Houston Astros at Miami Marlins

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

64-51, 29-27 Away

Final
4 - 6

Miami Marlins

56-57, 28-31 Home

Edwards gets 4 hits, Pauley and Hernández hit solo HRs, Marlins beat Astros 6-4

Marlins hang on to salvage final game vs. Astros

Janson Junk (6-2) allowed three runs on five hits with two walks and two strikeouts in five innings. The Marlins are 8-2 in Junk's 10 starts since joining the rotation June 20.

Lake Bachar pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save.

Liam Hicks, Otto Lopez and Hernández each hit an RBI single off Astros starter Spencer Arrighetti (1-2) in the first to make it 3-2, and the Marlins led the rest of the way.

Edwards doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Agustín Ramírez in the second. Hernandez's homer in the third made it 5-2.

Christian Walker hit a two-run homer in the first inning for Houston. Mauricio Dubón doubled and scored when Carlos Correa followed with another double in the fifth. Victor Caratini added an RBI double in the sixth.

Pauley hit a solo shot to make it 6-3 in the fifth.

Key moment Pinch-hitter Jeremy Peña singled to load the bases with one out in the Houston eighth, but Calvin Faucher got Cam Smith to ground into a forceout at home and Dubón to pop out to end the threat and preserve Miami's 6-4 lead.

Key stat Since June 13, the Marlins (56-57) are 31-16 and have gone 11-3-1 in series play.

Up next Astros RHP Hunter Brown (9-5, 2.47 ERA) starts Friday night at Yankee Stadium against rookie Cam Schlittler (1-2, 4.58).

Marlins RHP Eury Pérez (4-3, 2.70 ERA) is scheduled to pitch Thursday against Atlanta. The Braves hadn’t announced a starter yet.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Walker struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Altuve singled to right.
	9th Inning	Sánchez grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Correa grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Bachar relieved Faucher
	8th Inning	Marsee grounded out to first.

Statistics

HOU		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	16
9	Strikeouts	7
4	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	14
0	Stolen Bases	4
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	6
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
37	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	23
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	161
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	21
40	Plate Appearances	42
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
6	Extra Base Hits	3
6.5	Runs Created	9.7
.324	Batting Average	.389
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.541	Slugging Percentage	.583
.297	Secondary Average	.444
.375	On Base Percentage	.452
.916	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.036
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
6.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.9
41.0	Batter Rating	50.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	18.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.15	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.83
.216	Isolated Power	.194
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.71
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.119
-.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.056
8.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
91.3	MLB Rating	101.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0