MIAMI — After a 5-1 start, the Miami Marlins went 1-5 on a recent road trip and returned home at 9-10 to open a six-game homestand Friday against the Milwaukee Brewers at loanDepot park.
Scoreless entering the fourth inning, the Marlins were undone by defensive miscues, notably when catcher Agustín Ramírez airmailed a throw to Graham Pauley on an attempted pickoff at third, allowing a run that proved costly in a 7-5 loss in 10 innings.
Miami has now dropped three straight games for the second time this season.
Although Ramírez had a shaky night behind the plate, he doubled home Xavier Edwards in the bottom of the eighth inning to tie the game at 4-4.
The Marlins trailed 3-0 and 4-1 earlier in the game.
With the score tied 4-4 in the 10th inning, Milwaukee had the bases loaded with no outs against Marlins reliever Calvin Faucher.
Luis Rengifo hit a slow grounder that Edwards fielded and threw home to Ramírez, but the throw never reached his glove, allowing the Brewers to score and take a 5-4 lead.
Making his Major League debut, Brewers right-hander Coleman Crow was efficient over 5 1/3 innings, surrendering four hits, two earned runs, one via a sacrifice fly, one walk and striking out four.
“I want him to understand that he can pitch here; he can pitch in the big leagues,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said.
Taking the loss in his last outing against the Detroit Tigers, Marlins right-hander Janson Junk threw 93 pitches over 5 2/3 innings, allowing four runs, three of them earned, while not allowing a home run.
He finished with a no-decision.
Otto Lopez tripled in the fourth inning, added a two-run home run to straightaway center field in the sixth, and singled in the eighth for a three-hit night, finishing a double shy of the cycle.
He now carries a .347 batting average.
Third baseman Graham Pauley was removed from the game with two outs in the seventh inning after he moved to avoid a pitch that would have hit him.
According to the Marlins, Pauley exited with right oblique discomfort.
Right-hander Sandy Alcantara (2-1, 2.67 ERA) will start for the Marlins (9-11) on Saturday at 4:10 p.m. ET.
Alcantara will look to bounce back after allowing seven earned runs, three home runs, and 10 hits over six innings in a loss to the Tigers on April 12.
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