Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

Smith hits two of LA’s six homers in runaway

- By Steven Wine

MIAMI — Even by the Dodgers’ high-scoring standards, Tuesday night was extraordin­ary.

Rookie Will Smith achieved another milestone in the storybook start to his big-league career with his first two-homer game, and Los Angeles twice hit back-to-back homers to pound the Miami Marlins 15-1.

Cody Bellinger tied a career high with his 39th home run and Justin Turner hit his 20th for the Dodgers, who totaled six homers and a season-high 13 extra-base hits — but no singles until there were two out in the ninth.

The six homers tied the record for most by a team at pitcher-friendly Marlins Park, which opened in 2012.

“It was as good a night as we’ve had all year, and that’s saying a lot,” manager Dave Roberts said. “Just a relentless approach.”

Rookie Dustin May (1-1), making his third career start, earned his first win by allowing one run in 5 2⁄

3 innings. Four relievers, including backup catcher Russell Martin, pitched the final 3 1⁄ innings to com

3 plete a four-hitter.

The Dodgers increased their season run differenti­al to plus-206, best in the majors. Los Angeles has won all four games this year against the last-place Marlins while outscoring them 36-8.

“Everyone wants to be great on this team,” Bellinger said. “That’s what we’re showing.”

The Dodgers, battling the Yankees for the best record in the majors, won for the 11th time in their past 13 games.

Corey Seager and Smith went back-to-back in the fourth inning. Smith added a two-run homer in the sixth to make it 6-1, and Turner and Bellinger hit consecutiv­e homers in the seventh — the13th time Los Angeles has gone back-toback this year.

Jordan Yamamoto (4-4) allowed four runs in four innings and lost his fourth decision in a row. Wei-Yin Chen gave up six runs in two innings, which hiked his ERA to 7.06.

“The Dodgers are great, everyone knows that,” Yamamoto said. “They’re a playoff team, and we’re trying to get to that point.”

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