Otto Lopez drove in two runs and had three hits, contributing to the Miami Marlins' 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on the road in the first game of their weekend series Friday.
Kyle Stowers hit a home run and scored two runs for Miami, who have won five of their last seven games since the All-Star break.
Cal Quantrill, the Marlins' starting pitcher, pitched five innings, giving up just one run on three hits. He recorded four strikeouts and issued no walks.
Josh Simpson (2-0) kept the opposing team from scoring in the sixth inning for the Marlins. Anthony Bender managed to prevent runners from scoring despite two of them being in scoring position in the seventh. Ronny Henriquez had a perfect eighth inning, retiring all batters he faced, and Calvin Faucher left runners stranded on second and third in the ninth.
Milwaukee's starting pitcher, Freddy Peralta, pitched just over five innings, giving up one run on five hits. He recorded nine strikeouts while issuing two walks.
Jackson Chourio went yard for the Brewers, who had an impressive run of 12 wins in their last 13 games. This homer stretched Chourio's hitting streak to an impressive 18 games.
In the third, Stowers went yard with a solo shot to left-center, putting Miami ahead 1-0.
Chourio leveled the score at 1-1 in the fourth inning with a two-out solo homer that sailed over the center field fence.
1. Xavier Edwards ignited the four-run seventh inning by legging out an infield hit up the middle against Brewers pitcher Aaron Ashby (1-1). 2. After Edwards' single, Nick Mears entered the game with one out and then walked the next two batters, filling the bases.
Lopez followed by smacking a two-base hit into the gap between right and center field. Perkins, playing center field, mishandled the ball, which let a third runner score as Lopez advanced to third base.
Hicks drove in Lopez with a sacrifice fly to deep right field, extending the lead to 5-1.
The opening inning featured a bizarre chain of happenings.
With two outs, Miami's Agustin Ramirez, serving as the designated hitter, lofted a high fly ball to center field. Perkins seemed to momentarily secure the ball with his glove after leaping and extending over the outfield wall. However, the ball slipped out of his glove's webbing as he retracted it, bouncing along the top of the fence before landing on the warning track.
Initially, the play was called a home run. However, following a review by the crew chief, Ramirez was awarded second base. This decision was made because the Milwaukee defense had stopped playing, assuming it was a home run.
Ramirez advanced to third base, and Stowers received a walk, but both were left on base.
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