MIAMI (AP) The way the Miami Marlins’ power trio has been swinging, the ball flies off the bat – even Ichiro Suzuki’s.
Justin Bour, Giancarlo Stanton and Marcell Ozuna went into the Marlins’ weekend series against Arizona with a combined 43 homers. That included two Ozuna hit this week after borrowing Suzuki’s bat.
Bour was tied for second in the NL in homers through Wednesday with 15. Stanton and Ozuna were tied for fifth with 14 each. All are on pace to break the franchise record of 42 homers by Gary Sheffield in 1996.
There’s a friendly competition among the three sluggers.