Miami Marlins vs Pittsburgh Pirates Match Player Stats On Jun 08, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 8, 2017

PITTSBURGH -- Edinson Volquez shut down his former team as he combined with the Miami Marlins' bullpen to four-hit the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 7-1 victory on Thursday night.

Pitching just five days after his first career no-hitter, Volquez allowed the second batter of the game to reach on a single but quickly settled in and struck out eight Pirates while cruising through seven scoreless innings to earn his third win of the season.

He wound up allowing three hits and two walks.

Volquez (3-7) has won in three consecutive appearances after losing six in a row and seven of his first nine starts. The Marlins are 8-3 since Volquez flipped the switch on his season.

Pirates starter Gerrit Cole, meanwhile, had his fourth straight subpar outing. He has had trouble with home runs all season, having given up the second-most in the National League with 15. On Thursday, was able to keep the Marlins in the ballpark, but they used 10 hits -- five of them doubles -- to jump out to an early lead.

Cole (3-6) gave up seven runs on 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings. He failed to pitch beyond the fifth inning for his fourth consecutive start.

Miami center fielder Christian Yelich went 3-for-5 and doubled twice off Cole. In the first, his two-bagger scored Dee Gordon, who had started the game with a single. Derek Dietrich (3-for-4) then doubled in Yelich.

Dietrich got things started in the third with a double to right, and then Tyler Moore sent one of his own off the wall in center field to score Dietrich.

In the fourth inning, Dietrich earned his third RBI with a single that scored Marcel Ozuna. Moore drove in his second run with a single that brought home J.T. Realmuto. JT Riddle got into the act with an RBI single that scored Dietrich and ended Cole's night.

Miami's Dustin McGowan threw a scoreless eighth inning. Brian Ellington have up the lone Pirates run in the ninth when Phil Gosselin singled and scored on Josh Bell's groundout.

NOTES: Miami RHP Tom Koehler threw four innings in a rehab start with high Class A Jupiter. Koehler allowed three runs on five hits in four innings while walking two and striking out three. All three runs came on home runs. ... Marlins LHP Justin Nicolino will make a rehab appearance on June 13 as he returns from a contusion on his left index finger. ... Pirates RHP Ivan Nova said his left knee feels fine and he should be able to make his next scheduled start. Nova was removed from his start June 6 in Baltimore with left knee inflammation. ... Before the game, the Pirates recalled RHP Dovydas Neverauskas and optioned RHP Johnny Barbato to Triple-A Indianapolis. Neverauskas pitched a scoreless ninth inning, working around two hits.