DENVER (CBSMiami) – The Miami Marlins are still having an impact on the National League playoff race despite being well out of it.
The Marlins took Monday’s series opener from the Colorado Rockies, who are fighting to maintain hold on the final NL Wild Card spot.
Colorado holds a 1 ½ game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers and a 2 ½ game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals.
It’s been a tough year for Miami, which has been one of the better teams in baseball if you erase a couple of awful two-week stretches in May and August that basically killed their season.