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Jorge Soler hit a two-run drive for his 35th homer, and the Miami Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 2-1 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep.
Miami (64-62) has now lost three consecutive games and five of its past six to drop to just two games above .500 for the first time since June 2.
Ha-Seong Kim hit a grand slam and a double, stole third and scored twice to lead the struggling San Diego Padres to a critical 6-2 win against the Miami Marlins on Monday night in a matchup of National League wild-card hopefuls. “Since he has been in the leadoff spot really is kind of when he hit his stride,” Padres manager Bob Melvin said of Kim. The Padres (60-66) are four games behind the Marlins (64-62) in the wild-card race.
SAN DIEGO -- Marlins manager Skip Schumaker recently said he doesn’t scoreboard watch until September. But following a 6-2 loss to the Padres at Petco Park on Monday night, the Marlins (64-62) have dropped three in a row and five of six to fall 1 1/2 games behind the Giants
‘We need that, somebody to keep us in the game and give us five, six strong innings and give it to a really good bullpen, to pass it on.’