MIAMI -- The Miami Marlins keep winning, even with patchwork pitching.
Miguel Rojas hit a one-out sacrifice fly in the 11th inning, and five pitchers combined to help Miami win for the 12th time in 15 games by beating the San Diego Padres 2-1 Saturday night.
Odrisamer Despaigne, who hasn't won in the majors since 2015, allowed one run in six innings while making a spot start. He and four relievers combined on a six-hitter.
"They hung in there and kept us in it," manager Don Mattingly said.
Despite an injury-ravaged pitching staff, the Marlins have climbed into the NL wild-card race and trail Colorado by 4 1/2 games for the final playoff berth.
"It has been pretty fun," Rojas said. "This is a club put together to do this -- to get into the race for the playoffs, and we're doing it now."
The Marlins have won plenty of high-scoring games lately, with slugger Giancarlo Stanton leading the way, but the Padres kept him stuck on 49 homers. The major league home run leader singled twice and struck out twice in four at-bats.
Derek Dietrich led off the 11th with a double against Jose Torres (7-4). Dietrich advanced on a sacrifice bunt, and with the Padres deploying five infielders, Rojas hit a drive that forced right fielder Jabari Blash to retreat to make the catch, allowing Dietrich to score easily.
"With five guys in the infield I said, `I'm not going to hit a groundball right here. I'm just going to try to elevate something," Rojas said.
"I could have stuck 10 outfielders out there and they would have won it on the ball that was hit," Padres manager Andy Green said.
Miami slugger Marcell Ozuna hit his 31st homer in the fourth off the Marlins Park home run sculpture. Ichiro Suzuki singled for his 22nd pinch hit of the season , breaking the Marlins record set by Ross Gload in 2009.
Cory Spangenberg stole home on the front end of a double steal in the second inning for the Padres' run. Dinelson Lamet allowed one run in six innings, but San Diego was mathematically eliminated from the race for the NL West title with 33 games left.
With the score tied, the Marlins' Brian Ellington allowed a leadoff double in the seventh and then retired the next three batters. Junichi Tazawa (3-3) pitched around a leadoff single in the 10th.
CAT AND MOUSE
Green ordered Stanton intentionally walked with the game tied, runners at the corners and one out in the seventh, and the unorthodox move worked. Brad Hand struck out Christian Yelich and got Ozuna to fly out to end the threat.
"We thought we had a better chance against Yelich and Ozuna than Stanton with the infield drawn in," Green said. "That's a scary proposition."
Stanton has walked 65 times and said he's not attempting to guess whether teams will pitch to him.
"They're going to try everything now," he said. "That's the point, the little cat-and-mouse, the chess game. Sometimes when you'd think I'm not going to get pitched to, they're going to pitch to me, and vice versa. It depends how the game is going."
DOUBLING UP
The Padres pulled off a double steal to score their run. With two outs, runners at the corners and the pitcher at the plate, catcher Hector Sanchez took off for second, and Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto threw the ball into center field, allowing Spangenberg to score standing up.
Mattingly took the blame, saying he should have signaled for Realmuto not to throw in that situation.
"It was the wrong play on my end," Mattingly said. "They had the pitcher up. You know they'll do that. That cost us a run."
ROSTER MOVE
The Padres claimed RHP Tim Melville on waivers from the Minnesota Twins, and transferred RHP Miguel Diaz to the 60-day disabled list. Melville will join Triple-A El Paso's rotation, while Diaz (forearm) is expected to be activated soon.
UP NEXT
The Marlins will go for a series sweep when RHP Dan Straily (8-8, 3.83 ERA) starts Sunday against LHP Clayton Richard (6-12, 4.89), who is 3-1 with a 1.99 ERA in five career starts against Miami.
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Miguel Rojas hit a one-out sacrifice fly in the 11th inning, and five pitchers combined to help Miami win for the 12th time in 15 games by beating the San Diego Padres 2-1 Saturday night.
Odrisamer Despaigne, who hasn't won in the majors since 2015, allowed one run in six innings while making a spot start. He and four relievers combined on a six-hitter.
"They hung in there and kept us in it," manager Don Mattingly said.
Despite an injury-ravaged pitching staff, the Marlins have climbed into the NL wild-card race and trail Colorado by 4 1/2 games for the final playoff berth.
"It has been pretty fun," Rojas said. "This is a club put together to do this -- to get into the race for the playoffs, and we're doing it now."
The Marlins have won plenty of high-scoring games lately, with slugger Giancarlo Stanton leading the way, but the Padres kept him stuck on 49 homers. The major league home run leader singled twice and struck out twice in four at-bats.
Derek Dietrich led off the 11th with a double against Jose Torres (7-4). Dietrich advanced on a sacrifice bunt, and with the Padres deploying five infielders, Rojas hit a drive that forced right fielder Jabari Blash to retreat to make the catch, allowing Dietrich to score easily.
"With five guys in the infield I said, `I'm not going to hit a groundball right here. I'm just going to try to elevate something," Rojas said.
"I could have stuck 10 outfielders out there and they would have won it on the ball that was hit," Padres manager Andy Green said.
Miami slugger Marcell Ozuna hit his 31st homer in the fourth off the Marlins Park home run sculpture. Ichiro Suzuki singled for his 22nd pinch hit of the season , breaking the Marlins record set by Ross Gload in 2009.
Cory Spangenberg stole home on the front end of a double steal in the second inning for the Padres' run. Dinelson Lamet allowed one run in six innings, but San Diego was mathematically eliminated from the race for the NL West title with 33 games left.
With the score tied, the Marlins' Brian Ellington allowed a leadoff double in the seventh and then retired the next three batters. Junichi Tazawa (3-3) pitched around a leadoff single in the 10th.
CAT AND MOUSE
Green ordered Stanton intentionally walked with the game tied, runners at the corners and one out in the seventh, and the unorthodox move worked. Brad Hand struck out Christian Yelich and got Ozuna to fly out to end the threat.
"We thought we had a better chance against Yelich and Ozuna than Stanton with the infield drawn in," Green said. "That's a scary proposition."
Stanton has walked 65 times and said he's not attempting to guess whether teams will pitch to him.
"They're going to try everything now," he said. "That's the point, the little cat-and-mouse, the chess game. Sometimes when you'd think I'm not going to get pitched to, they're going to pitch to me, and vice versa. It depends how the game is going."
DOUBLING UP
The Padres pulled off a double steal to score their run. With two outs, runners at the corners and the pitcher at the plate, catcher Hector Sanchez took off for second, and Marlins catcher J.T. Realmuto threw the ball into center field, allowing Spangenberg to score standing up.
Mattingly took the blame, saying he should have signaled for Realmuto not to throw in that situation.
"It was the wrong play on my end," Mattingly said. "They had the pitcher up. You know they'll do that. That cost us a run."
ROSTER MOVE
The Padres claimed RHP Tim Melville on waivers from the Minnesota Twins, and transferred RHP Miguel Diaz to the 60-day disabled list. Melville will join Triple-A El Paso's rotation, while Diaz (forearm) is expected to be activated soon.
UP NEXT
The Marlins will go for a series sweep when RHP Dan Straily (8-8, 3.83 ERA) starts Sunday against LHP Clayton Richard (6-12, 4.89), who is 3-1 with a 1.99 ERA in five career starts against Miami.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| San Diego - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Odrisamer Despaigne pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Margot flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Asuaje safe at first on error by first baseman Telis. | 0 | 0 |
| Pirela lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Solarte lined out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Dinelson Lamet pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Gordon walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Stanton struck out swinging, Gordon stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Yelich walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Ozuna lined out to right, Gordon to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Realmuto popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Odrisamer Despaigne pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Myers grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Spangenberg singled to shallow right center. | 0 | 0 |
| Sánchez singled to center, Spangenberg to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Blash grounded into fielder's choice to second, Sánchez out at second, Spangenberg to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Spangenberg stole home, Blash stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| Lamet struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Dinelson Lamet pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Dietrich struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Telis grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Rojas lined out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Odrisamer Despaigne pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Margot grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Asuaje flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Pirela walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Solarte flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Dinelson Lamet pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Despaigne struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Gordon grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Stanton singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Yelich flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Odrisamer Despaigne pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Myers flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Spangenberg flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Sánchez flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Dinelson Lamet pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Ozuna homered to center (453 feet). | 1 | 1 |
| Realmuto struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Dietrich grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Telis grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Odrisamer Despaigne pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Blash walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Lamet sacrificed to catcher, Blash to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Margot grounded out to pitcher, Blash to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Asuaje popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Dinelson Lamet pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Rojas grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Despaigne grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Gordon walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Gordon stole second, Gordon safe at third on throwing error by catcher Sánchez. | 1 | 1 |
| Stanton struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Odrisamer Despaigne pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Pirela lined out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Solarte grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Myers singled to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Spangenberg fouled out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Dinelson Lamet pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Yelich reached on infield single to first. | 1 | 1 |
| Ozuna flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Realmuto flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Yelich stole second. | 1 | 1 |
| Dietrich reached on infield single to first, Yelich to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Telis popped out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Brian Ellington pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Ellington relieved Despaigne. | 1 | 1 |
| Sánchez doubled to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Blash struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| Szczur hit for Lamet. | 1 | 1 |
| Szczur struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| Margot grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Phil Maton pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Maton relieved Lamet. | 1 | 1 |
| Rojas walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzuki hit for Ellington. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzuki singled to left, Rojas to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Hand relieved Maton. | 1 | 1 |
| Gordon grounded into fielder's choice to second, Suzuki out at second. | 1 | 1 |
| Stanton intentionally walked, Gordon to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Yelich struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Ozuna flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jarlin Garcia pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| García relieved Ellington. | 1 | 1 |
| Asuaje flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Pirela grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Solarte lined out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Brad Hand pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Realmuto grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Dietrich struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Telis lined out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jarlin Garcia pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Myers reached on infield single to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Spangenberg bunt popped out to pitcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Myers stole second. | 1 | 1 |
| Sánchez struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Moore at first base. | 1 | 1 |
| Steckenrider relieved García. | 1 | 1 |
| Blash struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Craig Stammen pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Hedges catching. | 1 | 1 |
| Stammen relieved Hand. | 1 | 1 |
| Rojas struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Moore lined out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Gordon struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Drew Steckenrider pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Hedges struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Margot flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Asuaje struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Craig Stammen pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Stanton reached on infield single to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Yelich flied out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Ozuna walked, Stanton to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Realmuto grounded into double play, third to second to first, Ozuna out at second. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego - Top of 11th | SCORE | |
| Junichi Tazawa pitching for Miami | SD | MIA |
| Tazawa relieved Steckenrider. | 1 | 1 |
| Pirela reached on infield single to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Solarte flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Myers lined out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Spangenberg struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 11th | SCORE | |
| Jose Torres pitching for San Diego | SD | MIA |
| Solarte at third base. | 1 | 1 |
| Coleman at shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Torres relieved Stammen. | 1 | 1 |
| Dietrich doubled to deep right. | 1 | 1 |
| Aviles hit for Tazawa. | 1 | 1 |
| Aviles sacrificed to pitcher, Dietrich to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Rojas hit sacrifice fly to right, Dietrich scored. | 1 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Diego Padres | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Margot CF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .273 | .316 | .432 |
| Asuaje 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .290 | .350 | .400 |
| Pirela LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .302 | .357 | .508 |
| Solarte SS-3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .259 | .331 | .422 |
| Myers 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .234 | .323 | .446 |
| Spangenberg 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .268 | .320 | .425 |
Torres P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| Sánchez C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .252 | .278 | .524 |
Stammen P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .571 | .600 |
Coleman SS
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .219 | .250 | .453 |
| Blash RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 | .213 | .342 | .383 |
| Lamet P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .071 | .071 | .071 |
a-Szczur PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .216 | .354 | .351 |
Maton P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Hand P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Hedges C
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .213 | .249 | .406 |
| Totals | 39 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 170 | |||
| a-struck out looking for D Lamet in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Sánchez (4, Ellington) S: Lamet Padres RISP: 0-9 (Asuaje 0-1, Szczur 0-1, Sánchez 0-1, Blash 0-3, Margot 0-2, Lamet 0-1) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Spangenberg (9, Home off Despaigne/Realmuto); Blash (1, 2nd base off Despaigne/Realmuto); Myers (16, 2nd base off García/Realmuto) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Sánchez (3, throw) DP: 1 (Spangenberg-Asuaje-Myers). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Marlins Park, Miami, FL |
| Attendance | 19,913 (53.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:53 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Paul Nauert, First Base - Ben May, Second Base - Carlos Torres, Third Base - Dana DeMuth |
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