Bour and Stanton each drive in 3, Marlins top Cubs 9

Bottom Play (WPA): Justin Bour is apparently still mad at the Cubs for drafting him in 2009 and then letting the Marlins take him via Rule 5 in 2013. Also, for the second straight game, a Russell error paved the way to a big Marlins inning.

And this time, it resulted in a Marlins comeback victory.

Miami Marlins starting pitcher Jose Fernandez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Sunday, June 26, 2016, in Miami.

“When I talk to Dexter, he seems to be in good order”, manager Joe Maddon said. “This was just team”.

Lackey’s ERA jumped half a run, from 2.78 coming in to 3.29.

Miami Marlins’ Justin Bour watches his two-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Saturday, June 25, 2016, in Miami.

While Contreras again excelled as a reinforcement for the injury-hampered NL Central leaders, they endured another setback when second baseman Ben Zobrist left the game after he was hit by a pitch on the left ankle.

Baltimore won both games of a double-header against Tampa Bay – 5-0 in the day games and 8-6 in the nightcap – to boost the Orioles lead atop the AL East while sending the Rays spiraling to a 10th successive loss. He just got too many pitches into the sweet spot of the zone for Marlins hitters, wasn’t hitting his spots, and they took advantage.

It was a rare sort of loss for the Cubs, who were 33-0 this season when scoring six runs and 44-3 when scoring at least four.

Ramos’ streak is the longest in team history to open a season.

“Our guys are playing magic, man”, Fernandez said. “I didn’t know I was approaching the record until two days ago”. “A team like that, they’re more likely to capitalize on that”.

Stanton drove in Prado with a single that chased Lackey and put Miami up 5-4, Bour greeted reliever Gerardo Concepcion with an RBI double, and Derek Dietrich’s sacrifice fly made it 7-4. Bour, a left-handed hitter, entered the game with a.215 average for his career against left-handed pitching as opposed to.274 against righties. The Marlins, meanwhile, are six games over.500 of the first time since June of 2012.

Altuve drove in three runs and scored three runs.

That play by Suzuki kick-started what became a four-run fifth as the Marlins took the lead for good, and they went on to beat the Chicago Cubs 9-6 on Saturday.

Pomeranz hit his second career homer and had an RBI single against left-hander Brandon Finnegan (3-6).

McCutchen had a solo shot in the fourth inning for the game’s first hit and then a three-run shot – his 12th homer of the season – to start a five-run sixth that increased the Pirates’ lead to 6-1 (see full recap).

Clemens struck out five but struggled early with his command. He got Kris Bryant to pop out to center, which scored Cubs pitcher Jason Hammel from the third.

Philadelphia’s Cameron Rupp hit a two-run homer in a three-run seventh inning which proved enough for the Phillies to win 3-2 at San Francisco. Amassing 93.2 innings of work thus far into the 2016 regular season, he has already struck out a total of 136 opposing batters.

“I had to pitch after putting myself behind in the count (against McCutchen) and I regret it”, said Maeda. “Any time a team’s lineup is back to the top of the order in the second inning you have to really start bearing down and throwing quality stuff”. “My velocity is down from what it usually is around 93-95 [mph]”.