Marlins Finish Homestand in a Blowout Loss to the Dodgers

Miami, FL – It was a Wednesday, 4:40 p.m. start time for the Marlins versus Dodgers today. Both teams had flights to catch after this one, with the Marlins having to travel to Chicago and the Dodgers heading to Arizona. Both teams got off to slow starts on offense and were playing as if they indeed had flights to catch. That was, until Los Angeles put up a heavy-duty six-run 7th inning. As a result, the Miami Marlins finished their homestand with a 10-1 blowout loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Valente Bellozo throws one-hitter

After getting knocked out of the game in the 4th inning this past Friday against the A’s, it felt like Bellozo was poised to have a better outing this time around. He easily had his best outing of 2025 to date. In his 5.1 innings pitched, he had a season-high of seven strikeouts and, most importantly, was able to keep the defending World Series champions to just one hit.

Bellozo was dealing 🎯 pic.twitter.com/eRwisOgYIo

— Miami Marlins (@Marlins) May 7, 2025

With only 76 pitches under his belt, Clayton McCollough made the call to get him out of the game. However, was it truly the right call? Cade Gibson came in as Bellozo’s replacement with the tall task of getting Shohei Ohtani out. This did not go as planned with Ohtani ripping a three-bagger into the outfield gap, tying him for the major league lead with four.

After a Mookie Betts walk came Freddie Freeman, and he was able to drive in Ohtani for the ballgame’s first run. Again, Valente Bellozo hadn’t shown any signs of slowing down and was looking like he’d cruise through that 6th inning. What would have been the outcome of these at-bats if he had never gotten taken out of the game? We’ll never know.

The bats were as cold as ice

The first Marlin hit of this contest came off the bat of Agustin Ramirez, his first time up. The second hit for Miami came from…you guessed it, Agustin Ramirez. In his second at bat, he hit a double, becoming the game’s first runner in scoring position.

Trailing just 1-0 in the 6th inning, the Marlins looked like they were going to produce some runs. Xavier Edwards and Kyle Stowers hit back-to-back singles. Sadly, the inning went on a downward spiral for the Marlins with Eric Wagaman grounding out into a double play and Jesus Sanchez striking out.

The only run for the Marlins came at the tail-end of the game. Thanks to a sac fly from Jesus Sanchez, they avoided the shutout.

Forgettable outing for Lake Bachar

To date, Bachar has been the most reliable reliever for the Marlins. He led all Miami pitchers with a 0.7 WAR.

It was safe to say he got rocked Wednesday afternoon. Take a look at this bases-clearing triple by Freddie Freeman. Freeman was in a battle with Lake, fouling off two off-speed pitches before ripping an 84 MPH splitter into center field. You could tell it caught Dane Myers off guard out there.

Freddie with a bases-clearing triple! pic.twitter.com/FoQe7sujtb

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 7, 2025

On deck

This game was a washout, resulting in a 10-1 blowout loss for the Marlins.

The 14-22 Marlins will have an off day tomorrow and will travel to Chicago for back-to-back series against the 10-26 White Sox and the 22-16 Cubs.

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