Dee Gordon singled, stole second, and scored in the first inning on Sunday.
He repeated the sequence in the third. And in the seventh, just before Giancarlo Stanton put the dagger in Jacob deGrom’s day with one swing of the bat, Gordon legged out an infield single with his speed and hustle.
If the Marlins harbor any thoughts of pulling off a minor miracle and sneaking into Wild Card contention, it’s going to take more than Stanton to get it done.
It’s going to take more Gordon, more Adam Conley — who turned in a pitching gem in the Marlins’ 6-4 win over the Mets — and more contributions from Stanton’s supporting cast to complete the climb to .