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Norfolk’s Heston Kjerstad had an inside-the-park home run and Joey Ortiz added an RBI single.

‘This team was contending without the additions. With the additions, it only makes us stronger,’ general manager Kim Ng said.

While the Miami Marlins are making moves ahead of MLB’s trade deadline, they are also closing in on getting some internal reinforcements.

Akil Badoo and Riley Greene homered, and five pitchers combined on a seven-hitter as the Detroit Tigers beat the Miami Marlins 5-0 Saturday. Tigers star slugger Miguel Cabrera doubled and singled in four at-bats and continued to receive cheers in his final visiting series against the club the native Venezuelan began his 20-year career with. The game, promoted as Venezuelan Heritage Day, attracted a season-high crowd of 32,936 — the largest crowd for a Marlins home game since April 2017.

The Miami Marlins acquired right-handed pitcher Jorge Lopez from the Minnesota Twins in a move to bolster their bullpen in the hopes of making a playoff push.

This was not how the Miami Marlins wanted to start play following the All-Star Break.

This is just the third time this season the Marlins have been swept in a series. The other two were both by the Braves.

‘I have to adapt,’ Cueto said.

Adam Frazier went deep twice in his first career multi-homer game, and Cedric Mullins hit a solo shot of his own to lift the Baltimore Orioles to their sixth straight victory, 5-2 over the Miami Marlins on Friday night.

That wasn’t the start the Miami Marlins were looking for coming out of the All-Star Break.