For a moment, Martin Prado gave the Miami Marlins’ offense a spark. With two outs and a 1-2 count in the eighth inning against the Cleveland Indians, Prado belted a four-seam fastball from former teammate Nick Wittgren that grazed the top of the left-field wall at Progressive Field for a game-tying home run.
The rally attempt was short lived.
The Marlins gave up four runs in the bottom half of the inning and the offense was quickly retired in the ninth for a 6-2 loss Wednesday to split the two-game series.
Relief pitchers Adam Conley and Tayron Guerrero combined to give up four hits, a walk and a hit by pitch in the eighth.