San Francisco Giants vs Miami Marlins Box Score on Aug 16, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 16, 2017

MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton's streak of home runs in six consecutive games was snapped but his Miami Marlins still had enough to defeat the San Francisco Giants 8-1 at Marlins Park on Wednesday afternoon.

Jose Urena (11-5), who leads the Marlins in wins, allowed just one run (unearned) in five innings, improving his ERA to 3.61. Urena got defensive help in the third inning from speedy second baseman Dee Gordon, who fielded a one-hop grounder from Nick Hundley and beat the catcher to the first base bag.

Stanton, who leads the majors with 44 homers, went 2-for-4 with two singles, and he was also hit in the back by a Matt Cain pitch that registered 91 mph.

Despite not going deep on Wednesday, Stanton has slugged 11 homers in his past 13 games and 23 in 36 games. He is on pace to hit 60 homers this year, a milestone reached by only five players in major league history.

With Stanton held in check, little-used first baseman Tomas Telis, making just his ninth start of the year, went 2-for-4 with three RBIs.

Telis helped the Marlins (58-61) take two of three games from the Giants (48-74). The Marlins have now won six of their past eight series.

Cain (3-10), who lasted just four innings, allowed five runs, two earned. He is winless in his past 13 starts, going 0-9 in that span. He hasn't won a game in more than three months (May 15).

All three of Cain's unearned runs occurred in the first inning, when Miami scored four times.

The Giants were hurt by catcher's interference charged against Hundley and a fielding error on shortstop Brandon Crawford. Miami's biggest hit of the inning was a two-run, opposite-field double by Telis.

San Francisco, taking advantage of a two-out fielding error by Telis, scored a run in the third, cutting Miami's lead to 4-1.

The Marlins went ahead 5-1 in the bottom of the third when Derek Dietrich smoked a triple to the gap in right-center and scored on a single by Telis.

Giants reliever Albert Suarez walked two batters in the fifth, and that led to a pair of Marlins runs on RBI singles by Mike Aviles and pinch hitter Ichiro Suzuki.

Miami got its final run in the seventh when pinch hitter Miguel Rojas' single drove in Aviles

NOTES: Marlins RF Giancarlo Stanton on Tuesday finished a stretch of 35 games in which he hit 23 homers. Only three other hitters in major league history have matched or exceeded that stretch in one season: Sammy Sosa (25 in 1998), Barry Bonds (24, 2001) and Mark McGwire (23, 1999). ... Giants 2B Joe Panik was placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list retroactive to Monday. He was hit on the head during a home-plate collision on Sunday at the Washington Nationals. ... Giants RHP Johnny Cueto (blisters) will throw a bullpen session on Friday. ... INF Miguel Gomez (right knee) will start a rehab assignment on Thursday at Class A San Jose and could be activated by the Giants by Saturday. ... Miami opens a three-game series at the New York Mets on Friday. ... The Giants return home to open a four-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday.