The Sports Xchange
Jun 13, 2017
MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton and Marcell Ozuna homered to lead the Miami Marlins to an 8-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night at Marlins Park.
Stanton, who hit a two-run shot, leads the team with 17 homers. Ozuna, who went 3-for-3 with a solo blast, has 16 homers. They are tied for the team lead with 44 RBIs.
The Marlins' Tyler Moore, playing for injured first baseman Justin Bour, went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs.
Jose Urena (5-2), who retired 14 consecutive batters from the second through the fifth innings, earned the win. He went six-plus innings, allowing three hits, one walk and one run while striking out four.
A's starter Jharel Cotton (3-7), a former Miami Dade College standout, took the loss in his first appearance against the Marlins. He allowed eight hits and five runs in five innings.
Miami (28-35) snapped a two-game losing streak.
The A's (27-37), who are in last place in the American League West, are 9-24 on the road this season.
Urena balked in a run in the second inning, allowing the A's to take a 1-0 lead. Oakland loaded the bases on two singles and a hit by pitch, and Yonder Alonso went home from third on the balk.
Miami tied the score 1-1 in the fourth on Ozuna's opposite-field homer to right. He hit a 94-mph fastball from Cotton.
The Marlins took a 5-1 lead in the fifth. Leadoff batter Tyler Moore pulled a double down the left-field line that one-hopped the fence. Moore advanced on a fly out and scored on a two-out, opposite-field single by Dee Gordon.
Stanton then hit his two-run homer to left, and the Marlins tacked on with an RBI double by J.T. Realmuto.
NOTES: Oakland is expected to recall RHP Daniel Gossett from Triple-A Nashville so he can start Wednesday's game at Miami. It will be his major league debut. ... Marlins RF Giancarlo Stanton (bruised right wrist) started for the first time since he was hit by a pitch on Saturday. ... This was Miami's first game since a 3-4 road trip. ... Oakland 1B Yonder Alonso, a former University of Miami star, surged ahead of Detroit Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera in the latest All-Star voting. Marlins Park will host the All-Star Game on July 11. ... Oakland's first-round pick on Monday was OF Austin Beck, a high school senior from North Carolina who came back from a serious knee injury last year. ... Miami's first-round pick was LHP Trevor Rogers, a high school senior from New Mexico.