MIAMI (AP) — Garrett Cooper lined a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, and the Miami Marlins overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Colorado Rockies 9-8 on Tuesday night for just their third win in nine games.
Colorado led 4-0 before Miami scored five times in the fourth and three in the fifth to take an 8-5 lead. The Rockies tied the score 8-8 in the sixth after Cooper allowed Brendan Rodgers’ two-out grounder to first to get by him and into right field for an error that led to three unearned runs.
Nick Fortes began the eighth with a double against Alex Colomé (2-1), advanced on Jon Berti’s flyout to the right-field warning track and, with the infield in, scored on Cooper’s double.
“You try to slow the game down in those spots,” Cooper said. “I let those runs in by missing that ground ball, so I had to come up with something to help the team win.”
Steven Okert (4-0) pitched a perfect eighth, and Tanner Scott worked around a leadoff walk to Randal Grichuk in the ninth for his sixth save in seven chances.
Avisaíl García and Jesús Sánchez homered for the Marlins, who began a six-game homestand after a three-city, 11-day trip.
“It’s good to get a win, however you get it,” Miami manager Don Mattingly said. “You win ugly, you lose ugly. A lot of good stuff happened today. Down 4-0, it could have turned ugly.”
Colorado dropped to 11-19 on the road; the Rockies are 19-19 at mile-high Coors Field.
Colorado built a 4-0 lead on José Iglesias’ bases-loaded infield single in the second, Rodgers’ two-run double in the third and Ryan McMahon’s solo homer in the fourth.
Miami starter Daniel Castano allowed four runs, seven hits and three walks in 3 1/3 innings.
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