Matt Beaty hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers held on for a 10-6 win over the visiting Miami Marlins on Saturday night.
Joc Pederson and Justin Turner also homered for Los Angeles, which squandered a 6-0 lead before bouncing back. The Dodgers won for the sixth time in nine games since the All-Star break.
Starlin Castro homered for Miami, which has lost two straight, five of seven and 11 of 15. Brian Anderson contributed a double and two RBIs, while Jorge Alfaro and Harold Ramirez drove in one run apiece.
Dodgers reliever Pedro Baez (5-2) earned the victory with two-thirds of an inning of scoreless relief. He was the fourth of five bullpen arms who followed starter Clayton Kershaw, who struck out 10 batters over six scoreless innings.
Marlins reliever Elieser Hernandez (1-4) drew the loss after giving up four runs in two-thirds of an inning.
Beaty's blast proved to be the difference. With two runners on, one out and the score tied at 6, he drove an 81 mph changeup from Hernandez an estimated 395 feet over the wall in right field for the fifth homer of his rookie campaign.
Later in the inning, Russell Martin ripped an RBI single to left field to put the Dodgers on top by four runs.
Miami had scored one run in the seventh and five more in the eighth to erase a six-run deficit.
Castro started the comeback bid when he lofted a solo shot to left-center field against Dodgers reliever JT Chargois. It was his eighth homer of the season and his second in the past four games.
The Marlins continued to pelt the Dodgers' bullpen for five runs in the eighth. Alfaro notched a sacrifice fly to right field, and Anderson followed with a two-run double to slice the deficit to 6-4.
A throwing error by Dodgers second baseman Enrique Hernandez allowed two more runs to score later in the inning.
The Dodgers jumped to a 1-0 lead on Pederson's 22nd homer in the first.
A three-run fourth boosted the Dodgers' lead to 4-0. Austin Barnes ripped a two-out, two-run double, and Kershaw followed in the next at-bat with an RBI single.
Turner belted a solo home run, his 13th, in the fifth. Cody Bellinger then drew a walk and scored on a double by Max Muncy.
Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara was charged with six runs on seven hits and three walks in five innings. He struck out four.
--Field Level Media
Miami | LA Dodgers | |
Sandy Alcantara | Player | Clayton Kershaw |
No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
5.0 | IP | 6.0 |
4 | Strikeouts | 10 |
7 | Hits | 2 |
10.80 | ERA | 0.00 |
Miami | LA Dodgers | |
Curtis Granderson | Player | Corey Seager |
1 | Hits | 3 |
0 | RBI | 0 |
0 | HR | 0 |
2 | TB | 4 |
.500 | Avg | .750 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Miami | 6 | 1 | 11 | .182 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
LA Dodgers | 12 | 3 | 24 | .353 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 |