Miami Marlins at Tampa Bay Rays

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Miami Marlins

39-68, 17-34 Away

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Tampa Bay Rays

55-52, 30-28 Home

Trade acquisition Morel homers in Tampa Bay debut, Rays rally to beat Marlins 9-3

Ben Rortvedt and Yandy Diaz each contributed two-run singles off reliever Declan Cronin (2-3) during a five-run sixth inning that propelled the Rays to a 6-3 lead. Jose Caballero added an RBI double, then scored on a balk while attempting to steal home to extend the lead in the seventh.

Morel, acquired Sunday in a trade that sent All-Star infielder Isaac Paredes to Chicago, homered to left center field off Marlins starter Edward Cabrera leading off the fourth inning. The deal was one of several the Rays made the past week with an eye on positioning themselves for success in coming years.

“We know he's got a lot of power,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “He was fun to be around today. The hitting was great, but also his presence in the dugout — vocal, smiling, kind of what we had heard” about him.

The homer was Morel's 19th of the season.

With three straight wins, Tampa Bay (55-52) also climbed three games over .500 for the first time in two months and is back in contention for a wild-card playoff berth.

The Marlins (39-68) were also sellers before the trade deadline, Jazz Chisholm Jr. to the New York Yankees last week and moving infielder Josh Bell and pitchers Tanner Scott, Trevor Rogers and JT Chargois in deals Tuesday.

Left-hander Jeffrey Springs returned from Tommy John surgery, making his first start since April 2023 for the Rays. He allowed a two-run homer to Emmanuel Rivera in the first inning and yielded six hits while striking out three over 3 2/3 innings.

“Wish I could have pitched better, obviously, but I'm trying to look at the bigger picture," Springs said.

“He's known to be hard of himself,” Cash said. “But hopefully he can find some positives that he's on a big league mound and contributing to us winning.”

Jake Burger had a solo homer off Tyler Alexander (4-3) for a 3-1 Marlins lead in the fifth. Cabrera left the game with a knee injury after allowing two runs and three hits in five-plus innings.

TRAINERS ROOM

Marlins: Cabrera departed two pitches into the sixth inning. He motioned with his glove for catcher Nick Fortes to approach the mound and was replaced by Cronin after a brief discussion with manager Skip Schumaker.

Schumaker said the right-hander tweaked his knee covering first base on an infield single the previous inning.

“We'll figure it out after testing (Wednesday),” the manager added.

Rays: Springs made his first start since April 13, 2023, against the Boston Red Sox, a span of 474 days. He threw 76 pitches, 46 for strikes.

Right-hander Taj Bradley (6-4, 2.43 ERA) starts the finale of a two-game series for Tampa Bay. The Marlins will counter with right-hander Roddery Munoz (1-5, 5.61).

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Matchup Prediction

Rays: 77.9%

Marlins: 22.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rivera lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Edwards to second on wild pitch by Bigge.
	9th Inning	Burger flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Edwards singled to left.
	9th Inning	Fortes grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Bigge relieved Rodríguez

Statistics

MIA		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	2
10	Ground Balls	12
9	Strikeouts	11
3	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	2
1	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	1
3	Runs	9
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	34
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	4
18	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	1
161	Pitches	168
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	18
39	Plate Appearances	42
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	5
5.8	Runs Created	8.1
.270	Batting Average	.324
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.486	Slugging Percentage	.529
.270	Secondary Average	.382
.308	On Base Percentage	.439
.794	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.968
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
5.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.1
33.0	Batter Rating	58.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
4.13	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.216	Isolated Power	.206
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.45
.026	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.119
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.059
6.0	Runs Produced	17.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
84.8	MLB Rating	98.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0