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Agustin Ramirez homers as Marlins double-up Rockies
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Agustin Ramirez homered, Javier Sanoja had three hits, and the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 8-4 in Denver on Wednesday night.

Troy Johnston and Connor Norby had two hits each and Lake Bachar (7-2) picked up the win for Miami (72-80).

Hunter Goodman had three hits and Kyle Farmer and Jordan Beck contributed two hits apiece for Colorado (41-111), which has dropped 21 of its last 25.

The start of the game was delayed 40 minutes for inclement weather in the area.

The Rockies took the lead in the second against Marlins starter Ryan Weathers. Farmer singled in Ezequiel Tovar, who had led off the inning with a single followed by a walk to Blaine Crim.

Braxton Fulford drove in the second run with a sacrifice fly to right field.

Miami got a run back in the third when Jakob Marsee and Ramirez drew two-out walks and Liam Hicks followed with an RBI single, and then took the lead in the fourth with another two-out rally.

Heriberto Hernandez walked, went to second on Johnston's single and scored on a double by Sanoja. Marsee beat out an infield single to drive in Johnston to give the Marlins a 3-2 lead.

Colorado tied it in the bottom of the fourth inning when Goodman doubled with two outs and scored on Beck's single. Weathers retired Brenton Doyle to end his night after allowing three runs on eight hits in four innings.

Rockies starter McCade Brown left after allowing three runs on four hits and walking three in four innings.

Miami took a 4-3 lead against Jaden Hill (1-1) on Ramirez's sacrifice fly, and Hernandez had another sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Ramirez padded the lead in the eighth with his 21st homer, a two-run shot to left, and Joey Wiemer had an RBI single in the ninth.

Moniak homered leading off the bottom of the ninth. It was his 23rd.

This article first appeared on Field Level Media and was syndicated with permission.

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