The Sports Xchange
May 21, 2017
LOS ANGELES -- J.T. Riddle homered and fell a triple shy of the cycle, helping the Miami Marlins end a five-game skid with a 10-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium.
Riddle went 3-for-5 with four RBIs. Giancarlo Stanton went 3-for-5 with a career-high three doubles and three RBIs for the Marlins (15-27).
Marlins starter Dan Straily (2-3) didn't allow a hit until Enrique Hernandez launched a solo home run with two outs in the fifth. Straily fanned eight, walked three and allowed three runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Enrique Hernandez, Corey Seager and Cody Bellinger homered for the Dodgers (25-19), who trailed 10-0 before scoring a run in the fifth, two runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh. Seager and Bellinger accounted for the production in the seventh with back-to-back homers that sliced the deficit to 10-6.
Dodgers starter Julio Urias gave up a career-worst seven runs (six earned) on seven hits in 2 1/3 innings. Urias (0-2) walked three and did not record a strikeout.
Stanton's fielder's choice with the bases loaded in the first inning scored Dee Gordon for a 1-0 Miami lead.
Run-scoring singles by Riddle and Gordon in the second boosted the Marlins to a 3-0 advantage.
Miami tacked on four runs in the third. Stanton's RBI double and a base hit by Justin Bour produced two runs for a five-run edge. Riddle added a two-run double to push the margin to 7-0.
Another RBI double by Stanton and a run-scoring single by J.T. Realmuto made it 9-0 in the fourth.
Riddle belted a solo homer in the fifth for a 10-0 lead. For Riddle, it was his second home run of the season.
Hernandez had the Dodgers' first hit off Straily with a solo homer to left-center field with two outs in the fifth. It was the third homer this season for Hernandez.
NOTES: Los Angeles Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda, 89, was resting comfortably in an area hospital from an unknown ailment, according to the Dodgers. ... Dodgers RF Yasiel Puig (lower/mid back tightness), who injured himself in Friday's game, was held out of the game for precautionary reasons. ... Marlins manager Don Mattingly and Dodgers bench coach Bob Geren, who were ejected and in the middle of Friday's confrontation, brought out the lineup cards. ... The Marlins called up RHP Vance Worley and optioned RHP Odrisamer Despaigne to Triple-A New Orleans. Worley will make his season debut Sunday when he opposes Dodgers RHP Brandon McCarthy (3-1, 4.15 ERA) in the series finale.