The Miami Marlins hit three home runs in a nine-run fifth inning to rally past the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 Wednesday and bolster their playoff chances with three weeks remaining in the regular season.

Joey Wendle, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jesus Sanchez all hit home runs in the fifth inning to account for six of the Marlins’ nine runs in the inning. Miami had seven hits in the decisive frame after just one hit, on a bunt single, in the first four innings.

Five Miami pitchers held down the Dodgers’ offense, with right-hander Edward Cabrera (6-6) throwing four of those innings without allowing a run. The Marlins (72-67) maintained their half-game lead over Arizona for the final wild-card spot in the National League.

Jason Heyward and James Outman hit home runs for the Dodgers (84-54), who have lost five of their last six games.

Dodgers right-hander Lance Lynn (10-11) was roughed up for eight runs on seven hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings. His three home runs allowed boosted his major league-leading total to 40. Lynn has given up 15 runs over his last two starts, both losses.

The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning when Heyward hit his 14th home run.

Wendle, the Marlins’ No. 9 hitter, hit a two-run home run as the second batter of the fifth, his second of the season. Chisholm’s three-run blast was his second home run in two games against the Dodgers and 16th of the season.

Sanchez’s 12th of the year put Miami up 6-1, with Wendle driving in another run on a single and Luis Arraez adding a two-run double.

Wendle drove in his fourth run of the game on a double in the seventh inning for a 10-1 lead and scored on a Yuli Gurriel double for an 11-1 advantage.

Outman’s home run was his 18th for the Dodgers and came in a three-run ninth inning.

The nine-run fourth was the most the Marlins have scored in an inning since they had a club-record 11 in an August 2021 game against the Chicago Cubs. They were the most the Dodgers have given up in an inning since allowing nine in April 2017 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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Zack Wheeler gave up one bloop single in six scoreless innings and Kyle Schwarber opened the game with a homer as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 5-1 on Wednesday in the rubber match of a three-game series.

Bryce Harper added a two-run double for Philadelphia (77-62), which currently leads the National League wild-card race.

Wheeler didn’t allow a baserunner until Juan Soto drew a two-out walk in the fourth. Manny Machado then hit a broken-bat fly ball to shallow center that landed just beyond the dive of second baseman Bryson Stott. But Wheeler got Xander Bogaerts to ground out to the inning.

Wheeler allowed only one more batter to reach base — a sixth-inning walk — and finished with seven strikeouts to improve to 11-6.

Seranthony Dominguez and Jeff Hoffman followed Wheeler with a hitless inning apiece to take the one-hit shutout into the ninth. The Padres (66-75) finally broke through when Garrett Cooper singled home Bogaerts, who had doubled off Matt Strahm.

Schwarber opened the game by driving the fourth pitch from Padres starter Michael Wacha 465 feet to center for his 41st homer of the season. It was Schwarber’s 10th leadoff home run of the season, a Phillies franchise record.

Philadelphia added two more runs in the fourth off Wacha. Edmundo Sosa opened the inning with a single and Schwarber drew a one-out walk. Harper then drove both runners home with a two-out double to right center.

J.T. Realmuto went deep against reliever Tim Hill with one out in the top fifth. It was his 18th homer of the season. Brandon Marsh followed with a single, moved to second on Sosa’s walk and scored on a base hit by Jake Cave.

Wacha fell to 11-3, giving up three runs on seven hits and three walks in four innings. He struck out six. After Schwarber’s homer in the first, Wacha worked his way out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam.

The Phillies outhit the Padres 12-3 and have now won 10 of their last 15 games as they head into a seven-game homestand against the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves.

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Alek Thomas hit a three-run homer to help the host Arizona Diamondbacks overcome an early four-run deficit and beat the Colorado Rockies 12-5 on Wednesday in the rubber match of a three-game series.

After Colorado took a 4-0 lead in the first, the Diamondbacks (72-68) stormed back, with Thomas’ blast capping a five-run rally in the third that put Arizona ahead 6-5.

Thomas added a two-run single an inning later to put the game out of reach. His five RBIs were a career high.

Tommy Pham went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs for the Diamondbacks, who pulled within a half-game of the third and final National League wild-card spot.

Arizona’s offensive showcase made a winner of Bryce Jarvis (2-0), who tossed two scoreless innings of relief. Rockies starter Chris Flexen (1-7) took the loss.

Nolan Jones had a two-run triple for Colorado (51-88), which has lost 13 of its last 16 games.

Jones’ triple and RBI singles from Brendan Rodgers and Hunter Goodman provided Colorado with a 4-0 lead in the first. The Diamondbacks pulled within 4-1 in the home half of the inning thanks to Christian Walker’s run-scoring single.

The Rockies added to their lead in the third when Elehuris Montero doubled with one out and later scored on Brenton Doyle’s single.

Pham drove in a pair of runs with a double in the bottom of the third before Thomas’ go-ahead home run. That duo struck again in the fourth, as Pham walked with the bases loaded and Thomas ripped his two-run single for a 9-5 lead.

Run-scoring singles from Geraldo Perdomo and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the fifth and six, respectively, gave the D-backs an 11-5 advantage. Gurriel completed the scoring with a solo shot in the eighth.

Both starters struggled, with neither making it to the fourth inning.

Arizona’s Zach Davies allowed five runs on six hits in three innings, while Flexen gave up six runs on four hits in 2 1/3 innings.

Diamondbacks right fielder Corbin Carroll left the game in the fifth with a right wrist contusion after getting hit with a pitch in the fourth.

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Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Corbin Carroll left Wednesday’s game against the Colorado Rockies in the fifth inning after getting hit in the wrist by a pitch.

Carroll was diagnosed with a right wrist contusion after being beamed by Gavin Hollowell in the bottom of the fourth. Carroll remained in the game and came around to score on a two-run single from Alek Thomas, but when Arizona came back out to take the field in the next half-inning, Tommy Pham had taken over in right field.

Prior to exiting, Carroll went 0-for-1 with a strikeout and was hit by a pitch twice. He scored two runs.

Carroll, 23, entered Wednesday batting .280 with 24 homers, 68 RBIs, 99 runs, nine triples and 41 stolen bases.

The Diamondbacks (71-68) are in the thick of the National League wild-card race, contending with the Miami Marlins and Cincinnati Reds for the third and final berth.

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Kevin Smith bombed a three-run home run, Carlos Perez added a two-run shot and the Oakland Athletics handed the visiting Toronto Blue Jays an unexpected setback in their American League wild-card pursuit with a 5-2 victory Wednesday afternoon.

JP Sears (4-11) and three relievers combined on a six-hitter, allowing the A’s (43-97) to cap just their second winning homestand of the season with a fourth win in six games.

Despite completing a third consecutive 2-1 series win, the Blue Jays (77-63) failed to improve their playoff position. They began the day a half-game behind the Seattle Mariners and a half-game ahead of the Texas Rangers in their three-team duel for the final two AL wild-card spots. Seattle won to increase its lead while the Rangers lost, leaving the Blue Jays a half-game up in the third and final wild-card slot.

After the visitors had taken a 1-0 lead against Sears in the second inning on an Ernie Clement RBI single, the A’s grabbed the lead for good when Perez belted his sixth homer with Ryan Noda aboard in the fourth.

That homer came off Blue Jays starter Hyun Jin Ryu (3-2), who worked the first five innings and allowed two runs and five hits. He walked one and struck out five.

Smith, who debuted as a Blue Jay in 2021, increased the advantage to 5-1 when he took reliever Trevor Richards over the fence in left-center field in the sixth. Jordan Diaz and Perez had opened the inning with singles.

The 27-year-old Smith was making his first start since being recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday.

Sears was pulled after five innings, having limited the Blue Jays to one run and four hits. He walked four and struck out three.

Relievers Mason Miller, Dany Jimenez and Trevor May followed with four innings of one-run ball, with May earning his 18th save with a one-hit ninth.

Toronto’s second run came courtesy of Davis Schneider’s seventh home run, a solo shot off Jimenez in the eighth.

Cavan Biggio had two hits for the Blue Jays, who had won the first two games of the series 6-5 and 7-1.

–Field Level Media