San Francisco Giants vs Miami Marlins Box Score on Aug 15, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 15, 2017

MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton homered for the sixth consecutive game, but his Miami Marlins blew a seventh-inning lead as the San Francisco Giants rallied for a 9-4 victory Tuesday night at Marlins Park.

Stanton leads the majors with 44 homers. He has gone deep 11 times in his past 12 games and 23 times in 35 contests. He is on pace to hit 60 homers this year, a milestone reached by only five players in major league history.

But the Giants (48-73) were able to steal some of Stanton's thunder, evening the three-game series against Miami (57-61). The Marlins had their season-high tying four-game win streak snapped.

San Francisco took advantage of a poor night by Miami's bullpen, especially Junichi Tazawa (2-3), who did not register an out in the seventh inning, allowing four hits and three runs.

The big blows in the seventh were delivered by Carlos Moncrief on an RBI single and Hunter Pence with a run-scoring double. Denard Span, whose single in that inning led to a run, homered earlier in the game and finished 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs.

Rookie first baseman Ryder Jones, who hit a solo homer in the eighth to increase San Francisco's lead to 7-4, also doubled.

Madison Bumgarner (3-5) allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings. He also had an RBI single.

Marlins starter Dan Straily, who had won each of his four previous starts against San Francisco, allowed three runs in five innings.

Miami wasted no time in scoring. In the first inning, Stanton crushed a single to left and scored when Christian Yelich, batting cleanup for the first time this season, drove a double over the head of center fielder Span.

San Francisco took a 2-1 lead in the third on Span's eighth homer of the season, a two-run shot.

In the bottom of the third, Stanton tied the score with his homer, and Miami grabbed a 3-2 lead on J.T. Realmuto's sacrifice fly, scoring Marcell Ozuna, who had singled to start the rally.

Marlins backup catcher A.J. Ellis hit his third homer of the season in the fourth.

San Francisco cut its deficit to 4-3 in the fifth as Ryder Jones hit a leadoff double and scored on Bumgarner's line-drive single to left.

NOTES: Miami placed LHP Jarlin Garcia (biceps) on the disabled list and activated RHP Kyle Barraclough (shoulder). ... Marlins RF Giancarlo Stanton on his home run barrage: "It's a nice buzz for sports, for baseball and for Miami." ... Marlins 2B Dee Gordon leads the National League with 16 games of three or more hits. ... Marlins RHP Nick Wittgren, who hasn't pitched since July 27, said his elbow soreness has subsided, and he could return this month. ... Giants INF Joe Panik, who was hit in the head Sunday in a collision at the plate, will likely avoid the disabled list and could return this week. ... Giants RHP Matt Cain (3-9, 5.22 ERA), who hasn't started since July 31, will open Wednesday's series finale. The Giants needed an extra starter because of Sunday's doubleheader. Miami will start RHP Jose Urena (10-5, 3.76 ERA).