Miami Marlins at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Miami Marlins

15-25, 5-13 Away

Final
2 - 5

Chicago Cubs

24-18, 11-9 Home

Swanson and Suzuki homer as the Cubs beat the Marlins 5-2

Miguel Amaya went 3 for 3 for Chicago, and Kyle Tucker hit an RBI triple. The NL Central leaders had dropped four of five.

Cubs right-hander Colin Rea (3-0) allowed two runs and six hits in a season-high 6 2/3 innings.

Rea was replaced by Daniel Palencia after Derek Hill hit a two-run homer for Miami. Palencia got four outs before Drew Pomeranz handled the ninth for his first save since 2020.

Last-place Miami lost for the 12th time in 15 games.

Marlins right-hander Cal Quantrill (2-4) was charged with three runs and four hits in 4 1/3 innings.

The Cubs grabbed control in the fifth. Nico Hoerner singled and scored on Swanson's ninth homer, a drive to left-center. Tucker tripled home Amaya and Suzuki followed with his 10th homer against Anthony Veneziano.

Hill returned on Monday after missing 22 games with a left wrist sprain.

Key moment Miami put a runner on with two out in the ninth when Connor Norby reached on a pinch-hit single. But Pomeranz struck out Hill looking.

Key stat The Cubs entered with an NL-leading 233 runs, but they had scored two or fewer runs in four of their previous seven games.

Up next Miami RHP Valente Bellozo (0-2, 3.50 ERA) faces Chicago RHP Ben Brown (3-3, 4.95 ERA) on Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Hill struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Norby to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Norby singled to center.
	9th Inning	Norby hit for Simon
	9th Inning	Wagaman flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Wagaman hit for Mervis

Statistics

MIA		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	7
8	Strikeouts	4
2	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	20
0	Caught Stealing	1
135	Pitches	155
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	18
34	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
2.4	Runs Created	5.7
.226	Batting Average	.258
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.323	Slugging Percentage	.581
.194	Secondary Average	.419
.294	On Base Percentage	.324
.617	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.904
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
2.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.4
18.0	Batter Rating	41.5
31.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
3.97	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.56
.097	Isolated Power	.323
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.75
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
-.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.161
4.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
72.8	MLB Rating	89.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0