The Miami Marlins Start 3-0 For the First Time Since 2009

It was quite the competitive opening weekend between the Rockies and the Marlins. Miami took care of business taking all 3 for an opening weekend sweep on the backs of the Marlins pitching staff who gave up only 7 runs all weekend. The starters, the bullpen, and timely hitting all led to the Marlins first 3-0 start since 2009.

Game 1-Marlins 2 Rockies 1

The Marlins started the year with a nailbiter in front of 32,000 Marlins fans as Sandy Alcantara delivered a vintage 7 inning performance where he gave up 1 unearned run. The Marlins scored 2 in the second on an Owen Caissie double and a Javier Sanoja single. The bottom of the order came through in a big way and helped the Marlins get into the Rockies bullpen. Anthony Bender and Andrew Nardi cleaned up the eighth while Pete Fairbanks came through with his first save as a member of the Marlins.

Player of the Game Sandy Alcantara 7.0 IP 4H 5K 2w Win

Game 2- Marlins 4 Rockies 3

Game 2 was much of the same story that started on the mound with a dominant performance from Eury Perez who went a strong 7 innings. Perez gave up a homerun in the top of the second to TJ Rumfield (first career homerun) and settled in nicely from there giving up one more home run to Ezequiel Tovar in the top of the fourth. But the Marlins lineup got the job done plating across four runs. One in the third on a sac fly from Liam Hicks, and two more to tie the game at three on a Liam Hicks 2-run homer that drove in Agustin Ramirez. After Perez was pulled, Calvin Faucher pitched a scoreless eighth that gave the Marlins the runway to take the lead in the bottom half as Owen Caissie (3-4 rbi) drove in Otto Lopez. Pete Fairbanks then came in for the second night in a row and dominated the Rockies on 9 pitches securing his second save of the year.

Player of the Game Eury Perez 7.0IP 5H 3ER 8K 1w

Game 3- Marlins 4 Rockies 3

A fun game for the Marlins that saw them trail 3-2 for the whole game. Max Meyer got tagged for 3 in the first inning of his start and settled in to get through innings. The Marlins lineup was able to scratch across two thanks to Otto Lopez and Austin Slater rbis, and the bullpen held the Rockies scoreless to the ninth. In the bottom of the ninth the Marlins lead off batter Xavier Edwards got on base before Liam Hicks smoked a ball to first for an unlucky unassisted double play. Javier Sanoja extended the game with a double and the man of the weekend Owen Caissie delivered a thunderous two run walk off home run, securing the sweep.

Player of the Game Owen Caissie 2-Run Walk Off Homerun

This was a wonderful start to the season for the Marlins and will give them great momentum heading into another series where they are simply the better team. The White Sox come to town for a 3-game set starting Monday 3/30.