Garrett Mitchell stroked a two-run double in the top of the 10th inning as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the host Miami Marlins 7-5 on Friday night.
Milwaukee, which has won three straight games, scored three times in the 10th against Calvin Faucher (1-2). Abner Uribe (1-0) earned the win with one scoreless inning. Trevor Megill handled the bottom of the 10th, yielding one run, for his fourth save.
The Marlins, who have lost three in a row, did not play a clean game, making two errors and getting three runners picked off or thrown out on the bases.
Brewers starter Coleman Crow made his major league debut, and he took a no-decision despite leaving the game with a lead.
Crow, 25, lasted 5 1/3 innings, allowing four hits, one walk and two runs. He fanned four. The right-hander was the Los Angeles Angels’ 28th-round pick in 2019 and had 34 supporters in the stands, including his wife and parents.
Miami’s Janson Junk avoided the loss. The former Brewers pitcher permitted four runs (three earned) on six hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out three.
Otto Lopez had a big night for Miami, banging a two-run homer and scoring after slugging a triple. He finished 3-for-5. Agustin Ramirez added a game-tying double in the eighth.
In the top of the 10th, Gary Sanchez walked and Jake Bauers singled to move automatic runner Brice Turang to third, loading the bases. The go-ahead run scored on a throwing error by Miami second baseman Xavier Edwards, and Mitchell followed with his two-run double.
The Marlins got a run back in the bottom of the frame on a wild pitch, but Lopez struck out to end the game with a runner on second.
Milwaukee opened the scoring in the fourth with three “small ball” runs. The Brewers loaded the bases with one out on a walk, single and hit by pitch. Mitchell got the first RBI on an infield single. Greg Jones added a run-scoring groundout when Lopez tried to turn two but threw high to first after stepping on second.
The final run of the inning came on an error by Ramirez, who threw high and into left field on a steal attempt.
Miami got on the board in the bottom of the fourth as Lopez hit an opposite-field triple to right-center and scored on Owen Caissie’s sacrifice fly to left-center. On the triple, center fielder Mitchell nearly caught it, but he slowed down a bit before he got to the wall, and the ball deflected off the tip of his glove.
Milwaukee extended its lead to 4-1 in the sixth as Bauers drew a one-out walk and scored from first on Luis Rengifo’s double.
Miami muscled up in the bottom of the sixth as Xavier Edwards hit a double of the wall in center, and Lopez followed three batters later with a 401-foot homer, making it 4-3.
The Marlins tied the score in the eighth against reliever Angel Zerpa. Edwards drew a one-out walk, and Ramirez bashed an 0-2 slider off the wall in left for an RBI double.
–Field Level Media
