Looking to secure their second series sweep of the season and ensure a happy—albeit LONG—flight out to the Bay Area, the Marlins looked to their number one prospect, Eury Pérez, for some matinee baseball. He provided the filth, and the hitters did the rest.
Eury wasted no time as he worked a 10-pitch, 1-2-3 first inning, capped off with a strikeout of the scorching hot Jeimer Candelario. He worked around a walk and a single in the second with two strikeouts and a fielders choice, but his pitch count climbed to 36.
The Marlins provided some early run support in the bottom half of the second as Bryan De La Cruz crushed an up-and-away fastball up, up, and away over the wall in dead center for his fourth home run of the year.