MIAMI — Luis Arraez singled dwelling the successful run with the bases loaded within the tenth inning and the Miami Marlins ended an eight-game shedding streak with a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.

With the Rockies enjoying 5 infielders, Arraez hit a line drive to an empty proper area off Pierce Johnson (1-5), scoring Joey Wendle from third.

“I saw the five infielders and that there was no right fielder,” Arraez stated, “so I’m just thinking ‘if he throws one there inside, I’m going to pull it.’ The good thing is we win the game. It’s been a long time since we won.”

Arraez related on a 1-1 curveball for his first profession walk-off hit.

“He looked to the one place they weren’t and was just like ‘I’m gonna hit it there.’ That’s just who he is,” Marlins supervisor Skip Schumaker stated. “It’s an incredible bat-to-ball skill, nothing like I’ve seen in my playing days or coaching days.”

Arraez went 3-for-4, elevating his league-leading batting common to .379.

PHOTOS: Arraez's RBI single within the tenth helps Marlins finish 8-game slide with a 3-2 victory over the Rockies

“He’s the leading hitter in the National League, he gets base hits,” Rockies supervisor Bud Black stated. “You know, it was a scenario that obviously we didn’t want to get to. He dug it out for a line drive.”

Huascar Brazoban (4-2) was the successful pitcher for Miami, which earned its first victory for the reason that All-Star break.

Marlins starter Jesus Luzardo pitched seven sturdy innings, permitting one run and putting out a career-high 13.

Luzardo’s earlier excessive of 12 strikeouts was completed twice final yr (April 12, 2022, on the Angels and Oct. 3, 2022, vs Atlanta). It additionally tied the membership document for probably the most strikeouts by a left-handed starter, tying Braxton Garrett, who struck out 13 on June 22, 2023, towards Pittsburgh.

His ultimate strikeout was towards Brenton Doyle, who homered off him within the fifth, and stranded two runners within the seventh.

“We needed an outing like that,” Marlins catcher Nick Fortes stated. “When things are going bad, you kind of need a dominant pitcher to put their foot in the ground and take the lead. He definitely did that for us today.”

Luzardo completed with double-digit strikeouts for the sixth time in his profession and second time this season.

“That guy’s got a really good fastball but the secondary pitches came into play today, the change-up, the slider.” Black stated. “We couldn’t get the bat to the ball enough times.”

Colorado’s Randal Grichuk homered on a 3-2 pitch with one out within the ninth off nearer A.J. Puk to tie the rating at 2-2.

Trailing 1-0, the Marlins broke by means of within the sixth when Arraez doubled to attain Fortes from second to tie the rating at 1. Fortes had singled to open the inning and took second on a wild pitch by Connor Seabold.

After Jorge Soler singled and Arraez superior to 3rd, Seabold was changed by Brent Suter. Arraez scored on a sacrifice fly to heart by Yuli Gurriel to present the Marlins a 2-1 lead.

Doyle gave the Rockies a 1-0 lead on his two-out solo homer to proper area within the fifth off Luzardo.

Ty Blach, making his first begin for the Rockies this season, allowed two hits and struck out two over three scoreless innings. Blach was changed by Seabold to start out the fourth inning.

“It was good to be able to get out there and just be able to go out execute pitches,” Blach stated.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rockies: Kris Bryant is day after day after being hit on the hand with a pitch in Saturday’s recreation. … CJ Cron is day after day with a again harm.

UP NEXT

RHP Edward Cabrera (5-5, 4.50) will begin for the Marlins in Tuesday’s recreation at Tampa Bay.

The Rockies haven’t introduced a starter for Monday’s recreation at Washington.

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