Marlins 6, Giants 3
SAN FRANCISCO -- Marcell Ozuna hit Jean Machi's first pitch into right field for a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning on Friday night, triggering a three-run uprising that lifted the Miami Marlins to a 6-3 win over the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park.
In winning for a ninth consecutive time in San Francisco -- the longest road streak in club history -- the Marlins got a triple, home run and two RBIs from first baseman Logan Morrison and 3 1/3 scoreless innings from four relievers.
Ozuna, whose first career pinch-hit produced Thursday's 2-1 win, sliced the difference-making single after Ed Lucas started the rally with a one-out single off Giants reliever Jake Dunning (0-1).
Dunning hit Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton on the right wrist to put two runners on base, but the Giants got a big out when left-hander Javier Lopez came on to strike out Morrison.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy then called on Machi with Ozuna at the plate and the rookie, who had driven in a run with a single in his previous at-bat, wasted no time putting the Marlins on top.
Pinch-hitter Greg Dobbs followed with an RBI single that brought home Stanton, and when Giants shortstop Joaquin Arias threw wildly on Adeiny Hechavarria's infield single up the middle, Ozuna scored the inning's third run for a 6-3 lead.
A.J. Ramos (1-2), the third Marlins pitcher, posted his first career win after pitching a 1-2-3 seventh. Dan Jennings, Mike Dunn and Steve Cishek also worked spotless relief for Miami, with Cishek getting Buster Posey to ground to third base as the potential tying run to end the game for his 12th save.
The win improved the Marlins' record to 10-8 in June after they'd totaled just 13 wins in the month the past two seasons. The Giants, now 2-3 on their current seven-game homestand, are just 8-11 in June.
Neither starting pitcher factored in the decision, each leaving with the game tied 3-3.
The Giants' Tim Lincecum, seeking to end his two-game losing streak, was staked to a 3-1 lead through five innings but couldn't hold it, surrendering two runs with two outs in the sixth. He left after seven innings with eight strikeouts. He gave up four hits and walked one.
Marlins starter Ricky Nolasco, who entered the game unbeaten in four career starts at AT&T Park, got a no-decision after he was pulled in the bottom of the sixth inning with the potential tying run on third base. Lincecum's two-out triple prompted the pitching change.
Jennings struck out Gregor Blanco to retain the tie after an inning that included a leadoff liner to right center by Andres Torres that he tried to stretch from a double into a triple. He was gunned down by Owens, the Marlins' center fielder, and suffered a right knee injury sliding into third. Torres immediately was removed from the game and taken for x-rays.
Torres had two doubles and a walk in his three plate appearances before suffering the injury.
Nolasco allowed three runs and nine hits in 5 ? innings. He walked two and struck out one.
Lincecum took a one-hitter and a 3-1 lead into the sixth inning, then got two outs and two strikes before surrendering the advantage as the Marlins rallied to tie the score at 3.
Morrison, whose home run in the second inning opened the scoring, blasted a triple to right-center field to score Ed Lucas, who had singled, to get the Marlins within 3-2. When Ozuna, hero of Thursday's 2-1 Marlins win, hustled out an infield hit up the middle, Morrison scored the tying run.
NOTES: Giants CF Angel Pagan aggravated a left hamstring injury during an injury rehab game on Thursday night in Stockton, Calif., and met with Giants trainers and management just before game time to review results of an MRI and discuss the possibility of surgery. The Giants were expected to make an announcement on Pagan's immediate future after the game. Pagan had to be carted off the field in the ninth inning Thursday night after pulling up while trying to run out a ground ball. He hasn't played for the Giants since May 25. ... The Giants have pencilled SS Brandon Crawford into Saturday's starting lineup against the Marlins. The All-Star candidate hasn't started a game since spraining the index and middle fingers on his right hand Tuesday night while sliding headfirst into second base. ... Marlins RHP Henderson Alvarez, a key acquisition in the 11-play blockbuster trade with Toronto over the winter, is scheduled to make an injury-rehab start Saturday for Double-A Jacksonville. Alvarez has been on the disabled list since suffering inflammation in his right shoulder in spring training. ... San Francisco 49ers standout quarter Colin Kaepernick, a former high school pitching star, threw out the first pitch, gunning a high fastball that had Sergio Romo shaking his left hand after reaching far to his right to make the catch. ... Film director Francis Ford Coppola also attended the game. ... Marlins slugger OF Giancarlo Stanton had Giants fans buzzing with a pregame batting-practice display that included a nearly 500-foot shot that cleared the left-field bleachers and nearly hit the popular Coca-Cola bottle/slide at park's end.
