WEST SACRAMENTO – The Marlins slugged a season-high-tying five homers, including two by Kyle Stowers, to snap a two-game skid in Friday night’s 12-5 victory over the Athletics at Sutter Health Park.
After missing opportunities to break the game open early in Thursday’s loss in Colorado, Miami didn’t let that carry over into its series opener against the A’s.
Heriberto Hernández and Jakob Marsee went deep in a six-run first that saw all nine batters come to the plate.
The first three hitters singled to load the bases for Xavier Edwards, who walked in a run. Following a run-scoring passed ball, Hernández deposited righty Jack Perkins’ center-cut, two-strike four-seamer over the center-field wall for a three-run shot.
Miami became the third Major League club this season to score five runs with nobody out in the first, matching Toronto (April 19) and Colorado (May 1). The last time the Marlins did that was on March 31, 2024.
With two outs, Marsee capped the inning’s scoring by pulling Perkins’ 3-1 four-seamer into a tree well over the right-field wall for a solo shot. Since his last homer on June 17, Marsee had been 5-for-46 (.109) with two doubles.
After the A’s cut the Marlins’ lead from 7-0 to 7-5, Stowers crushed a leadoff home run in the sixth.
Stowers struck again with a two-run laser in the eighth to give Miami a 10-5 cushion. His 10th home run of the season cemented his third multihomer game of the season.
After a historic 20-6 June, the Marlins opened July with consecutive losses before getting their offense back on track. Miami improved to 17-4 when hitting at least two or more homers and 41-11 when scoring four or more runs. The club also notched double-digit runs for the third time in its last five games.