MIAMI -- Looking to add an experienced starting pitcher in the offseason, the Miami Marlins believed Mat Latos
was the answer. However, Latos battled through injuries and
inconsistency in his first nine starts before going n the disabled list
with left knee inflammation.
Latos (2-4) made his return on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies after three weeks in between starts and struck out a season-high 11 batters in seven innings to help lead the Marlins to a 4-1 win.
"He threw some cutters that they were swinging over by a foot," Marlins manager Dan Jennings said. "It's good to see him at 100 percent because I think you're truly seeing now the Mat Latos the Marlins traded for and it's a huge boost for us."
Latos gave up one run and four hits while making his first start since May 21. He earned his first victory since May 5 at Washington.
"It feels good to have two legs under me that's for sure," Latos said.
Latos was helped by Giancarlo Stanton, who homered and drove in four runs.
"That God I'm not pitching against him," Latos said.
Stanton had a two-run double in the first and a two-run home run, his 23rd, in the sixth to give him 12 RBI in the last six games.
"Just finally feeling comfortable, not being tense up there, and staying relaxed," Stanton said.
The Marlins only needed four hits and held the Rockies to five to win their third straight in the series.
"This is one of the worst hitters' parks in baseball in my opinion," Rockies catcher Michael McKenry said.
Latos was sharp from the beginning, striking out the first two batters in the first and then striking out the side in the fifth. The 11 strikeouts were the most for Latos since also getting 11 on July 6, 2013, against Seattle while with Cincinnati. It was his 10th career game with at least 10 strikeouts.
"Everything just felt strong, everything was going for me and I was able to make some good pitches, execute some good off-speed pitches, had good movement on my two-seamer today, had good command of both sides of the late with the fastball," Latos said.
A.J. Ramos pitched a perfect ninth for his eighth save in 11 chances.
David Hale (2-1) allowed four runs in six innings for the Rockies, who have lost four straight.
"We're certainly having a difficult time right now," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.
Stanton made an immediate impact on the game in the first inning. He made a sliding catch in foul territory on a fly ball to right by Troy Tulowitzki to end the top half, and followed with his two-run double high off the left-center field wall for a 2-0 lead.
D.J. LeMahieu led off the sixth with a double, stole third, and scored on a base hit by Tulowitzki, who extended his hitting streak to 12 games.
Miami's Marcell Ozuna had his 13-game hitting streak snapped with an 0-for-4 performance.
Stanton's two-run homer to left gave the Marlins a 4-1 lead. It was his second four-RBI game of the series and third of the season.
The announced attendance of 26,647 included 389 dogs.
GALARRAGA MAKES APPEARANCE
Former Rockies All-Star and fan favorite Andres Galarraga spoke with players and coaches before the game, including Weiss, a teammate for six seasons.
"One of the best teammates I ever had," Weiss said. "I actually think I spent more time with him than any other player in my career. Great player, great person, brought a great attitude to the park every day. He was a pleasure to be around for all of those years. What a great person. He smiles 24/7 and he's like that when he played too."
POWER ON DISPLAY
Marlins' 17-year-old first-round draft pick Josh Naylor took part in batting practice and showed his power from the left side smacking five balls into the upper deck in right field.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: LF Corey Dickerson left the game in the sixth after re-aggravating a left foot injury after grounding out. "I'm not exactly sure how serious it is, but it is a chronic thing," Weiss said. "Hopefully, it didn't flare up too much."
Marlins: RHP Jose Fernandez threw five scoreless innings in his second rehab start with Single-A Jupiter on Friday. "Wow, it was pretty good," Jennings said. Fernandez's next rehab start will be with either Single-A Jupiter or Double-A Jacksonville.
UP NEXT
Rockies: LHP Jorge De La Rosa (3-2, 5.53 ERA) will be looking for his franchise-best 73rd career victory in the series finale.
Marlins: RHP Dan Haren (6-2, 3.12) has a career ERA of 5.12 in 19 starts against the Rockies, his third-highest against any club. His nine losses are tied for the most.
Latos (2-4) made his return on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies after three weeks in between starts and struck out a season-high 11 batters in seven innings to help lead the Marlins to a 4-1 win.
"He threw some cutters that they were swinging over by a foot," Marlins manager Dan Jennings said. "It's good to see him at 100 percent because I think you're truly seeing now the Mat Latos the Marlins traded for and it's a huge boost for us."
Latos gave up one run and four hits while making his first start since May 21. He earned his first victory since May 5 at Washington.
"It feels good to have two legs under me that's for sure," Latos said.
Latos was helped by Giancarlo Stanton, who homered and drove in four runs.
"That God I'm not pitching against him," Latos said.
Stanton had a two-run double in the first and a two-run home run, his 23rd, in the sixth to give him 12 RBI in the last six games.
"Just finally feeling comfortable, not being tense up there, and staying relaxed," Stanton said.
The Marlins only needed four hits and held the Rockies to five to win their third straight in the series.
"This is one of the worst hitters' parks in baseball in my opinion," Rockies catcher Michael McKenry said.
Latos was sharp from the beginning, striking out the first two batters in the first and then striking out the side in the fifth. The 11 strikeouts were the most for Latos since also getting 11 on July 6, 2013, against Seattle while with Cincinnati. It was his 10th career game with at least 10 strikeouts.
"Everything just felt strong, everything was going for me and I was able to make some good pitches, execute some good off-speed pitches, had good movement on my two-seamer today, had good command of both sides of the late with the fastball," Latos said.
A.J. Ramos pitched a perfect ninth for his eighth save in 11 chances.
David Hale (2-1) allowed four runs in six innings for the Rockies, who have lost four straight.
"We're certainly having a difficult time right now," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.
Stanton made an immediate impact on the game in the first inning. He made a sliding catch in foul territory on a fly ball to right by Troy Tulowitzki to end the top half, and followed with his two-run double high off the left-center field wall for a 2-0 lead.
D.J. LeMahieu led off the sixth with a double, stole third, and scored on a base hit by Tulowitzki, who extended his hitting streak to 12 games.
Miami's Marcell Ozuna had his 13-game hitting streak snapped with an 0-for-4 performance.
Stanton's two-run homer to left gave the Marlins a 4-1 lead. It was his second four-RBI game of the series and third of the season.
The announced attendance of 26,647 included 389 dogs.
GALARRAGA MAKES APPEARANCE
Former Rockies All-Star and fan favorite Andres Galarraga spoke with players and coaches before the game, including Weiss, a teammate for six seasons.
"One of the best teammates I ever had," Weiss said. "I actually think I spent more time with him than any other player in my career. Great player, great person, brought a great attitude to the park every day. He was a pleasure to be around for all of those years. What a great person. He smiles 24/7 and he's like that when he played too."
POWER ON DISPLAY
Marlins' 17-year-old first-round draft pick Josh Naylor took part in batting practice and showed his power from the left side smacking five balls into the upper deck in right field.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: LF Corey Dickerson left the game in the sixth after re-aggravating a left foot injury after grounding out. "I'm not exactly sure how serious it is, but it is a chronic thing," Weiss said. "Hopefully, it didn't flare up too much."
Marlins: RHP Jose Fernandez threw five scoreless innings in his second rehab start with Single-A Jupiter on Friday. "Wow, it was pretty good," Jennings said. Fernandez's next rehab start will be with either Single-A Jupiter or Double-A Jacksonville.
UP NEXT
Rockies: LHP Jorge De La Rosa (3-2, 5.53 ERA) will be looking for his franchise-best 73rd career victory in the series finale.
Marlins: RHP Dan Haren (6-2, 3.12) has a career ERA of 5.12 in 19 starts against the Rockies, his third-highest against any club. His nine losses are tied for the most.
4:10PM,EDT,June 13,2015
Marlins Park, Miami, Florida
Marlins Park, Miami, Florida
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Mat Latos pitching for Miami | COL | MIA |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Tulowitzki fouled out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| David Hale pitching for Colorado | COL | MIA |
| Gordon singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Prado walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Yelich grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Prado out at second, Gordon to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Stanton doubled to deep center, Gordon and Yelich scored. | 0 | 2 |
| Ozuna grounded out to third, Stanton to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Bour intentionally walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Mathis grounded into fielder's choice to second, Bour out at second. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Mat Latos pitching for Miami | COL | MIA |
| González struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Arenado singled to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Paulsen lined out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| McKenry walked, Arenado to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Barnes lined out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| David Hale pitching for Colorado | COL | MIA |
| Hechavarría grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Latos grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Gordon grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Mat Latos pitching for Miami | COL | MIA |
| Hale struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| David Hale pitching for Colorado | COL | MIA |
| Prado struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Yelich struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| Stanton walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Ozuna grounded into fielder's choice to third, Stanton out at second. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Mat Latos pitching for Miami | COL | MIA |
| Tulowitzki struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| González grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 2 |
| Arenado flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| David Hale pitching for Colorado | COL | MIA |
| Bour struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Mathis grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Hechavarría flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Mat Latos pitching for Miami | COL | MIA |
| Paulsen struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| McKenry walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Barnes struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| Hale struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| David Hale pitching for Colorado | COL | MIA |
| Latos struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Gordon struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Prado lined out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Mat Latos pitching for Miami | COL | MIA |
| LeMahieu doubled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Dickerson grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| LeMahieu stole third. | 0 | 2 |
| Tulowitzki singled to center, LeMahieu scored. | 1 | 2 |
| González grounded into fielder's choice to second, Tulowitzki out at second. | 1 | 2 |
| Arenado lined out to center. | 1 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| David Hale pitching for Colorado | COL | MIA |
| Blackmon in center field. | 1 | 2 |
| Barnes in left field. | 1 | 2 |
| Yelich singled to right. | 1 | 2 |
| Stanton homered to left (377 feet), Yelich scored. | 1 | 4 |
| Ozuna fouled out to first. | 1 | 4 |
| Bour grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 4 |
| Mathis flied out to center. | 1 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Mat Latos pitching for Miami | COL | MIA |
| Paulsen struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| McKenry tripled to deep right center. | 1 | 4 |
| Barnes grounded out to first. | 1 | 4 |
| Ynoa hit for Hale. | 1 | 4 |
| Ynoa struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Brooks Brown pitching for Colorado | COL | MIA |
| Brown relieved Hale. | 1 | 4 |
| Hechavarría flied out to left. | 1 | 4 |
| Suzuki hit for Latos. | 1 | 4 |
| Suzuki walked. | 1 | 4 |
| Suzuki stole second, Suzuki safe at third on throwing error by catcher McKenry. | 1 | 4 |
| Gordon struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| Prado grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Sam Dyson pitching for Miami | COL | MIA |
| Dyson relieved Latos. | 1 | 4 |
| LeMahieu lined out to right. | 1 | 4 |
| Blackmon singled to shallow center. | 1 | 4 |
| Blackmon stole second. | 1 | 4 |
| Tulowitzki struck out looking. | 1 | 4 |
| Dunn relieved Dyson. | 1 | 4 |
| González struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| LaTroy Hawkins pitching for Colorado | COL | MIA |
| Hawkins relieved Brown. | 1 | 4 |
| Yelich grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 4 |
| Stanton grounded out to third. | 1 | 4 |
| Ozuna grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Ramos pitching for Miami | COL | MIA |
| Ramos relieved Dunn. | 1 | 4 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| Paulsen struck out swinging. | 1 | 4 |
| McKenry flied out to center. | 1 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| LeMahieu 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .347 | .395 | .449 |
| Dickerson LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .306 | .339 | .521 |
Blackmon CF
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .265 | .337 | .409 |
| Tulowitzki SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .307 | .333 | .495 |
| González RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .242 | .312 | .386 |
| Arenado 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .270 | .303 | .540 |
| Paulsen 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .311 | .363 | .622 |
| McKenry C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | .277 | .382 | .538 |
| Barnes CF-LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .304 | .351 | .391 |
| Hale P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Ynoa PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .258 | .279 | .318 |
Brown P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Hawkins P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 129 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for D Hale in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: LeMahieu (9, Latos) 3B: McKenry (2, Latos) RBI: Tulowitzki (33) Rockies RISP: 1-7 (Barnes 0-2, Ynoa 0-1, Tulowitzki 1-2, Dickerson 0-1, González 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: LeMahieu (6, 3rd base off Latos/Mathis); Blackmon (14, 2nd base off Dyson/Mathis) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: McKenry (3, throw) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Marlins Park, Miami, FL |
| Attendance | 26,647 (71.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:43 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Paul Schrieber, First Base - Fieldin Culbreth, Second Base - Jim Reynolds, Third Base - Manny Gonzalez |
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