MIAMI (AP) — Jesús Sánchez hit a two-run double in Miami's five-run first inning, and the Marlins held off the Chicago Cubs for a 7-6 win on Saturday.
Sánchez also singled home Luis Arraez in the fourth. Arraez and Jazz Chisholm Jr. each had three hits as Miami earned its third straight victory.
Marlins right-hander Edward Cabrera (2-2) struck out a career-high 12 in five innings. He was charged with two runs and three hits.
Patrick Wisdom and Cody Bellinger homered for Chicago in its fifth loss in seven games. Trey Mancini had two hits and scored two runs.
Right-hander Caleb Kilian (0-1) struggled in his fourth career start for the Cubs. Kilian, who was promoted from Triple-A Iowa before the game, was tagged for seven runs and 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings.
The 25-year-old Kilian hurt himself in the first. He hit two batters — plunking Chisholm with the bases loaded — and walked two. He also threw a wild pitch that brought home a run.
Sánchez's ground-rule double gave Miami a 2-0 lead, and Jacob Stallings had a run-scoring single. Each of the Marlins' runs in the first scored with two outs.
Wisdom connected for his 10th homer with two out in the second, sending a two-run shot deep to left-center. But Chisholm’s RBI single in the third helped the Marlins build a 7-2 lead.
Bellinger led off the sixth with a solo shot to right, and the Cubs loaded the bases with no outs. After Edwin Ríos struck out looking, Nico Hoerner drove in Mancini with a sacrifice fly to left.
But the inning came to an end when Eric Hosmer was caught in a rundown trying to tag up from second.
Chicago pulled within one with two runs in the eighth, but Matt Barnes escaped the jam when he retired Dansby Swanson on a popup to first.
Tanner Scott gave up a one-out single in the ninth before finishing his second save of the season.
CARIBE TIME
LoanDepot Park will host the Serie del Caribe in 2024. The Caribbean winter league championship was last held in Miami since 1991.
“Baseball is beloved in Miami, in Latin America and across the globe,’’ Marlins president of business operations Caroline O’Connor said. “We just saw the excitement for baseball right here in Miami at the World Baseball Classic ... We saw that our local residents as well as the world are ready to watch this tournament. The party starts today."
ROSTER MOVES
Cubs: With Kilian coming up from Triple-A, LHP Brandon Hughes was placed on the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation. Hughes needed some rest so the injury wouldn't “have a snowball effect," manager David Ross said. "He’s definitely important to our group, and we want to make sure he’s healthy," Ross added.
UP NEXT
Cubs left-hander Justin Steele (4-0, 1.19 ERA) takes the mound for the series finale Sunday. The Marlins will counter with right-hander Bryan Hoeing (0-1, 9.82 ERA), who took the loss in Atlanta on Tuesday in his lone start of the season thus far.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press.
Listen live to 670 The Score via:
Audacy App | Online Stream | Smart Speaker