South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)
Aguilar, Sanchez put on IL before rout
Jesús Aguilar and Jesús Sánchez were placed on the injured list Friday by the Miami Marlins, who did not specify why.
Manager Don Mattingly said he couldn’t talk about the medical issues of Aguilar and Sánchez, who rank third and fourth on the Marlins in homers. Aguilar has played in a team-high 58 games.
The Marlins began a four-game series in New York against the Mets on Friday night.
Miami recalled infielder Lewin Díaz and outfielder Jerar Encarnacion from Triple-A Jacksonville.
Díaz hit .193 in 161 at-bats for the Marlins the previous two seasons and .266 with 13 homers and 52 RBIs in 58 games this year for Jacksonville.
Encarnacion could make a big league debut. He batted .313 with 13 homers and 28 RBIs in 58 games with Jacksonville and Double-A Pensacola.
Lindor, Alonso, Mets drill Marlins: Pete Alonso slugged a grand slam during an eventful sixth inning and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 10-4 Friday night.
Lindor’s wife, Katia, surprised her husband by flying in his mother, Maria Serrano, for her first visit to New York since Lindor was acquired from Cleveland in January 2021. Lindor met with his mother in the press conference room a few hours before first pitch.
Lindor pointed to his family in the suites after hitting a three-run homer in the first inning off Pablo López (4-3).
The Puerto Rican star was later hit by two pitches — including one with the bases loaded. The oft-plunked Mets were stuck four times, pushing their major league-leading total to 49.
Carlos Carrasco (8-2) allowed three runs on eight hits with two walks and seven strikeouts in 6 innings.
Lindor entered the game hitting .173 in June but homered onto the black beyond center field on an 0-1 pitch from López. The 28-year-old pumped his fists between first and second base.
Lindor drew a bases-loaded hit by pitch in the sixth, one pitch before Alonso hit his second career grand slam to cap a seven-run frame in which the Marlins had a potential triple play overturned.
Earlier in the sixth, J.D. Davis had an RBI single and Starling Marte coaxed a basesloaded walk.
Center fielder Bryan De La Cruz, who dropped a routine fly by Marte immediately before Lindor’s homer, led off the fifth by homering off Carrasco. Jorge Soler delivered an RBI double in the sixth, when Jon Berti hit into a run-scoring fielder’s choice. Lewin Díaz scored on a balk in the eighth.
Soler, Cooper and Avisaíl García had two hits apiece for the Marlins, who outhit the Mets 10-9.
López, pitching for the first time since he was hit on the right wrist by Michael Brantley’s comebacker June 10, gave up seven runs (six earned) on eight hits with one walk and five strikeouts in 5 innings.
Almost twice (or thrice) as nice: De La Cruz came within inches of a spectacular catch that would have resulted in at least a double play — and potentially a triple play — in the sixth.
With two out, he tracked Luis Guillorme’s fly to the warning track, collided with the wall and barehanded the ball after several bobbles for an apparent catch. He then threw to the infield, where Mark Canha and Jeff McNeil were doubled off for a triple play.
Replays showed the ball hit the wall before De La Cruz caught it. The out call was overturned and Guillorme was awarded a single.
Can’t catch Jon: Berti improved to 15 for 15 stealing bases this season by swiping second in the sixth. He’s tied with Cliff Floyd and Chuck Carr for the fourth-longest streak of consecutive stolen bases in franchise history. Emilio Bonifacio (2012) stole 20 consecutive bases without being nabbed.