Cassie comes through in Marlins 4-3 comeback win over Rockies

Once again, Owen Cassie came through for the Miami Marlins.

The prized outfield prospect went 3-for-4 including two doubles and the go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning to put the Marlins ahead of the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Saturday, giving the Fightin’ Fish their first series win of the season.

Cassie’s heroics came after catcher Liam Hicks belted a two-run homer in the fifth inning to tie the game 3-3. Hicks also drove Xavier Edwards home on a sacrifice fly ball in the third inning to put the Marlins on the board.

“He’s a great player and got a good pitch to hit and he drove it,” Cassie said of Hicks after the game.

The Rockies struck first in the second inning on rookie first baseman TJ Rumfield’s first career home run. Ezequiel Tovar later hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning to give Colorado a 3-1 lead.

Despite being taken deep twice, Marlins starter Eury Perez finished with eight strikeouts over seven innings. He and fellow ace Sandy Alcantara became the first Marlins duo to pitch seven innings in back-to-back games since Josh Beckett and Brady Penny toed the rubber in 2004.

Peter Fairbanks came in and threw a scoreless inning for his second save of the season. The last Marlins closer to get a save in each of his first two outings was Armando Benitez in 2004.

Michael Lorenzen, coming off a strong showing for Team Italy in the World Baseball Classic, allowed three runs in seven hits with four strikeouts in 4.1 innings.

The Rockies will send out Jose Quintana while the Marlins send Max Meyer to make his season debut. Quintana joins the Rockies after going 11-7 with a 3.96 ERA in 24 starts for the Milwaukee Brewers last year.

Meyer is coming off a 3-5 season in which he recorded a 4.73 ERA and 68 strikeouts over 62.2 innings pitched.