MINNEAPOLIS -- For whatever reason, the Miami Marlins were having a heck of a time with the American League's worst team 2 1/2 games into their three-game series.
All of a sudden, the bats got going and the Marlins ran away with the finale.
Marcell Ozuna had four hits and three RBI, and the Marlins broke open the game with a seven-run seventh inning to beat the Minnesota Twins 10-3 on Thursday night.
"Stuff like that doesn't happen often so when it does, it's fun, you've got to enjoy it," said Christian Yelich, who had two hits and an RBI. "That's what happens when guys string a lot good at-bats together. Guys put some good swings, hit the ball hard and it was finding holes."
Chris Johnson hit a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh and the Marlins bounced back in a big way after dropping the first two games of the series to the lowly Twins. Tom Koehler (4-6) gave up two runs, four hits and struck out six in six innings.
Robbie Grossman hit a two-run double for the Twins (18-41). Ervin Santana (1-6) gave up five runs and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings and Minnesota's bullpen was bludgeoned in the seventh.
"They don't miss a fastball, for sure today," Santana said.
Twins right-hander Phil Hughes had to be helped off the field in the ninth inning after taking a line drive off the bat of J.T. Realmuto off his left knee.
Koehler entered the game averaging 5.4 walks per nine innings, the second-most among qualifying starters. His only walk was an intentional one Thursday. He faced the minimum number of batters through the first five innings before the Twins finally got to him in the sixth.
Grossman's double in the sixth tied the game at 2, but in the story of the Twins' season, they quickly squandered the momentum.
"I gave two runs back there in the sixth, so to have the guys respond and put up a nice crooked number there, they picked me up and it was huge," Koehler said.
The Marlins took a 9-2 lead in the seventh, pounding out eight hits and scoring one run on a wild pitch by reliever Trevor May, who couldn't get an out before getting yanked by Paul Molitor.
"They just kept swinging," Molitor said. "It happened fast."
Martin Prado, Yelich and Adeiny Hechavarria all had two hits and an RBI for the Marlins.
SUZUKI SHINES
Ichiro Suzuki had two hits and an RBI for the Marlins and is 27 hits from 3,000 for his career. He had seven hits in the series to raise his average to .333.
"He makes it look easy," Santana said. "He's just waiting for one pitch and he don't miss it."
STANTON FLAILS
Marlins manager Don Mattingly said before the game he was hopeful that struggling slugger Giancarlo Stanton's fortunes were about to turn after he posted his first multi-hit game in nearly a month on Wednesday night.
Stanton was 0 for 5 with four strikeouts and grounded into a double play, dropping his batting average to .197.
DRAFT DAY
Marlins: Selected LHP Braxton Garrett from Florence High School in Alabama with the seventh pick. He had an 0.53 ERA, with 131 strikeouts in 65 1/3 innings as a senior.
Twins: Selected OF Alex Kirilloff from Pittsburgh with the 15th pick. Kirilloff was home schooled but is hitting .544 with three homers and 23 RBI in 19 games for Plum High School.
TRAINING ROOM
Twins: Hughes was taken for X-rays, which were negative. He is listed as day to day. ... OF Oswaldo Arcia left the game with a right foot contusion. The Twins said X-rays were negative and his is listed as day to day.
UP NEXT
Marlins: LHP Justin Nicolino (2-3, 4.37) starts the series opener at Arizona against LHP Patrick Corbin (3-5, 4.73).
Twins: Tyler Duffey (2-4, 4.79) starts the opener against Boston's Steven Wright (6-4, 2.29) in slugger David Ortiz's final series in Minnesota, where his career began.
Miami Marlins
All of a sudden, the bats got going and the Marlins ran away with the finale.
Marcell Ozuna had four hits and three RBI, and the Marlins broke open the game with a seven-run seventh inning to beat the Minnesota Twins 10-3 on Thursday night.
"Stuff like that doesn't happen often so when it does, it's fun, you've got to enjoy it," said Christian Yelich, who had two hits and an RBI. "That's what happens when guys string a lot good at-bats together. Guys put some good swings, hit the ball hard and it was finding holes."
Chris Johnson hit a pinch-hit, two-run homer in the seventh and the Marlins bounced back in a big way after dropping the first two games of the series to the lowly Twins. Tom Koehler (4-6) gave up two runs, four hits and struck out six in six innings.
Robbie Grossman hit a two-run double for the Twins (18-41). Ervin Santana (1-6) gave up five runs and nine hits in 6 1/3 innings and Minnesota's bullpen was bludgeoned in the seventh.
"They don't miss a fastball, for sure today," Santana said.
Twins right-hander Phil Hughes had to be helped off the field in the ninth inning after taking a line drive off the bat of J.T. Realmuto off his left knee.
Koehler entered the game averaging 5.4 walks per nine innings, the second-most among qualifying starters. His only walk was an intentional one Thursday. He faced the minimum number of batters through the first five innings before the Twins finally got to him in the sixth.
Grossman's double in the sixth tied the game at 2, but in the story of the Twins' season, they quickly squandered the momentum.
"I gave two runs back there in the sixth, so to have the guys respond and put up a nice crooked number there, they picked me up and it was huge," Koehler said.
The Marlins took a 9-2 lead in the seventh, pounding out eight hits and scoring one run on a wild pitch by reliever Trevor May, who couldn't get an out before getting yanked by Paul Molitor.
"They just kept swinging," Molitor said. "It happened fast."
Martin Prado, Yelich and Adeiny Hechavarria all had two hits and an RBI for the Marlins.
SUZUKI SHINES
Ichiro Suzuki had two hits and an RBI for the Marlins and is 27 hits from 3,000 for his career. He had seven hits in the series to raise his average to .333.
"He makes it look easy," Santana said. "He's just waiting for one pitch and he don't miss it."
STANTON FLAILS
Marlins manager Don Mattingly said before the game he was hopeful that struggling slugger Giancarlo Stanton's fortunes were about to turn after he posted his first multi-hit game in nearly a month on Wednesday night.
Stanton was 0 for 5 with four strikeouts and grounded into a double play, dropping his batting average to .197.
DRAFT DAY
Marlins: Selected LHP Braxton Garrett from Florence High School in Alabama with the seventh pick. He had an 0.53 ERA, with 131 strikeouts in 65 1/3 innings as a senior.
Twins: Selected OF Alex Kirilloff from Pittsburgh with the 15th pick. Kirilloff was home schooled but is hitting .544 with three homers and 23 RBI in 19 games for Plum High School.
TRAINING ROOM
Twins: Hughes was taken for X-rays, which were negative. He is listed as day to day. ... OF Oswaldo Arcia left the game with a right foot contusion. The Twins said X-rays were negative and his is listed as day to day.
UP NEXT
Marlins: LHP Justin Nicolino (2-3, 4.37) starts the series opener at Arizona against LHP Patrick Corbin (3-5, 4.73).
Twins: Tyler Duffey (2-4, 4.79) starts the opener against Boston's Steven Wright (6-4, 2.29) in slugger David Ortiz's final series in Minnesota, where his career began.
8:10 PM ET, June 9, 2016
Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Miami - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Ervin Santana pitching for Minnesota | MIA | MIN |
| Suzuki singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Prado flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Suzuki safe at second on throwing error by pitcher E. Santana. | 0 | 0 |
| Yelich grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Ozuna doubled to deep center, Suzuki scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Stanton struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Tom Koehler pitching for Miami | MIA | MIN |
| Núñez flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Grossman grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Mauer grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Ervin Santana pitching for Minnesota | MIA | MIN |
| Bour grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Dietrich flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Realmuto singled to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Realmuto to second on balk by E. Santana. | 1 | 0 |
| Hechavarría singled to right, Realmuto scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Suzuki grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tom Koehler pitching for Miami | MIA | MIN |
| Plouffe grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Dozier grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Park struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Ervin Santana pitching for Minnesota | MIA | MIN |
| Prado lined out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Yelich grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| Ozuna reached on infield single to pitcher. | 2 | 0 |
| Stanton struck out looking. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Tom Koehler pitching for Miami | MIA | MIN |
| Arcia struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Centeno struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Buxton grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Ervin Santana pitching for Minnesota | MIA | MIN |
| Bour singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Dietrich grounded into fielder's choice to second, Bour out at second, Dietrich to second on throwing error by second baseman Dozier. | 2 | 0 |
| Realmuto lined out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Hechavarría popped out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tom Koehler pitching for Miami | MIA | MIN |
| Núñez singled to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Grossman struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Núñez caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Mauer flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Ervin Santana pitching for Minnesota | MIA | MIN |
| Suzuki flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Prado flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Yelich grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Tom Koehler pitching for Miami | MIA | MIN |
| Plouffe struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Dozier fouled out to catcher. | 2 | 0 |
| Park grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Ervin Santana pitching for Minnesota | MIA | MIN |
| Ozuna grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Stanton struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Bour flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Tom Koehler pitching for Miami | MIA | MIN |
| Arcia struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Centeno grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 0 |
| Buxton singled to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Núñez reached on infield single to second, Buxton to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Grossman doubled to deep center, Buxton and Núñez scored. | 2 | 2 |
| Mauer intentionally walked. | 2 | 2 |
| Grossman to third on wild pitch by Koehler. | 2 | 2 |
| Plouffe grounded out to second. | 2 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Ervin Santana pitching for Minnesota | MIA | MIN |
| Kepler in right field. | 2 | 2 |
| Dietrich grounded out to second. | 2 | 2 |
| Realmuto singled to left. | 2 | 2 |
| Hechavarría singled to right, Realmuto to second. | 2 | 2 |
| Suzuki singled to right, Realmuto scored, Hechavarría to third. | 3 | 2 |
| May relieved E. Santana. | 3 | 2 |
| Hechavarría scored, Suzuki to second on wild pitch by May. | 4 | 2 |
| Prado doubled to center, Suzuki scored. | 5 | 2 |
| Yelich doubled to deep left, Prado scored. | 6 | 2 |
| Ozuna singled to center, Yelich scored. | 7 | 2 |
| Rogers relieved May. | 7 | 2 |
| Stanton struck out looking. | 7 | 2 |
| Johnson hit for Bour. | 7 | 2 |
| Johnson homered to right (350 feet), Ozuna scored. | 9 | 2 |
| Rojas hit for Dietrich. | 9 | 2 |
| Rojas singled to left. | 9 | 2 |
| Realmuto hit by pitch, Rojas to second. | 9 | 2 |
| Hechavarría lined out to shortstop. | 9 | 2 |
| 7 Runs, 8 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Mike Dunn pitching for Miami | MIA | MIN |
| Johnson at first base. | 9 | 2 |
| Rojas at second base. | 9 | 2 |
| Dunn relieved Koehler. | 9 | 2 |
| Dozier walked. | 9 | 2 |
| Park struck out swinging. | 9 | 2 |
| Kepler flied out to right. | 9 | 2 |
| Centeno flied out to left. | 9 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Phil Hughes pitching for Minnesota | MIA | MIN |
| Hughes relieved Rogers. | 9 | 2 |
| Suzuki struck out swinging. | 9 | 2 |
| Prado singled to right. | 9 | 2 |
| Yelich singled to right, Prado to second. | 9 | 2 |
| Ozuna singled to right, Prado scored, Yelich to second. | 10 | 2 |
| Stanton grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Ozuna out at second. | 10 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Dustin McGowan pitching for Miami | MIA | MIN |
| McGowan relieved Dunn. | 10 | 2 |
| Buxton struck out swinging. | 10 | 2 |
| Núñez lined out to right. | 10 | 2 |
| Grossman struck out swinging. | 10 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Phil Hughes pitching for Minnesota | MIA | MIN |
| Johnson struck out swinging. | 10 | 2 |
| Rojas flied out to left. | 10 | 2 |
| Realmuto reached on infield single to catcher. | 10 | 2 |
| Boshers relieved Hughes. | 10 | 2 |
| Hechavarría struck out looking. | 10 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Minnesota - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Ramos pitching for Miami | MIA | MIN |
| Ramos relieved McGowan. | 10 | 2 |
| Escobar hit for Mauer. | 10 | 2 |
| Escobar singled to left. | 10 | 2 |
| Plouffe struck out looking. | 10 | 2 |
| Dozier singled to left center, Escobar to second. | 10 | 2 |
| Park singled to left, Escobar to third, Dozier to second. | 10 | 2 |
| Escobar scored, Dozier to third, Park to second on passed ball by Realmuto. | 10 | 3 |
| Kepler walked. | 10 | 3 |
| Ellington relieved Ramos. | 10 | 3 |
| Centeno grounded into double play, third to second to first, Kepler out at second. | 10 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Miami Marlins
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzuki RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .333 | .387 | .377 |
| Prado 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .314 | .354 | .395 |
| Yelich LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .323 | .409 | .497 |
| Ozuna CF | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .324 | .370 | .556 |
| Stanton DH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .197 | .305 | .426 |
| Bour 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .241 | .312 | .452 |
a-Johnson PH-1B
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .247 | .304 | .400 |
| Dietrich 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .293 | .376 | .459 |
b-Rojas PH-2B
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .275 | .320 | .333 |
| Realmuto C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .306 | .337 | .403 |
| Hechavarría SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .247 | .273 | .345 |
| Totals | 44 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 159 | |||
| a-homered to right for J Bour in the 7th b-singled to left for D Dietrich in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Ozuna (11, E. Santana); Prado (13, May); Yelich (17, May) HR: Johnson (3, 7th inning off Rogers 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: Ozuna 3 (34), Hechavarría (17), Suzuki (8), Prado (18), Yelich (26), Johnson 2 (9) 2-out RBI: Ozuna, Hechavarría, Johnson 2 GIDP: Stanton Marlins RISP: 7-13 (Suzuki 1-1, Hechavarría 1-3, Ozuna 3-3, Stanton 0-2, Prado 1-1, Yelich 1-2, Realmuto 0-1) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Prado-Rojas-Johnson). PB: Realmuto. | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| RF ARCIA (INJURED FOOT) LEFT GAME TOP 7TH |
| RP HUGHES (LEFT KNEE CONTUSION) LEFT GAME TOP 9TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Target Field, Minneapolis, MN |
| Attendance | 18,792 (48.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:04 |
| Weather | 81 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 15 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Scott Barry, First Base - Gabe Morales, Second Base - Tripp Gibson, Third Base - Jerry Layne |
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