SAN DIEGO (CBSMiami/AP) — The first couple months of the season, the biggest issue for the Miami Marlins was scoring runs.
Slowly but surely, crossing the plate has been happening more frequently for Miami.
Saturday night in San Diego the Marlins needed a big inning, and they got it against struggling Padres rookie left-hander Nick Margevicius.
Harold Ramirez’s two-run double highlighted Miami’s five-run fourth inning, Bryan Holaday hit a two-run homer and Jose Urena won his third straight start as the Marlins beat San Diego 9-3.
The Marlins sent 11 batters to the plate in the fourth, with Garrett Cooper hitting two singles, driving in one run and scoring one run.