Marlins 7, Astros 5
Greg Dobbs homered and drove in three runs as the visiting Florida Marlins came from behind to earn a 7-5 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday.
Mike Stanton returned to the starting lineup for the first time since Opening Day and contributed an RBI double and two runs scored for the Marlins, who have taken the first two of a three-game set.
The Astros held a 4-1 lead heading into the sixth inning but watched that advantage disappear as Bud Norris began to unravel. The young righthander allowed a one-out single to Logan Morrison in front of Stanton’s RBI double and then served up Dobbs’ two-run blast to two batters later to knot it at 4-4.
Fernando Abad (1-1) was not much better in the seventh, surrendering three straight one-out doubles by pinch-hitter Wes Helms, Chris Coghlan and Omar Infante as the Marlins took the lead, 6-4. They pushed it to 7-4 in the eighth when Dobbs added an RBI double.
Brett Wallace brought Houston back within 7-5 with an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth, but Clay Hensley was able to retire the next three hitters and limit the damage.
Javier Vazquez (1-1) got credit for his first win with the Marlins and Leo Nunez earned his third save.