MIAMI – The Marlins enjoyed a bit of home cooking in Monday night’s 12-0 romp of the Braves at loanDepot park.
Here are some noteworthy stats from the win against the team with the most wins in the Majors:
1 career grand slam for Javier Sanoja
In a six-run fifth inning, Sanoja turned on an inside four-seamer from lefty Aaron Bummer and lined it just fair over the left-field wall. While it was Sanoja’s first homer of the season, he went deep in a similar location during the World Baseball Classic for Venezuela.
Sanoja became the ninth player in franchise history, and first since Justin Bour (June 10, 2016 at Arizona) to hit a grand slam batting ninth in the lineup. He was just the fourth non-pinch-hitter to achieve the feat.
3 times reaching base for Connor Norby
Norby said pregame that he wanted a Marlins win and two hits after meeting up with his younger brother and other members of his alma mater’s baseball team. He singled and walked twice.
4 RBIs (single-game career high) from Joe Mack
Miami got on the scoreboard first on Mack’s sharply hit RBI groundout (106.3 mph exit velocity) that deflected off first baseman Matt Olson in the second. He tacked on a ground-ball two-run single off second baseman Ozzie Albies in the fourth. Mack capped his production with a bases-loaded walk in a six-run fifth.
The Marlins’ No. 4 prospect (No. 44 overall) had just two career RBIs in 38 plate appearances to open his Major League career. This marked his first career multi-RBI performance.
Between Sanoja and Mack, this was the first instance in Marlins history that the eighth and ninth batters in the order each notched at least four RBIs.
5 homers (career high) for Xavier Edwards
Edwards, who entered 2026 with four career homers in 904 at-bats, has already surpassed that total in 177 at-bats this season.
After Sanoja crushed his grand slam, Edwards pulled a sinker over the left-center wall to give Miami its second instance of back-to-back homers this season. According to Elias Sports Bureau, Sanoja and Edwards became the second pair of Marlins teammates to hit back-to-back taters with the first being a grand slam (Derrek Lee and Charles Johnson on April 7, 1998).
Three of the switch-hitting Edwards’ five long balls this season have come against left-handers. Entering 2026, he had not gone deep as a right-handed bat.
Six innings for Max Meyer
Meyer became just the fifth pitcher since April 3 to shut out the Braves over at least six frames. His ERA dropped to 2.85 – lowest among Miami’s starting staff and 13th in the NL. He did so against the team with the second-most runs scored in MLB.
42 RBIs (MLB lead) for Liam Hicks
Hicks knuckled a two-run double off right fielder Mike Yastrzemski’s glove in the five-run fourth inning. Hicks had 45 RBIs in 119 games during his rookie season in 2025.