Sánchez hits leadoff homer and game-ending triple to lift Marlins over Cubs 8-7
MIAMI AP Jes s S nchez hit a leadoff homer and a game-ending triple finishing with three hits and four RBIs as the Miami Marlins came back to beat the Chicago Cubs - on Monday night Rookie catcher Agust n Ram rez also went deep in the first inning for the Marlins who squandered two leads before S nchez s two-run triple won it with two outs in the ninth Miami was down to its last strike against reliever Daniel Palencia - when Derek Hill doubled on an - count and Javier Sanoja walked S nchez then hit a hard smash past first baseman Michael Busch and into the right-field corner sending both runners home for the Marlins sixth walk-off win of the season After the Cubs took a - lead in the sixth Valente Bellozo - threw three scoreless innings of relief for the win Miguel Amaya homered doubled and drove in five runs for the NL Central-leading Cubs Recalled from Triple-A earlier in the day Matt Shaw hit an RBI double that capped a four-run sixth against Marlins reliever Jes s Tinoco and gave Chicago a - lead Mois s Ballesteros hit a run-scoring single and scored on Amaya s two-run double Cubs starter Ben Brown retired straight until the Marlins chased him with a four-run fifth Liam Hicks hit an RBI triple and Sanoja S nchez and Otto L pez added run-scoring singles Brown gave up six runs and seven hits while striking out seven in innings Amaya s three-run homer off Marlins starter Edward Cabrera in the fourth erased a - deficit Cabrera completed five innings of three run-ball He allowed five hits and struck out seven Consecutive homers from S nchez and Ram rez in the first put Miami ahead - S nchez s -foot drive to right-center was the first leadoff homer of his career Key moment The Cubs threatened against Bellozo in the ninth on Seiya Suzuki s one-out walk and Dansby Swanson s two-out single But he retired Nico Hoerner on a flyout to center Key stat The four runs charged against Tinoco ended a string of scoreless innings by Marlins relievers Up next Cubs RHP Jameson Taillon - ERA starts Tuesday against Marlins LHP Ryan Weathers -