Miami beat Texas 6-4 on June 23, with the Marlins using three home runs and Sandy Alcantara's start to hold off the Rangers.
Texas scored first in the second inning when Alejandro Osuna came home on Nicky Lopez's groundout.
Miami answered in the bottom of the second. Heriberto Hernández hit a solo homer to center field to tie the game.
The Marlins took the lead in the fourth when Joe Mack hit a solo homer to right-center field.
Miami added four runs in the fifth. Owen Caissie hit a three-run homer to right field, scoring Otto Lopez and Xavier Edwards. Later in the inning, Mack added an RBI single to extend the lead to 6-1.
Sandy Alcantara went 6.2 innings for Miami, allowing one earned run with four strikeouts. MLB.com confirmed he became the Marlins' franchise strikeout leader during the game.
Texas cut into the lead late. Brandon Nimmo hit a solo homer in the eighth, Joc Pederson homered in the ninth, and Nimmo tripled in Wyatt Langford to make it 6-4.
What It Means
Final: Marlins 6, Rangers 4.
The Marlins improve to 41-39. The Rangers fall to 38-41.
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