Marlins 2, Yankees 1
MIAMI -- Derek Dietrich, starting his first game of the season, hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the seventh inning, leading the Miami Marlins to a 2-1 win over the New York Yankees on Monday night at Marlins Park.
The game was played before 33,961 fans, the Marlins' largest home crowd since they had 36,969 on Opening Day. Monday's crowd was almost evenly split between Marlins fans and Yankees supporters.
During the second inning, the Marlins announced that right-hander Jose Fernandez, the NL's Rookie of the Year in 2013, will make his return from elbow surgery on July 2 in a home game against the San Francisco Giants.
That's big news for Miami (28-37), which has won four of its past five games.
New York (34-29) has lost four of its past five.
Dietrich, who was promoted from Triple-A on Friday to serve as a utility infielder, started at third base in place of the injured Martin Prado. Dietrich doubled and scored Miami's first run and then pulled his home run to right on a 2-0 pitch.
Miami starter Tom Koehler (5-4), a native of the Bronx, New York, earned the win in his first game vs. the Yankees. He lasted seven innings, allowing just three hits, two walks and one run. He struck out five.
Closer A.J. Ramos earned his ninth save, pitching a scoreless ninth, including two strikeouts. Ramos' final out came against pinch hitter Alex Rodriguez, the former Miami Westminster Christian star who is five hits away from 3,000.
Rodriguez hit a fly ball to right with a runner on first to end the game.
Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka (4-2) allowed nine hits, no walks and two runs in seven innings.
There was a noteworthy moment in the bottom of the first inning, when Tanaka faced fellow Japan native Ichiro Suzuki for the first time. Suzuki, 41, lined a single to right off the 26-year-old Tanaka. Suzuki finished the game 2-for-3 against Tanaka.
The Yankees opened the scoring in the second on a solo home run to right-center by first baseman Mark Teixeira. It was his 18th homer of the season.
Miami pulled even in the bottom of the second as Dietrich doubled and scored on a one-out single by shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria.
In the fifth, the Yankees worked around an error by Teixeira, who failed to field a grounder that had heavy spin. The error was his second in four days. Before that, he had not made an error in 109 games, the second-longest streak by a Yankees first baseman.
NOTES: With no designated hitter in the NL, the Yankees didn't start Alex Rodriguez, who entered the day five hits short of 3,000. ... Yankees RF Carlos Beltran (groin injury) didn't start. Ex-Marlins 1B/OF Garrett Jones started in right. ... Marlins 3B Martin Prado (sprained right shoulder) sat out after getting hurt running the bases on Sunday. Prado, who was replaced by Derek Dietrich, is likely out until Friday. ... Marlins RF Giancarlo Stanton was named the NL's Co-Player of the Week after hitting .520 with four doubles, five homers and 12 RBIs. ... New York's Nathan Eovaldi (5-1, 4.13 ERA) will face Miami RHP David Phelps (3-3, 4.11) on Tuesday at Marlins Park. Eovaldi is an ex-Marlin who has never faced the Marlins. Phelps is an ex-Yankee who has never faced the Yankees.