Pittsburgh Pirates at Miami Marlins

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Pittsburgh Pirates

58-64, 28-34 Away

Final
2 - 8

Miami Marlins

62-59, 38-24 Home

Conine, Hernández homers, Junk's solid 6 innings lead Marlins to an 8-2 win over Pirates

Junk (6-7) allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits and a walk in six innings. Tyler Zuber, Calvin Faucher and Victor Vodnik each pitched a scoreless inning of relief.

Conine reached base five times. He doubled leading off the third against Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5) with the game tied at 1. Hernández followed with a walk before Agustín Ramírez doubled for a 2-1 lead one out later. That chased Mlodzinski, who was charged with four runs on five hits.

Evan Sisk walked pinch-hitter Javier Sanoja to load the bases and hit Leo Jiménez with a pitch before walking Joe Mack to force in two more runs. Xavier Edwards hit a sacrifice fly for a 5-1 lead. Sisk got two outs and yielded a run.

Conine hit his 13th homer off former Marlins reliever Lake Bachar for a 6-2 lead in the fourth. Bachar, acquired at the trade deadline, walked Conine before Hernández's 17th homer for a six-run advantage in the sixth. The right-hander surrendered three runs on three hits in three innings.

Nick Gonzalez singled and scored on a two-out throwing error by shortstop Otto Lopez to give Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead in the second.

Edwards' infield hit with two outs and the bases loaded tied it 1-all in the bottom of the inning.

Miami (62-59) is 38-24 at home. It is the team's best 62-game run at home since 2003, when it won its second World Series. The Marlins trail the Phillies and Diamondbacks by 1 1/2 games for the final NL wild card.

Valdez added a sacrifice fly in the fourth for Pittsburgh, who have gone 1-7 since the trade deadline.

Up nex t Pirates RHP Braxton Ashcraft (11-5, 4.08) starts Thursday against RHP Tyler Phillips (3-5, 3.47) as the Marlins go for the series sweep.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Valdez grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Simon reached on infield single to third, Gonzales to second.
	9th Inning	Gonzales walked.
	9th Inning	Horwitz grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Reynolds struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Vodnik relieved Faucher

Statistics

PIT		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
17	Ground Balls	11
5	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	8
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	8
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
31	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
126	Pitches	169
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	17
34	Plate Appearances	42
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	4
1.2	Runs Created	8.0
.194	Batting Average	.281
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.226	Slugging Percentage	.531
.097	Secondary Average	.500
.235	On Base Percentage	.429
.461	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.960
1.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.0
14.0	Batter Rating	51.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.71	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.02
.032	Isolated Power	.250
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.60
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.190
-.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.219
3.0	Runs Produced	16.0
0.5	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
68.3	MLB Rating	96.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0