MIAMI (AP) — Jesús Aguilar, Jorge Soler and Brian Anderson homered, and the Miami Marlins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-3 Saturday night.
Miami starter Trevor Rogers pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball. Rogers (2-4) allowed five hits, struck out eight and hit a batter.
A day after leaving early because of stomach discomfort, Avisaíl García singled twice for the Marlins, who snapped a five-game home skid.
“I think we have a great team here with the right pieces to compete,” Aguilar said. “You guys are going to see it. You guys are going to see that we are positive and stay together. At the end of the season we’re going to be in a good place.”
Solo homers from Aguilar and Soler and Anderson’s two-run shot against Milwaukee starter Eric Lauer in the fourth helped the Marlins erase a 1-0 deficit. Aguilar’s and Soler’s blasts started the inning, while Anderson connected after Jesús Sánchez reached on a two-out single.
“It’s kind of what we were expecting, barrels, balls in the gap, baserunners on the move,” Anderson said.
The Marlins padded their lead in the sixth on Miguel Rojas’ two-run double and a fielder’s choice by Garrett Cooper that scored Rojas from third. García also raced home from second after Milwaukee second baseman Luis Urías’ fielding error on Anderson’s grounder.
There was a brief delay in the inning for a rules review as the umpiring crew needed verification of the count during Sánchez’s plate appearance. Home plate umpire Bill Welke also ejected Marlins hitting coach Marcus Thames before Sánchez completed his turn.
“If you really watch that play, he didn’t really swing, but it kind of looks like he does if you’re not watching him with that move,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said of the pitch to…
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