PITTSBURGH (CBSMiami) – The Miami Marlins are riding a hot streak with wins in nine of their last 12 games thanks to a pitching staff that allowed three or fewer runs eight times in that span.
The Marlins will try to follow up a convincing win and clinch at least a tie of the four-game series when they visit the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.
Edinson Volquez followed up his no-hitter with seven scoreless innings as Miami (26-33) cruised to a 7-1 win in the series opener and moved one step closer to getting back to .500. Center fielder Christian Yelich snapped out of a slump with a pair of doubles in the win – matching his extra-base hit total from the previous 12 games – while driving in a run and scoring one.