WASHINGTON (CBSMiami) – With a few days still remaining in the month of August, the Miami Marlins have been working hard to climb back into the National League playoff race.
Led by slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who leads with majors with 50 home runs so far this season, Miami is now three games over .500 and within 4 ½ games of the second NL Wild Card Spot.
This is especially impressive considering the Marlins were 13 games below .500 in late May and trailed in the Wild Card race by double digits as recently as August 10.
Since then Miami has won 13 of their last 16 games, fueled mostly by an explosive offense and timely pitching from the bullpen.