Arizona Diamondbacks vs Miami Marlins Match Player Stats On Jun 04, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 4, 2017

MIAMI -- A.J. Ellis fouled off 10 pitches before driving home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, leading the Miami Marlins to a 6-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday afternoon at Marlins Park.

Tyler Moore hit a three-run homer as the Marlins (24-31) won their third consecutive series. They have also won seven of their past eight games and closed out an 8-2 homestand.

Arizona (34-25) had won three straight games before losing the final three games of the series. The Diamondbacks, who were 5-6 on their road trip, got two doubles and two RBIs from Daniel Descalso and a double, a single and two RBIs from Paul Goldschmidt.

Miami used six relievers in place of ineffective starter Vance Worley, including Nick Wittgren (1-0), who picked up the win by pitching two-thirds of an inning. AJ Ramos posted his eighth save of the season.

Braden Shipley (0-2) took the loss, allowing five runs (four earned) in five innings.

Arizona opened the scoring in the first inning. One day after getting no-hit by Miami's Edinson Volquez, the Diamondbacks got a hit on their first opportunity. Descalso led off with a double, moved to third on a flyout and scored on single by Goldschmidt.

Miami took a 3-1 lead in the second on Moore's three-run homer.

The rally was set up by a leadoff walk by Marcell Ozuna. Derek Dietrich then hit a grounder to Goldschmidt, who threw to second to try to get a force and start a double play. Instead, the throw sailed high, into left field, for an error. Moore followed with his second of homer of the season.

Arizona cut its deficit to 3-2 in the third. Goldschmidt drew a one-out walk, advanced to third on a Jake Lamb double and scored on a groundout by Chris Owings.

Miami got the run back in the bottom of the inning. Christian Yelich hit a leadoff single, advanced to third when Ozuna doubled off the wall in center and scored on Dietrich's sacrifice fly.

Arizona took a 5-4 lead in the fourth. Nick Ahmed drew a leadoff walk and Rey Fuentes singled. Both runners scored on Descalso's double to right. Descalso came home on Goldschmidt's double to left-center field that missed being a homer by inches.

Miami tied the score in the fifth. Giancarlo Stanton led off with a double, advanced to third on a flyout and scored on another Dietrich sacrifice fly.

The Marlins grabbed a 6-5 lead in the seventh. Dietrich doubled and scored on a two-out single by Ellis against hard-throwing reliever Archie Bradley. It was a 14-pitch at-bat. Of the 10 foul balls, nine came on fastballs ranging from 96 to 100 mph.

NOTES: To make room on the roster for RHP Braden Shipley, Arizona sent RHP Silvino Bracho to Triple-A Reno. ... Of Arizona's next 30 games, 19 will be at home. That stretch starts Tuesday when Arizona hosts the San Diego Padres. Arizona will throw LHP Robbie Ray, who is fifth in the National League with 84 strikeouts and has a 24 2/3-inning scoreless streak that is the third longest in franchise history. ... Miami rested red-hot 1B Justin Bour, who was hitting just .133 with no homers on April 17. Since then, he is hitting .347 with 15 homers and 36 RBIs in 41 games. He is tied for first in the majors for most homers during that span. ... Miami also rested C J.T. Realmuto. Miami is 16-28 when Realmuto starts. Miami pitchers have a 4.95 ERA under Realmuto. ... Miami is at the Chicago Cubs on Monday, which marks the start of a seven-game road trip.