fifth. He struck out four and walked two, throwing 44 of 81 pitches for strikes. Alvarez (1-0) averaged 91.8 mph with 22 fastballs and also threw 27 sliders, 21 curveballs, six sinkers and five changeups.

Alvarez joined Mitchell Parker in 2024 as the only Nationals starters to win their major league debuts since Stephen Strasburg in 2010.

Alvarez and catcher CJ Stubbs were the first batterymates each making their major league debut Pittsburgh’s Quinn Preister and Endy Rodriguez on July 17, 2023. They became the first for the Nationals since Shairon Martis and Luke Montz on Sept. 4, 2008, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Four relievers finished a two-hitter, with Jose A. Ferrer working around a walk in the ninth inning for his fifth save in seven chances. Washington relievers have pitched 13 scoreless innings over three games.

Miami was shut out for the eighth time this season but first since July 10.

Daylen Lile hit a run-scoring triple and Andrés Chaparro had a sacrifice fly in a two-run second off Lake Bachar (5-2), who started in a bullpen game.

Key Moment

Miami’s Xavier Edwards was ejected five pitches into the game by plate umpire Brennan Miller. Edwards grounded to first leading off after a four-pitch at-bat that included a pair of called strikes, then apparently argued after returning to the dugout and was tossed after the first pitch to Agustín Ramírez.

Key Stat

Alvarez became the first pitcher since the franchise moved to Washington for 2005 to throw at least five scoreless innings in his major league debut.

Up Next

Marlins RHP Adam Mazur (0-1, 5.59) and Nationals Cade Cavalli (1-1, 5.11) start on Tuesday night.

Juan Soto homered twice for the Mets, who fell behind 8-2 in the third as All-Star lefty David Peterson gave up a career-high eight runs in two-plus innings.

Mark Vientos hit a three-run homer and Soto launched a solo shot before his two-run drive tied it 8-all in the sixth. New York, however, was unable to complete the comeback.

Francisco Lindor had a leadoff homer for the Mets, who remained five games ahead of Cincinnati for the final National League wild card. New York fell six games behind Philadelphia atop the NL East.

Playing in his second game since returning from a six-week stint on the injured list, Norby lofted a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the seventh off Tyler Rogers (4-5) and added a two-run double against Edwin Díaz two innings later.

Calvin Faucher (4-4) got four outs for the win. Tyler Phillips allowed two baserunners in the ninth before striking out Cedric Mullins for his third save.

Heriberto Hernández had an RBI double in a five-run first against Peterson. Eric Wagaman and Joey Wiemer each provided a two-run double.

Jakob Marsee and Wiemer delivered run-scoring singles for Miami in the third. Wiemer finished with three hits.

Marlins starter Edward Cabrera gave up six runs (five earned) in four innings.

Key moment

Jeff McNeil led off the Mets seventh with a triple but was stranded when Faucher retired Brett Baty on a grounder, struck out pinch-hitter Starling Marte and got Mullins to line out to left field.

Key stats

Soto, who reached base in all five plate appearances, became the first player to hit 35 homers in three straight seasons for three different teams. … The Mets have scored 176 runs and hit 53 homers in August, both franchise records for any month. … The teams have combined for 58 runs in the first three games of the series.

Up next

Marlins RHP Sandy Alcantara (7-11, 5.87 ERA) opposes RHP Kodai Senga (7-5, 2.73) in Sunday’s series finale.

Tong (1-0) received a standing ovation from the sellout crowd of 42,112 when he took the mound for a six-pitch first inning. The 22-year-old Canadian right-hander had a 5-0 lead when he returned for the second, and the Mets made it 12-0 in the bottom of the inning.

With an over-the-top delivery that has drawn comparisons to Tim Lincecum, Tong struck out six without a walk. He threw 63 of 97 pitches for strikes.

In the bottom of the first against Eury Pérez (6-4), Juan Soto hit a two-run homer and Brandon Nimmo had a three-run shot before an out was recorded.

Pete Alonso had a two-run homer in the second. Nimmo added a solo shot in the sixth before Mark Vientos went deep and Luis Torrens slugged a three-run shot in a six-run eighth off infielder Javier Sanjoja.

Tong allowed all four runs in the fifth following fielding errors by Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso. Lindor dropped a throw from second baseman Brett Baty on a force attempt and Alonso misplayed a grounder by Jacob Marsee.

The Mets won for the ninth time in 13 games.

Otto Lopez homered and had a two-run single for the Marlins.

Key moment

After allowing Lopez’s hit, Tong ended his outing by getting a called third strike on a 95 mph fastball against Liam Hicks.

Key stat

The Mets scored 19 runs for the second time this season and seventh time in team history.

Up next

Miami RHP Edward Cabrera (7-7, 3.32 ERA) faces LHP David Peterson (8-5, 3.18) on Saturday.

Nimmo hit a two-run double in the first and Alonso launched a two-run homer in the fifth, tying it 4 with his 30th longball this season. But the Mets made three errors in all that led to five unearned runs, halting their momentum following a three-game sweep of NL East-leading Philadelphia.

New York fell five games behind the Phillies, who routed Atlanta 19-4 at home, with 28 remaining. The second-place Mets are four games in front of Cincinnati for the final National League wild card.

Otto López had a pair of RBI singles for the Marlins (63-71), who bounced back in the opener of a four-game series after getting outscored 23-3 at home by the Braves over the previous two days.

Cade Gibson (3-5) struck out three in 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. Calvin Faucher pitched a perfect ninth for his 13th save.

Mets starter Clay Holmes went five innings and committed a costly error of his own. He dropped a throw he had to reach for from Alonso while covering first base with two outs in the third, leading to two unearned runs.

Key moment

Jakob Marsee opened the seventh with a single off Gregory Soto (1-5) and advanced to second when Alonso flubbed Liam Hicks’ easy grounder. Marsee scored the go-ahead run when Nimmo bobbled Agustín Ramírez’s single.

Key stat

New York dropped to 10-15 in August and 4-3 against Miami this year.

Up next

Prized pitching prospect Jonah Tong makes his major league debut Friday night for the Mets against Marlins RHP Eury Pérez (6-3, 3.44 ERA).

Jurickson Profar hit two solo homers for the Braves, who outscored the Marlins 21-1 over the last 10 innings of their three-game series. Matt Olson and Michael Harris II also went deep.

Atlanta star Ronald Acuña Jr. walked four times and was hit by a pitch, leading to the ejection of manager Brian Snitker.

Braves starter Joey Wentz (3-3) permitted one run and five hits in 6 2/3 innings.

After winning six consecutive series to get to 55-55 on Aug. 3, the Marlins (62-71) lost their seventh straight series.

Olson hit a two-run homer and Albies added a three-run drive against Ryan Gusto in the third. It was Albies’ third homer of the series after he hit two on Tuesday.

Profar put the Braves in front when he connected on Gusto’s second pitch of the game.

Snitker was tossed after Gusto (7-7) plunked Acuña with the first pitch following Olson’s homer. An angry Acuña took a couple of steps toward the mound before heading to first.

Both benches emptied although no punches were thrown. Snitker protested crew chief Mark Wagner’s warnings of additional retaliations, leading to his ejection.

Harris made it 11-1 with a two-run blast in the sixth, and Profar homered again in the seventh.

Key moment

Profar walked before Olson’s homer, and Drake Baldwin walked ahead of Albies’ drive in the third.

Key stat

Albies went 5 for 8 with nine RBIs in the last two games of the series.

Up next

Braves: RHP Cal Quantrill (4-11, 5.51 ERA) will start the opener of a four-game series at Philadelphia on Thursday. RHP Aaron Nola (2-7, 6.52 ERA) goes for the Phillies.

Marlins: Open a four-game set at the New York Mets on Thursday night.

Troy Johnston hit an RBI double and Máximo Acosta homered for the Marlins, who matched their win total from last year with their 62nd victory.

Cabrera (7-7) allowed one hit and walked two. The right-hander lost his previous two starts, yielding nine earned runs and 18 hits in 9 2/3 innings.

Rookie Drake Baldwin hit his 14th homer for Atlanta with two down in the ninth. But Calvin Faucher earned his 12th save when Ozzie Albies grounded out to third.

Miami jumped in front in the fifth against Spencer Strider (5-12). Otto López drew a leadoff walk and stole second before Johnston hit a drive that bounced off the warning track in right-center field.

Strider surrendered three hits in seven innings. He struck out three and walked two.

Acosta went deep in the eighth against Pierce Johnson, sending a 404-foot drive to center for his third homer.

Miami’s Tyler Zuber got two outs in the eighth before Jurickson Profar doubled. Josh Simpson relieved and hit Matt Olson but retired Ronald Acuña Jr. to end the threat.

Key moment

With one out in the sixth, Cabrera walked Profar, who then stole second. But Cabrera struck out Olson and retired Acuña on a forceout.

Key stat

Strider picked up his 600th career strikeout when he fanned Acosta to lead off the sixth.

Up next

Right-hander Hurston Waldrep (4-0, 0.73 ERA) will start for the Braves on Tuesday against Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcantara (7-11, 6.04 ERA).

Eric Wagaman homered and scored twice for Miami, and Agustín Ramírez had an RBI single. Pérez (6-3) was charged with two runs in six-plus innings. He walked one and struck out four.

Lake Bachar inherited two runners from Pérez in the seventh and allowed Daulton Varsho’s three-run homer that pulled the AL East-leading Blue Jays to 4-3. Varsho, who struck out twice in two at-bats against Pérez, sent a 424-foot drive over the center-field wall for his 15th homer.

Ramírez’s run-scoring single against reliever Yariel Rodríguez in the bottom half made it 5-3.

The Blue Jays threatened in the eighth when Bachar issued two-out walks to Nathan Lukes and Bo Bichette. Ronny Henriquez relieved and retired pinch-hitter Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on a popup in the slugger’s first appearance of the series. Guerrero missed the previous four games because of hamstring inflammation.

Tyler Phillips pitched a perfect ninth for his second save.

Wagaman gave the Marlins their first lead of the series with his solo homer in the third. Marsee’s triple in the fifth extended it to 4-0.

Toronto starter Kevin Gausman (8-10) allowed four runs and seven hits while striking out seven in six innings.

Key moment

Before the game, retired second baseman Luis Castillo was inducted into the Marlins’ Hall of Fame. Castillo played 10 seasons for the Marlins and was a member of the club’s two World Series championship teams in 1997 and 2003.

Key stat

Marsee also doubled and scored a run. The rookie has 17 extra-base hits and 23 RBIs in 23 games since being called up from Triple-A on Aug. 1.

Up next

RHP Max Scherzer (4-2, 3.60 ERA) starts the opener of Toronto’s three-game home series against Minnesota on Monday. RHP Joe Ryan (12-6, 2.77) goes for the Twins.

RHP Edward Cabrera (6-7, 3.52 ERA) gets the ball when the Marlins begin a three-game home series against Atlanta on Monday. The Braves had not announced a scheduled starter.

Springer was 3 for 6 with a home run and two RBIs and Alejandro Kirk had an RBI double as the AL East-leading Blue Jays maintained their five-game lead over Boston, a 12-1 winner over the Yankees.

Toronto starter José Berríos gave up four hits and two runs while striking out eight in 6 1/3 innings, Tommy Nance (1-0) went 1 2/3 innings, and Brandon Little pitched a perfect 12th for his first save.

Calvin Faucher (3-4), who gave up Bichette’s single, took the loss.

The Jays jumped to a 4-0 lead behind Berríos, who surrendered just an infield single to Dane Myers until one out in the seventh. He then gave up three straight singles, capped by Troy Johnston’s RBI hit for the Marlins’ first run.

Javier Sanoja greeted Louis Verland with a run-scoring double, but Bichette threw Johnston out at the plate. Otto Lopez singled in Sanoja before Verland struck out Xavier Edwards to end the inning.

The Marlins tied it in the ninth off Jays closer Jeff Hoffman, who issued a leadoff walk to Eric Wagaman. Pinch-runner Derek Hill stole second and scored on Sanoja’s single.

The teams traded runs in the 10th and 11th.

Marlins starter Janson Junk left in the sixth with discomfort in his throwing arm. The right-hander gave up three runs, while striking out three and walking one.

Key moment

The Marlins had two on with the score tied in the 11th, but Myers but popped up an attempted sacrifice bunt and Lopez hit into an inning-ending double play.

Key stat

The Blue Jays left 10 runners on base, the Marlins stranded nine.

Up next

RHP Kevin Gausman (8-9, 3.78 ERA) starts for the Blue Jays against the Marlins RHP Eury Pérez (5-3, 3.48) on Sunday.

Daulton Varsho homered, doubled and drove in three runs, while Ty France had two hits and two RBIs for the AL East-leading Blue Jays.

Bieber (1-0) allowed two hits and hit a batter in his 87-pitch outing. He retired 12 straight after allowing Javier Sanoja’s homer in the second inning.

It was Bieber’s first appearance since April 2, 2024, when he experienced elbow discomfort and subsequently underwent Tommy John surgery.

The Blue Jays acquired the 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner from the Cleveland Guardians on July 31. Bieber had four rehab outings with the Guardians before the trade and three since joining the Blue Jays.

Varsho hit an RBI double and scored on Frances’ two-run single off Marlins starter Ryan Gusto (7-6) to put Toronto ahead 3-0 in the first.

The Blue Jays increased their lead to 5-1 on Varsho’s two-run homer in the sixth. Varsho’s 423-foot drive landed in the right-center field seats.

Miami got within 5-2 on Maximo Acosta’s solo homer against reliever Yariel Rodríguez in the eighth.

Brendon Little got the last two outs after Acosta’s homer and Jeff Hoffman pitched the ninth for his 28th save.

Gusto gave up five runs and seven hits in his home debut for the Marlins, who acquired the right-hander from Houston on July 31.

Key moment

Alejandro Kirk hit a two-out single that extended the sixth before Varsho’s homer.

Key stat

Bo Bichette doubled in the first to give him an AL-leading 158 hits.

Up next

RHP José Berríos (9-5, 4.00 ERA) will start for the Blue Jays on Saturday against Marlins’ RHP Janson Junk (6-2, 4.04).

Heriberto Hernández had three hits and two RBIs and Troy Johnston singled twice for the Marlins, who avoided a three-game series sweep.

Alcántara (7-11) scattered five hits and struck out a season-high nine. It was the 29-year-old right-hander’s third outing of the season that lasted seven innings.

Acosta, who was hitless in eight at-bats since being called up Monday, hit a fastball from Cardinals starter Andre Pallante 418 feet over the wall in center in the sixth inning to increase Miami’s lead to 5-2.

The Cardinals had cut their deficit to 4-2 in the top of the inning Willson Contreras’ solo homer, his 17th.

Hernández scored from third on a double-play groundout in the second, and gave the Marlins a 3-0 lead with a two-run single in the third.

Lars Nootbaar’s RBI double in the fifth put the Cardinals on the board before Johnston hit a run-scoring single in the bottom half to give the Marlins another three-run advantage.

Pallante (6-11) was lifted after 5 1/3 innings. He gave up five runs and eight hits with four strikeouts.

Key moment

Jakob Marsee and Agustín Hernández completed a double steal before Hernández’s single in the third.

Key stat

Alcántara made his 163rd career start, surpassing Dontrelle Willis for second in Marlins’ history. Ricky Nolasco leads with 197.

Up next

RHP Sonny Gray (11-6, 4.30 ERA) will start the opener of a three-game series at Tampa Bay on Thursday. The Rays will go with RHP Joe Boyle (1-2, 4.68).

The Marlins have not announced a starter for the opener of a three-game home series against Toronto on Friday. RHP Shane Bieber will make his season debut for the Blue Jays.

Herrera’s RBIs accounted for the first three runs of the game and Pedro Pagés extended his season-high hitting streak to nine games with an RBI single in the fourth to make it 4-0 St. Louis.

The Marlins had their first hit of the game in the fourth inning on an infield single by Xavier Edwards, who leads the National League in batting average at .302.

He scored on Jakob Marsee’s triple and Marsee scored on a fielding error by Cardinals starting pitcher Michael McGreevy, who overthrew to third base to make it 4-2.

McGreevy (5-2) pitched six innings, allowing six hits and had five strikeouts. Riley O’Brien earned his second save of the season, pitching one inning with two strikeouts and two walks.

Saggese and Maysn Winn both scored a run in the fifth inning to extend the Cardinals’ lead to 6-2, but the Marlins responded with an RBI double by Otto Lopez to bring the game within two. Winn scored again in the seventh off a sacrifice fly by Saggese to make it 7-4.

Marlins starting pitcher Edward Cabrera (6-7) allowed a career high 11 hits in the loss. He finished with six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.

Key moment

The Marlins had the tying run in scoring position with two outs in the sixth inning but McGreevy struck out Eric Wagaman to keep the Cardinals ahead.

Key stat

The Cardinals had 12 hits from seven different batters.

Up next

The Cardinals and the Marlins will meet for the final game of the series on Wednesday night. St. Louis will start Andre Pallante (6-10, 5.04 ERA). Miami will start Sandy Alcantara (6-11, 6.31).

Miami right fielder Dane Myers was unable to make a routine catch at the warning track in the seventh, which put a runner in scoring position for the Cardinals. Burleson’s RBI single sent Iván Herrera home for a 4-3 lead.

St. Louis added another run on a single by Pedro Pagés.

The Marlins were undone by two errors, three unearned runs, four wild pitches and five walks allowed.

Marlins catcher Agustín Ramírez had a pitch get behind him, allowing Garrett Hampson to score. Ramírez has a league-leading 11 passed balls this year.

On the next pitch, Nolan Gorman hit a two-run homer to make it 8-3.

Cardinals reliever Matt Svanson (2-0) pitched two innings, allowing one hit and one strikeout for the win.

Miami scored in the first on a sacrifice fly from Jakob Marslee, who also had an RBI double in the sixth that tied it 3-all. Eric Wagaman hit a solo homer in the fourth.

Marlins reliever Lake Bachar (5-1) allowed four hits in two innings.

Miami has lost four of five and eight of 10.

Key moment

The Marlins had a runner in scoring position in the sixth. Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras caught a line drive and tagged the runner diving back to the bag for a double play, keeping the game tied at 3.

Key stat

Eury Pérez became the first pitcher in Miami Marlins history to throw four wild pitches in a game.

Up next

The teams meet again Tuesday night. Edward Cabrera (6-6, 3.34 ERA) starts for the Marlins against Michael McGreevy (4-2, 4.41).

Myers hit the second pitch from Greg Weissert (4-4) into Boston’s bullpen to tie it, and Marsee sent a pitch from Steven Matz into the seats in right.

Tyler Phillips (2-1) worked a scoreless inning, and Anthony Bender got the final three outs for his fourth save. Eric Wagaman also homered for the Marlins.

Boston’s Wilyer Abreu had a two-run homer that popped out of the glove of right fielder Myers when he crashed into the fence.

The Red Sox wasted a solid start by ace Garrett Crochet.

Crochet rebounded from his worst start of the season, giving up three hits, with eight strikeouts and a walk one over seven innings. He was tagged for five runs in four innings in a loss Monday at Houston.

Miami’s Joey Wiemer struck out swinging three times in his major league debut.

Key moment

Myers went back on Abreu’s fly, turned and looked like he was ready to make a nice over-the-shoulder grab, but it popped out and over.

Key stat

Crochet is four away from his second straight season reaching 200 strikeouts.

Up next

Marlins: RHP Eury Pérez (5-3, 3.58 ERA) was set to face St. Louis at home Monday night. LHP Matthew Liberatore (6-10, 4-08) was slated to start for the Cardinals.

Red Sox: RHP Dustin May (7-8, 4.67) was scheduled to start the opener of a two-game home series against Baltimore on Monday night . LHP Trevor Rogers (5-2, 1.43) was set to pitch for the Orioles..

Roman Anthony and Alex Bregman — Boston’s first two hitters — each had two hits as the Red Sox improved to 41-22 at Fenway Park. Brayan Bello (9-6) allowed two runs and four hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Masataka Yoshida hit a two-run single in the first, and the Red Sox added four more runs in the third. Bregman’s RBI single made it 7-0 in the fourth.

Agustín Ramírez and Troy Johnston homered for Miami, which lost for the seventh time in eight games. Cal Quantrill (4-10) was tagged for seven runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings.

The Marlins rallied in the ninth against Isaiah Campbell. Heriberto Hernández hit a two-out RBI single and scored on Eric Wagaman’s triple. Derek Hill added a run-scoring single.

Aroldis Chapman then replaced Campbell and retired Javier Sanoja on a grounder to shortstop, earning his 22nd save.

Facing the Red Sox for the first time since last July’s bench-clearing incident that took place while he pitched for Colorado, Quantrill surrendered Jarren Duran’s RBI double ahead of Story’s 19th homer in the third.

Johnston connected for his first major league homer in the fifth. In the seventh, Ramírez blasted a solo shot into the Green Monster seats for his 18th homer.

Key moment

Story played a key role in Boston jumping in front in the first. With two down, he reached on an infield hit, stole his 22nd base in 22 attempts, and scored on Yoshida’s single.

Key stat

With three doubles and one home run, the Red Sox added to their MLB-best totals in doubles (254) and extra-base hits (424).

Up next

Garrett Crochet (13-5, 2.48 ERA) starts for the Red Sox on Sunday, and Janson Junk (6-2, 4.06 ERA) goes for the Marlins.

It was Boston’s 10th walk-off win of the season, the most in the majors.

Josh Simpson (2-2) walked Roman Anthony and Alex Bregman to start the ninth. Jarren Duran was squared around to bunt, but Simpson hit him with a pitch to load the bases. Calvin Faucher came in to face Story, who hit a chopper past the second baseman to end it.

Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara retired the first 12 batters before Story singled to lead off the fifth inning. Alcantara retired the next five as well before Anthony walked with two out in the sixth and scored to make it 1-1 on Bregman’s double.

Aroldis Chapman (4-2) pitched a perfect ninth for the win.

Key moment

Red Sox starter Lucas Giolito held Miami to one run on seven hits and a walk, striking out five before leaving the 1-1 game with one on and one out in the seventh. Justin Wilson replaced him and got Xavier Wilson to ground into a double play to end the inning.

Key stat

Story stole second base in the fifth inning, making him successful on 21 of 21 attempts. It is the longest single-season stolen base streak for a Red Sox player since the caught stealing statistic was first tracked in the AL in 1920.

Up next

Miami RHP Cal Quantrill (4-9, 5.09 ERA) is scheduled to face Boston RHP Brayan Bello (8-6, 3.25) in the second game of the series on Saturday.

The Guardians trailed 3-0 in the first and 4-3 in the fourth, but rallied for their 23rd win in 32 games and moved within one-half game of the idle New York Yankees for the final American League wild-card spot.

Arias’ sacrifice fly in a two-run fifth against Edward Cabrera (6-6) put Cleveland ahead for good at 5-4. David Fry and Brayan Rocchio both singled in runs in the seventh, when the Guardians scored four times off Valente Bellozo.

Tanner Bibee (9-9) extended his winning streak to five by working 5 2/3 innings and giving up four runs (two earned). Cade Smith entered with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth and retired Liam Hicks for his sixth save.

Augustin Ramírez had an RBI single in the first when Miami took a 3-0 lead. The other runs came in when Guardians catcher Austin Hedges dropped a throw at the plate, allowing Kyle Stowers and Ramírez to score.

Marlins rookie Jakob Marsee, who had a team record-tying seven RBIs Tuesday, went 0 for 4. Cabrera gave up five runs in 5 1/3 innings.

Key moment

Stowers was initially called out at the plate in the first, but the ball slipped out of Hedges’ glove, prompting umpire Clint Vondrak to declare him safe.

Key stat

Ramírez moved past Kenny Lofton into third in franchise history with 977 runs. The seven-time All-Star has spent his entire 13-year career with Cleveland.

Up next

Marlins: RHP Sandy Alcantara (6-11, 6.55 ERA) starts Friday in the opener of a three-game series at Boston.

Guardians: LHP Joey Cantillo (3-2, 4.11 ERA) pitches Friday as Cleveland hosts Atlanta.

Marsee went 4 of 5 with a a double and each of his RBIs came with two outs. The rookie hit a a three-run shot in the first inning and a two-run homer off Guardians reliever Kolby Allard (2-2) that made it 6-4 in the fifth.

Eury Pérez (5-3) allowed four runs on three hits with no walks and eight strikeouts in five innings.

Edwards led off the game with a home run and Agustín Ramírez capped the scoring with a two-run single in the seventh.

Edwards extended his hitting streak to eight games and is batting .447 in that span.

Steven Kwan hit a homer in the first. Kyle Manzardo was hit by a pitch with two out in the fourth, C.J. Kayfus singled and stole second base before Gabriel Arias hit a three-run home run to tie it at 4-4.

Key moment

Pauley hit a solo homer, Kyle Stowers added an RBI single and scored on a ground-rule double by Liam Hicks before Marsee hit a two-run double in the sixth to make it 11-4.

Key stat

Marsee, a 24-year-old center fielder, went into the contest with one home run and six RBIs in 12 games this season.

Up next

Edward Cabrera (6-5, 3.08 ERA) is scheduled to pitch Thursday for the Marlins against Tanner Bibee (8-9, 4.60) in the finale of a three-game series.

Ramírez had three hits and Kyle Manzardo also went deep as the Guardians won for the sixth time in seven games.

Ramírez, who snapped an 0-for-12 skid with a solo shot in the first inning, lined a cutter from Calvin Faucher (3-3) just over the wall in right field with one out in the eighth to put Cleveland back on top.

It was the 27th multihomer game of Ramírez’s 13-year majors career, surpassing Hall of Famer Jim Thome and Albert Belle for the franchise lead. It was also his second this season.

Cade Smith (5-4) threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win.

Miami tied it with three runs in the fifth. Dane Myers had an RBI base hit to left-center and Otto Lopez scored on a throwing error by Cleveland left fielder Steven Kwan, which moved Myers to third. Heriberto Hernández then doubled down the left-field line to drive in Myers.

Key moment

Eric Wagaman tried to score from second base on Agustín Ramírez’s base hit in the sixth inning, but Kwan made a great throw from left field and Bo Naylor made the tag at home for the out. It was Kwan’s MLB-leading 11th outfield assist of the season.

Key stat

Cleveland grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first on home runs by Ramírez and Manzardo. It was the seventh time this season the Guardians have had back-to-back homers. Manzardo has gone deep three times in two games.

Up next

Cleveland right-hander Gavin Williams (7-4, 3.17 ERA) goes for the first time since being two outs away from a no-hitter on Aug. 6 at the Mets. Miami will go with RHP Eury Perez (4-3, 3.25 ERA).

Jen Pawol, who made history in Saturday’s doubleheader as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in the majors, was behind the plate.

Pawol earned compliments for her work on the bases in Saturday’s games. She received more support from fans on Sunday. Some held up “Way to go Jen!” signs. Though she was more in the spotlight while calling balls and strikes, Pawol made her work look routine.

Wentz (1-2) allowed one run in 5 1/3 innings for his first win since the left-hander was claimed by the Braves off waivers from Minnesota on July 11.

The Braves, who swept Saturday’s doubleheader, won four of five games in a series that included a rescheduled game forced by a rain postponement on April 6.

Derek Hill hit a two-out double off Wentz in the second and scored on Liam Hicks’ single.

Ozuna hit a three-run homer and Harris added a solo shot off Tyler Zuber in the seventh.

Key moment

Jurickson Profar, who had two hits, gave Atlanta a 2-1 lead with a run-scoring double off Tyler Phillips (1-1) in the fifth. Profar scored on Phillips’ second wild pitch.

Key stat

Miami right-hander Cal Quantrill was pulled after throwing only 47 pitches. Quantrill gave up one run on three hits with no walks in four innings. It was his second-fewest pitches in a start this season.

Up next

Miami and Atlanta are off on Monday. The Marlins haven’t announced their rotation plans for their series at Cleveland, which opens on Tuesday night. The Braves visit the New York Mets on Tuesday night with Spencer Strider (5-9, 4.04 ERA) scheduled to face Clay Holmes (9-6, 3.46).