Aided by first-base umpire Joe West’s balk call on Tony Cingrani, the Miami Marlins tied the game in the eighth inning, then took a decided lead on Pedro Baez in the ninth to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2.
The loss prevented the Dodgers from tying their season-best four-game winning streak, and delayed the possibility of taking back-to-back series for the first time this year. Plus, they lost ground on the Arizona Diamondbacks and are now five games back in the National League West.
Cingrani’s trouble began with Derek Dietrich’s one-out single in the eighth inning. Two batters after West’s controversial balk call, Starlin Castro pulled a game-tying double down the left-field line.