Marlins break game open with 4 runs in the 8th, beat Diamondbacks 10-6

MIAMI (AP) — Otto Lopez hit a tiebreaking RBI single to start off Miami’s four-run eighth inning and Joe Mack went 4 for 4 and scored three runs as the Marlins beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-6 on Tuesday night for their sixth win in seven games.

Lopez’s run-scoring single started a four-hit sequence in the eighth. Javier Sanoja drove in two more runs with a single and Esteury Ruiz followed with a one-run single as the Marlins broke open a 6-all tie.

Mack, at 22 years, 164 days, became the youngest catcher in Marlins history to record four hits in a game. He also became the 13th MLB catcher with 10 runners caught stealing this season — doing so in just 28 games.

Miami jumped out to an early 3-1 lead behind a Xavier Edwards RBI single in the first, a Connor Norby one-run double in the second and a sacrifice fly from Edwards in the third. Liam Hicks and Kyle Stowers added two-run doubles in the sixth for a 6-2 lead.

Pete Fairbanks (1-1) threw a one-hit ninth inning, striking out two.

Max Meyer pitched 5 1/3 innings, giving up two runs on seven hits while striking out five. He set a franchise record with 14 starts to begin the season without a loss, also marking the longest such streak in the majors since Tony Gonsolin of the Los...