Owen Caissie hit a two-run homer, Liam Hicks tallied three RBIs and the Miami Marlins pulled away for a 9-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.
Xavier Edwards doubled, tripled, drove in a run and scored three runs for Miami, which evened the three-game set with the rubber match slated for Thursday afternoon. Joe Mack and Otto Lopez also finished with one RBI apiece.
Byron Buxton hit two solo home runs to lead Minnesota offensively. Kody Clemens added a solo home run and Josh Bell drove in two runs for the Twins, whose three-game winning streak ended.
Marlins right-hander Max Meyer (3-0) allowed four runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out nine.
Twins right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) gave up eight runs (six earned) on seven hits in three innings. His ERA ballooned to 7.71.
Miami started the scoring with two runs in the first. Lopez hit an RBI infield single to drive in Edwards, and Hicks scored the second run of the inning on a ground-ball double play by Connor Norby.
Buxton led off the bottom of the first with a drive to left.
The Marlins stayed aggressive in the second. Leo Jimenez (three hits, two runs) hit a leadoff single and Caissie followed with a two-run homer to left-center that made it 4-1.
Buxton struck again, this time in the third on a drive to left-center, for his 15th homer of the season.
Miami added four runs in the fourth to blow the game open.
Mack hit an RBI single and Edwards followed with an RBI double to chase Woods Richardson. Travis Adams replaced Woods Richardson and promptly allowed a two-run double to Hicks to make it an 8-2 Miami lead.
Bell brought the Twins within 8-4 on a two-run double in the fifth.
Hicks notched another RBI in the sixth. Edwards sprinted home to score when Hicks grounded into a fielder’s choice to second base.
Clemens hammered a homer to right-center in the eighth to make it 9-5.
