ARLINGTON, TEXAS – First, they turned Yu Darvish’s potentially final start for the Texas Rangers his worst.
Then the Marlins poured it on, scoring the most runs they ever have in a game in a 22-10 trouncing of the Rangers at Globe Life Park.
The 4-hour, 2-minute game featured a nine-run fourth inning by the Marlins, a five-run eighth and a four-run ninth with that last set of runs coming off reserve catcher Brett Nicholas, who pitched for the first time in his career.
And things got wacky along the way.
In the top half of the eighth, Giancarlo Stanton blasted a 468-foot home run off former Marlins’ pitcher Jason Grilli and celebrating it in response to Grilli celebrating striking out Stanton for the final out of Tuesday’s game.