Miami Holds On as the Race Moves Again

The Marlins beat the Athletics 9-8 on July 5.

Miami built an 8-0 lead behind home runs from Heriberto Hernández, Leo Jiménez, and Otto Lopez. Hernández homered twice, while Lopez finished with a homer, a double, and three hits.

The Athletics made it tight late. Jonah Heim hit a grand slam in the eighth, then drove in two more in the ninth to cut the deficit to 9-8.

Eury Pérez got the win after throwing seven scoreless innings with eight strikeouts and no walks.

9-8
Final score, Marlins over Athletics.

2 HR
Heriberto Hernández homered twice for Miami.

7.0 IP
Eury Pérez threw seven scoreless innings.

54.1%
Miami's latest BaseChaser playoff odds.

What It Means

The Marlins improve to 49-42. The Athletics fall to 41-49.

BaseChaser lists the Marlins at 54.1% to make the playoffs and the Athletics at 11.4%.

Miami moved up 6.8 percentage points on today’s BaseChaser board.

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