Marlins at Giants
The Miami Marlins may have one of the worst records in baseball, but they remain big winners when they face the San Francisco Giants. The Marlins look to frustrate host San Francisco again on Tuesday in the second contest of their three-game series after scoring three runs in the ninth inning of the opener to post a 5-4 victory.
Miami has beaten San Francisco four of five times this season (with the setback coming in 16 innings), has won nine of the last 11 meetings and is a stellar 20-9 at AT&T Park since the start of the 2010 campaign. The Marlins stunned the Giants with Monday's ninth-inning rally as J.T. Realmuto stroked an RBI double, Lewis Brinson delivered a tying single and Miguel Rojas lined the winning base hit. Miami has won six of its last eight overall games - with four of the victories coming against the Giants - while San Francisco has lost seven of its last 10 contests. Buster Posey went 2-for-4 in the opener but hasn't driven in a run in his last 10 games or homered in his last 12 and has gone deep just four times all season.
TV: 10:15 p.m. ET, FS Florida, NBCS Bay Area (San Francisco)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Marlins RH Dan Straily (2-2, 4.23 ERA) vs. Giants RH Dereck Rodriguez (1-1, 4.34)
Straily is 4-0 with a 2.82 ERA in six career starts against San Francisco after not factoring in the decision of Thursday's 16-inning contest. The 29-year-old allowed three runs and three hits in five innings - serving up homers to Andrew McCutchen and Mac Williamson - while registering a season-high seven strikeouts. Straily is winless over his last five overall starts, a stretch during which he is 0-2, and has worked five or fewer frames in each of his last three outings.
Rodriguez was matched up against Straily in the 16-inning contest, allowing two runs and seven hits in a career-best 6 2/3 frames. The 26-year-old bounced back strongly after being torched for five runs and six hits in 2 2/3 innings by Washington in his previous turn. The son of Hall-of-Famer Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez has struck out 16 batters in 18 2/3 major-league frames.
WALK-OFFS
1. The Giants won seven of their previous eight home games before letting Monday's lead get away.
2. San Francisco placed SS Brandon Crawford on the paternity list and recalled INF Kelby Tomlinson from Triple-A Sacramento.
3. Miami rookie RF-3B Brian Anderson is hitless in 10 at-bats over his last three contests but drew a walk in each to extend his streak of reaching base to 16 games, snapping a tie with Realmuto (15) for the team's best stretch this season.