Miami Marlins’ AgustÃn RamÃrez gestures as he circles the bases after hitting a two-run home run off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Roansy Contreras in the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies’ Blaine Crim, front, hurries back to third base as Miami Marlins third baseman Connor Norby fields the throw in the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher McCade Brown works against the Miami Marlins in the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Miami Marlins starting pitcher Ryan Weathers works against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies’ Kyle Farmer follows the flight of his RBI single off Miami Marlins starting pitcher Ryan Weathers in the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Miami Marlins’ AgustÃn RamÃrez gestures as he circles the bases after hitting a two-run home run off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Roansy Contreras in the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
DENVER (AP) — AgustÃn RamÃrez homered and drove in three runs, and the surging Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 8-4 on Wednesday night.
Javier Sanoja had three hits and Lake Bachar (7-2) tossed two shutout innings in relief of Ryan Weathers for Miami, which has won six of its last seven and handed Colorado its 21st lost in the last 25 games.
Mickey Moniak hit his 23rd home run for the Rockies (41-111), who need one win in their last 10 games to avoid matching the 2024 Chicago White Sox for the most losses for a season in the modern era.
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Colorado needs two victories to surpass the 1962 New York Mets, who had the fewest wins by an NL team.
The Rockies took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly and an RBI single. Miami scored a run in the third and two more in the fourth to go ahead, 3-2, but Jordan Beck’s RBI single in the bottom of the inning tied it.
RamÃrez had a sacrifice fly in the sixth off Jaden Hill (1-1) and Heriberto Hernández added another sacrifice fly in the seventh. RamÃrez hit a two-run homer to left field in the eighth — his 21st of the season — and Joey Wiemer had a pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth.
The start of the game was delayed by 40 minutes due to inclement weather.
Key moment
Bachar halted Colorado’s momentum with two clean innings. The Rockies had 10 baserunners — eight hits, two walks — in four innings against starter Ryan Weathers.
Key stats
Colorado pitchers combined to issue nine free passes — eight walks and a hit-by-pitch. The Rockies have plunked three Miami batters through the first two games of the series.
Up next
Miami RHP Sandy Alcantara (9-12, 5.53 ERA) will take the mound against Rockies RHP Tanner Gordon (6-6, 6.14) on Thursday.
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