Miami Marlins at Chicago Cubs

· Major League Baseball

Miami Marlins

78-80, 33-47 Away

Final
3 - 2

Chicago Cubs

87-71, 45-35 Home

Marlins prevent Cubs from clinching a playoff spot again with a 3-2 victory

Miami Marlins vs. Chicago Cubs: Game Highlights

Dansby Swanson drove in both runs for the Cubs, who needed a win or an Arizona loss at Colorado to secure a National League wild-card spot. The Diamondbacks beat the Rockies 5-3.

Chicago is tied with Philadelphia at 87-71 for the second of three NL wild cards — one game behind San Diego with four to play. None of them have wrapped up a trip to the postseason.

The Padres won 5-1 at Dodger Stadium, hours after the Phillies lost 4-1 at home to NL Central champion Milwaukee.

Joe Mack’s groundout brought home Agustín Ramírez with the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and the Marlins retired the next nine Chicago batters to win their second straight game after dropping three in San Diego.

Stowers hit his 21st homer, a two-run shot, off Kevin Gausman in the sixth to break a scoreless tie. The Cubs evened things in the bottom of the inning when Swanson hit a broken-bat single into left field to bring home a pair of runs.

Cade Gibson (6-2), the second of four Miami relievers, struck out two in the seventh and Sandy Alcantara worked the ninth for his second save.

Ryan Rolison (9-2) took the loss.

Gausman struck out seven and allowed two runs, six hits and a walk in the first 5 2/3 innings. Miami’s Ryan Gusto allowed six hits and two walks while striking out five in 5 1/3 innings.

Chicago’s Pete Crow-Armstrong needed a stolen base to become the seventh player to join the 40-40 club but went 0 for 3 with a walk and remained at 45 home runs and 39 steals.

Up next The Cubs had not announced a starter for Thursday afternoon’s home finale. RHP Tyler Phillips (5-6, 3.45 ERA) is scheduled for the Marlins.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kelly grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Ramirez out at second.
	9th Inning	Kelly hit for Amaya
	9th Inning	Swanson flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Ramirez singled to left.
	9th Inning	Alcantara relieved Faucher
	9th Inning	Serna picked off first.

Statistics

MIA		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
15	Ground Balls	11
10	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
9	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	1
166	Pitches	132
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	10
36	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
4.5	Runs Created	2.5
.294	Batting Average	.242
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.412	Slugging Percentage	.303
.176	Secondary Average	.091
.333	On Base Percentage	.306
.745	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.609
1.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.5
28.0	Batter Rating	20.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.61	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.67
.118	Isolated Power	.061
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.22
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
-.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.152
6.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
81.0	MLB Rating	73.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0