PITTSBURGH (Gracenote) — The Miami Marlins got the bats working recently and are beginning to pound the ball while inching their way toward .500.
The Marlins will try to pull off their fourth straight win and clinch a series victory when they visit the Pittsburgh Pirates for the third of a four-game series on Saturday.
Miami won 10 of its last 13 games to improve to 27-33 and is averaging 7.1 runs in those 10 victories, capped by a 12-7 drubbing on Friday.
Giancarlo Stanton bashed his 16th home run in Friday’s win and the Marlins continued to get contributions from other sources on offense, with Tyler Moore knocking a pair of home runs in the win to improve to 7-for-12 with six RBIs in the last three contests.