MIAMI– MIAMI (AP) – Dane Myers gave the green light for two races in the seventh inning and finished with three hits and three RBIs as the Miami Marlins beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Saturday in a matchup between teams with the worst records in the major leagues.
Myers’ 420-foot blast off White Sox reliever Michael Soroka (0-9), his second home run of the season, erased a 3-2 deficit and scored Jake Burger, who had reached on the leadoff walk.
Xavier Edwards scored twice for the Marlins, who snapped a five-game skid and improved to 31-58, second-to-last in MLB.
Huascar Brazoban (1-1) struck out five in two scoreless innings of relief. AJ Puk got three outs in the eighth inning and Tanner Scott closed with a perfect ninth for his 13th save.
The White Sox got back-to-back RBI doubles from Gavin Sheets and Andrew Vaughn and took a 3-0 lead into the third inning. But Chicago, which has the worst record in the majors at 26-65, went hitless the rest of the way and struck out a total of 13 times.
Luis Robert Jr. got Chicago on the board early against Marlins starter Yonny Chirinos with an RBI fielder’s choice in the first.
The Marlins got within 3-1 on Myers’ RBI single in the bottom of the third and had Chicago starter Garrett Crochet throw 44 pitches in the fourth when Vidal Brujan hit a single.
Crochet’s 93-pitch performance ended after he retired Jake Burger to close out the quarter. The 25-year-old lefty gave up two runs and five hits with three walks and five strikeouts.
Chirinos allowed three runs and six hits in five innings. The 30-year-old right-hander walked one and struck out five.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Marlins: LHP Ryan Weathers (strained left index finger) is training with the club in Miami but has not been cleared to pitch. … 1B Josh Bell had the day off.
NEXT
RHP Jonathon Cannon (1-2, 4.62 ERA) will start the series finale for the White Sox on Sunday against Marlins RHP Edward Cabrera (1-2, 7.17).
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