Miami Marlins at Chicago Cubs

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Miami Marlins

77-80, 32-47 Away

Final
8 - 2

Chicago Cubs

87-70, 45-34 Home

Miami Marlins stymie Chicago's push for NL wild card with 8-2 victory over the Cubs

Miami Marlins vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

Conine put Miami ahead to stay with his well-placed blooper to left field. Jakob Marsee added a run-scoring single, and Joe Mack capped the outburst with a two-run single.

Kyle Stowers hit a solo homer for the Marlins (77-80), who had lost three in a row. Josh Ekness (3-4) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.

The Cubs (87-70) could have clinched a playoff berth with a win or an Arizona loss, but the Diamondbacks won 7-2 at Colorado.

Chicago, San Diego and Philadelphia are tied atop the wild-card standings for all three NL spots. The Phillies posted a 6-4 victory over Milwaukee on Tuesday night, and the Padres lost 7-0 to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Cubs had a chance to win the game in the 10th, loading the bases with two down. But Miami second baseman Javier Sanoja robbed Pedro Ramírez of a game-ending single with a terrific sliding stop.

Caleb Thielbar (3-4) was charged with the loss.

Chicago played without third baseman Alex Bregman, who is recovering from multiple facial fractures after he was struck in the face by a foul ball. The three-time All-Star could return to the lineup before the end of the regular season this weekend.

Miami jumped in front when Stowers doubled and scored on Agustín Ramírez's single in the fourth. Stowers added his 20th homer in the sixth.

Chicago rallied in the bottom half, putting runners on the corners with no outs. Michael Busch then hit a hard grounder to first, but Mack mishandled Deyvison De Los Santos' throw to the plate and Pete Crow-Armstrong scampered home with the Cubs' first run. One batter later, Ian Happ hit a tying single off Calvin Faucher.

Up next Ryan Gusto (1-5, 4.14 ERA) starts for Miami on Wednesday night, and fellow right-hander Kevin Gausman (9-12, 4.55) pitches for Chicago.

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Scoring Summary

	12th Inning	Happ grounded out to shortstop.
	12th Inning	Shaw struck out swinging.
	12th Inning	Busch struck out swinging.
	12th Inning	Vodnik relieved Ekness
	12th Inning	Conine grounded out to pitcher.
	12th Inning	Ruiz struck out swinging.

Statistics

MIA		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
3	Hit By Pitch	1
0	Ground Balls	0
14	Strikeouts	17
8	Runs Batted In	1
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
45	At Bats	44
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	29
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	3
1	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
208	Pitches	210
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	9
52	Plate Appearances	50
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
5.7	Runs Created	2.5
.244	Batting Average	.159
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.205
.178	Secondary Average	.182
.333	On Base Percentage	.260
.667	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.465
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
4.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.8
49.0	Batter Rating	18.0
45.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.20
.089	Isolated Power	.045
0.21	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.058	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.100
-.067	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.023
16.0	Runs Produced	3.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.5
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
91.0	MLB Rating	66.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0