Miami Marlins vs Philadelphia Phillies Prediction: Marlins to bounce to winning ways in this game 2

On Sunday, Major League Baseball action will take place at Marlins Park, featuring a matchup between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Miami Marlins. This will be the second of three games that will be played over the course of the weekend. After a ferocious comeback, Philadelphia won the opening game on Saturday.

This week, the Miami Marlins were successful in winning three of the four games they played against the St. Louis Cardinals. Even though they had fewer hits than their opponent (11-9), the Miami Marlins were ahead 3-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning on Saturday. Sandy Alcantara, the starting pitcher, went 6.2 innings, allowing eight hits, one earned run, and no walks. On Sunday, Braxton Garrett will take the mound for the Marlins in the opening role of the game. This season, Garrett has appeared in 17 games and made 16 starts. He has a record of 4-2, with a 3.61 ERA and 98 strikeouts in 87.1 innings pitched. In 44 games (42 starts), Garrett has a record of 9-12 and a 3.90 earned run average. The Miami Marlins have a record of 18-6 in their last 24 games played at home and a record of 6-1 in their last seven games played on Sunday. The Miami Marlins have a record of 22-10 in their previous 32 games overall.

In their most recent series, the Philadelphia Phillies faced off against the Tampa Bay Rays and were successful in sweeping all three games. In a stunning comeback victory over the Marlins on Saturday, the Phillies scored three runs in the ninth inning to take the game 4-3. Zack Wheeler pitched 6.0 innings, allowing three earned runs on seven hits while not walking a single batter. The Philadelphia Phillies are going to go with Ranger Suarez as their starting quarterback for the game on Sunday. Suarez has a record of 2-3 with a 3.67 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 56.1 innings pitched over his 10 starts this season. In 122 career games (54 starts), Suarez has compiled a record of 27-18 while posting a 3.20 earned run average. The Philadelphia Phillies have a record of 11-1 in their previous 12 games against a left-handed starting pitcher, while their overall record over the last 29 games is 22-7. The Philadelphia Phillies have a record of 6-2 in their previous eight games played on Saturday.

I am going to back the Marlins here. But regardless of that, this should turn out to be a really solid matchup for the starters. In his most recent three starts, Garrett has posted a winning record of 1-0 despite allowing a total of 17.2 innings and five runs that were earned. When it comes to Suarez, he is coming off a bad start (5.1 innings, five earned runs), but prior to that, he had only two earned runs in his previous 13.1 innings. On Friday, Miami performed fairly well throughout, with the exception of the ninth inning, in which reliever AJ Puk had a terrible outing. In order to win game two, the Marlins are going to have to put out their best effort possible.