By Michael Wagaman Associated Press
July 5, 2026 - 6:33 pm
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eury Pérez pitched 7 cleanable innings earlier getting lifted by Miami manager Clayton McCullough, and the Marlins astir squandered an eight-run pb Sunday successful a 9-8 triumph implicit the Athletics.
Heriberto Hernández homered doubly for the astonishing Marlins (49-42), who person won 9 of 12 wide aft completing a three-game sweep. Leo Jiménez and All-Star shortstop Otto Lopez besides went deep.
The A’s are moving to Las Vegas successful 2028, erstwhile they volition statesman play successful a caller ballpark being built connected the Strip.
Lopez, who leads the majors with a .346 batting average, drove successful 3 runs and scored twice. He and Hernández had back-to-back homers successful the sixth, and each finished with 3 of Miami’s 16 hits.
Lopez has 39 multihit games, astir earlier the All-Star interruption since Houston’s Jose Altuve had 40 successful 2014.
Pérez (5-6) struck retired a season-high 8 and retired each 21 batters helium faced. It was the 4th clip this twelvemonth helium didn’t locomotion anyone.
The 6-foot-8 right-hander, who missed the 2024 play portion recovering from Tommy John surgery, threw 92 pitches — his astir successful 3 starts since returning from the injured database June 24. He had been sidelined since precocious May due to the fact that of a bizarre limb wounded sustained portion helium was stretching successful the dugout.
The assemblage afloat of A’s fans booed erstwhile McCullough replaced Pérez with reliever Lake Bachar to statesman the eighth.
Moments later, Miami’s bid for its archetypal cleanable crippled rapidly unraveled.
Bachar issued a leadoff locomotion to Lawrence Butler, the archetypal baserunner for the A’s. Joshua Kuroda-Grauer past dunked a pop-fly azygous into shallow close tract for their archetypal hit.
Carlos Cortes followed with an RBI double, Max Muncy walked and Jonah Heim launched a expansive slam that shaved Miami’s pb to 8-5.
Brian Serven singled to pursuit Bachar, who didn’t discontinue immoderate of the six batters helium faced.
Michael Petersen got done the eighth without immoderate much damage, and Miami tacked connected an security tally successful the ninth. That proved captious erstwhile Pete Fairbanks gave up 3 runs, 2 earned, successful the bottommost fractional earlier yet closing it out.
Heim had a two-run azygous to decorativeness with six RBIs.
Gage Jump (3-3) allowed a career-high six runs successful 3 innings for the Athletics, who person mislaid 7 of eight.
Hernández deed solo homers successful the archetypal and sixth. Jiménez added a two-run thrust successful the 3rd — his archetypal location tally since June 12, 2025.
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Athletics: Visit the Detroit Tigers connected Tuesday night.
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