The Marlins beat the Mariners 8-4 on July 9.
Seattle scored first in the second, but Miami answered right away. Griffin Conine tied the game with a solo homer, and Liam Hicks followed with an RBI double that scored Jakob Marsee to put the Marlins in front.
Miami pulled away in the fourth. Otto Lopez drove in two with a triple, and Kyle Stowers followed with an RBI single to extend the lead to 6-1.
The Mariners got home runs from Randy Arozarena and Dominic Canzone, but Miami answered with two more runs in the seventh and never let Seattle get any closer.
Janson Junk earned the win after allowing one run over five innings while striking out five.
What It Means
The Marlins improve to 52-42. The Mariners fall to 47-47.
BaseChaser lists the Marlins at 69.9% to make the playoffs and the Mariners at 57.1%.
Miami moved up 7.0 percentage points. Seattle dropped 3.7 percentage points on today’s BaseChaser board.
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