, who had been 15 for 15 on save chances this season.It was 2-0 when Harold Ramirez opened the inning with a grounder that third baseman Dawel Lugo misplayed for an error. Ramirez later scored on Neil Walker's single.Greene later induced a double-play ball to second baseman Ronny Rodriguez that would've ended the game. But Rodriguez bobbled it and Miguel Rojas was called safe at first, which was held up on replay.After an intentional walk to pinch-hitter Curtis Granderson loaded the bases, Cooper homered to deep left field. On Wednesday, Cooper hit his first career home run in a 6-3 win.Marlins starter Trevor Richards struck out six over 5 2/3 innings, allowing eight hits and one run.Tyler Kinley (1-0) gave up one run in the eighth and got the win. Sergio Romo earned his ninth save with a perfect ninth.For Detroit, right-hander Matthew Boyd threw six scoreless innings and Miguel Cabrera continued moving up the all-time lists in the loss.Cabrera had an RBI single in the eighth. It was his second hit of the game and moved Cabrera into 60th place on baseball's career hit list with 2,727, one more than Chipper Jones.With the bases loaded in the sixth inning, Rodriguez hit a flyball to left field. Austin Dean made a sliding catch on the sacrifice fly for a 1-0 lead.MIGGY MILESTONECabrera went into the game tied with Carlos Beltran for 61st on the hits list.UP NEXTMarlins: Coming off the best start of his career, RHP Pablo Lopez (3-5, 5.06) will start Friday at Washington and RHP Kyle McGowin (0-0, 6.00).Tigers: Rookie LHP Gregory Soto (0-2, 10.80) opens a three-game series and nine-game road trip Friday at the Mets, who are throwing RHP Noah Syndergaard (3-4, 4.50).---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Streaking Marlins go for sweep of struggling TigersFLMBrian Anderson has unearthed his power stroke in Detroit. The Miami Marlins third baseman will try to do more damage in the series finale against the Tigers on Thursday afternoon.Anderson entered the series with two homers. He's doubled that total with a homer in the first two games of the series. He also had a double in an 11-inning victory on Tuesday.His two-run shot in the eighth inning Wednesday solidified a 6-3 victory, stretching the Marlins' winning streak to five games, their longest streak since winning five straight in April 2016."I think that's the way baseball is," Anderson told MLB.com. "Sometimes you start off slowly, and come on strong. I think, for me, I just need to keep making adjustments. They're going to be adjusting to me, and I've got to keep making adjustments." In his first full season in the majors a year ago, Anderson batted .273 with 11 homers and 65 RBIs. He also scored 87 runs in 156 games. He now has four homers and 16 RBIs with a .234 average this season. His other two home runs also came in back-to-back games in April against the Phillies in Miami."Water reaches its level," manager Don Mattingly said, according to MLB.com. "He's hit everywhere he's been. Those guys are going to hit." The Marlins need Anderson to provide thump from the No. 3 slot in the batting order. Neither Anderson nor Starlin Castro are typical middle-of-the-order batters."Getting to find some barrels is a good sign for me," Anderson said. "I feel like I'm kind of getting back to where I need to be." The Tigers are mired in a deep slump. They've lost eight straight, all at Comerica Park. Their offense has generated just 19 runs during the slide.On Wednesday, they gave up a three-run lead."It's just a really rough stretch right now," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "Nothing really going too awful well. We'll think back to this day somewhere down the road and say, 'Man, that was brutal. Let's not do that again.'"Detroit ace left-hander Matthew Boyd (4-4, 3.41 ERA), Thursday's scheduled starter, has lost his past two starts. In his most recent outing on Saturday, he gave up four runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings against Oakland. Boyd struck out eight in that game but also gave up two home runs in the 4-1 loss.The Tigers have scored a combined three runs in Boyd's four losses this season."You never know what run is going to win or lose a game," Boyd said. "If it's 1-0, keep it 1-0. If it's 2-0, keep it there. You just keep going with that. You can't put too much thought into what's going on with the offense. Just put up zeroes as often as you can and keep going forward attacking." Boyd will be pitching against Miami for the first time.The Marlins will counter with right-hander Trevor Richards (1-5, 4.44 ERA), who recorded his first victory of the season on Friday in his ninth start. He held the New York Mets to three runs on six hits in 6 1/3 innings, matching his longest start of the season.Richards will be facing Detroit for the first time in his two-year career.--Field Level Media
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