The Marlins continued to do damage at the plate, though, shoddy pitching forces a series split.
The same day in which the Marlins agreed to a trade that saw center fielder Starling Marte - the team’s most valuable position player in terms of WAR - headed to the Oakland Athletics for the local boy Jesús Luzardo, the Miami bats continued their recent surge that commenced near the tail-end of the series against the Padres.
Come the bottom of the 4th...