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Ninth Inning Rally Pushes Miami Marlins to Win Over San Francisco Giants

What to Know

  • Miguel Rojas followed Lewis Brinson's RBI single with a go-ahead base hit as the Miami Marlins in the ninth inning.
  • Marlins starter Caleb Smith, who made his first start against the Giants last Wednesday, allowing four runs on six hits, striking out four.

Hunter Strickland realizes the San Francisco Giants have a fine-line for winning games, and he was disgusted to leave one on the field.

Walks were the closer's culprit again.

Miguel Rojas followed Lewis Brinson's RBI single with a go-ahead base hit as the Miami Marlins rallied against Strickland in the ninth inning and overcame an early four-run deficit, beating the Giants 5-4 on Monday night.

"It's unacceptable," Strickland said. "Obviously I'm not thrilled about it right now, I didn't do my job."

Strickland (3-3), San Francisco's second reliever, blew his fourth save in 17 chances. He walked Brian Anderson to begin the ninth then surrendered J.T. Realmuto's RBI double.

"All the credit to Andy in the ninth inning, putting that at-bat against their closer," Rojas said of Anderson. "That for sure rattled him right there. He wasn't expecting that at-bat from the leadoff guy and I think everything started from that at-bat."

Tayron Guerrero (1-2) pitched the eighth before Kyle Barraclough closed out the 2-hour, 47-minute game for his third save as Giants fans booed the home team.

Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run homer in the second and Andrew Suarez struck out seven, but San Francisco failed to hold a lead as it opened an extended stretch at home.

Joe Panik added an RBI single in the second after Buster Posey led off the inning with a double that center fielder Brinson misjudged, letting it go over his head.

Suarez had his third straight no-decision and second in a row against the Marlins after the Giants' 5-4 loss at Miami on Wednesday, when the clubs played a four-game series in South Florida to begin last week.

Mac Williamson also had an RBI single as the Giants lost for just the second time in their last nine home games. They began a schedule with 20 of 26 at AT&T Park after nearly a month with only eight games in the Bay Area.

"For eight innings we played great baseball," manager Bruce Bochy said.

Marlins starter Caleb Smith, who made his first start against the Giants last Wednesday and matched up against Suarez for a second straight outing, was done after four innings, allowing four runs on six hits, striking out four and walking two.

Miami committed two errors and had managed only Rojas' two-run single in the fifth before getting to Strickland. Among the Marlins' most reliable hitters this month, Anderson played at AT&T Park for the first time and went 0 for 3 — making him 0 for 10 in his past three games.

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