Sánchez hits leadoff homer and game-ending triple to lift Marlins over
Cubs 8-7
[May 20, 2025]
MIAMI (AP) — Jesús Sánchez hit a leadoff homer and a game-ending triple,
finishing with three hits and four RBIs as the Miami Marlins came back
to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-7 on Monday night.
Rookie catcher Agustín Ramírez also went deep in the first inning for
the Marlins, who squandered two leads before Sánchez’s two-run triple
won it with two outs in the ninth. |
Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya, left, talks with relief pitcher
Daniel Palencia (48) during the ninth inning of a baseball game against
the Miami Marlins Monday, May 19, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) |
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Miami was down to its last strike against
reliever Daniel Palencia (0-1) when Derek Hill doubled on an 0-2
count and Javier Sanoja walked. Sánchez then hit a hard smash
past first baseman Michael Busch and into the right-field
corner, sending both runners home for the Marlins' sixth
walk-off win of the season.
After the Cubs took a 7-6 lead in the sixth, Valente Bellozo
(1-2) threw three scoreless innings of relief for the win.
Miguel Amaya homered, doubled and drove in five runs for the NL
Central-leading Cubs.
Recalled from Triple-A earlier in the day, Matt Shaw hit an RBI
double that capped a four-run sixth against Marlins reliever
Jesús Tinoco and gave Chicago a 7-6 lead. Moisés Ballesteros hit
a run-scoring single and scored on Amaya’s two-run double.
Cubs starter Ben Brown retired 12 straight until the Marlins
chased him with a four-run fifth. Liam Hicks hit an RBI triple
and Sanoja, Sánchez and Otto López added run-scoring singles.
Brown gave up six runs and seven hits while striking out seven
in 4 2/3 innings.
Amaya’s three-run homer off Marlins starter Edward Cabrera in
the fourth erased a 2-0 deficit.
Cabrera completed five innings of three run-ball. He allowed
five hits and struck out seven.
Consecutive homers from Sánchez and Ramírez in the first put
Miami ahead 2-0. Sánchez’s 409-foot drive to right-center was
the first leadoff homer of his career.
Key moment
The Cubs threatened against Bellozo in the ninth on Seiya
Suzuki’s one-out walk and Dansby Swanson’s two-out single. But
he retired Nico Hoerner on a flyout to center.
Key stat
The four runs charged against Tinoco ended a string of 16
scoreless innings by Marlins relievers.
Up next
Cubs RHP Jameson Taillon (2-3, 4.53 ERA) starts Tuesday against
Marlins LHP Ryan Weathers (1-0, 1.80).
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