Miami Marlins at Chicago Cubs

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Miami Marlins

4-16, 2-5 Away

Final
3 - 8

Chicago Cubs

12-7, 6-1 Home

Jameson Taillon comes off the injured list and pitches Cubs to 8-3 win, dropping Marlins to 4-16

Nico Hoerner doubled twice for the Cubs, who have won five of six.

Miami fell to an NL-worst 4-16.

Taillon (1-0), in the second season of a $68 million, four-year contract, did not pitch in any spring training games, then made a pair of minor league rehab outings on April 7 and 12.

The 32-year-old right-hander gave up three hits, struck out four and walked none. He threw 73 pitches, including 27 fastballs that averaged 93.7 mph.

“I thought he was very sharp,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. “He got ahead and finished at-bats quickly."

Taillon retired his first 10 batters and had a 7-0 lead before Bryan De La Cruz hit his fourth home run this season.

“It felt good,” Taillon said. “It just helps confirm a little bit some of the things we worked on.”

A.J. Puk (0-4) gave up career highs of seven runs and seven hits in three innings, walking three.

“That’s a really good lineup, so when you’re behind, you’re giving them a really good chance,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. “He paid the price for it.”

Cody Bellinger's run-scoring single and Dansby Swanson's RBI double put Chicago ahead in the first, Hoerner doubled in a run in the second and Miguel Amaya had a two-run double with two outs in a four-run third.

Nick Gordon had a two-run single in the ninth off Colten Brewer, who finished a six-hitter.

Miami's Tim Anderson, a two-time All-Star during eight seasons with the White Sox, was 0 for 3 in his first game in Chicago since signing with the Marlins.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cubs: OF Ian Happ left after six innings because of left hamstring tightness.

The teams play a split doubleheader Saturday because of Thursday night’s rainout. Miami LHP Jesús Luzardo (0-2, 7.65 ERA) faces RHP Javier Assad (2-0, 2.16) in the opener and prospect RHP Roddery Muñoz is expected to make his big league debut against LHP Shota Imanaga (2-0, 0.00) in the second game.

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Matchup Prediction

Cubs: 58.8%

Marlins: 41.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rivera grounded into fielder's choice to third, Gordon out at second.
	9th Inning	Gordon singled to left, Bell scored and Lopez scored.
	9th Inning	Lopez to second on passed ball by Amaya, Bell to third on passed ball by Amaya.
	9th Inning	Lopez singled to left, Bell to second.
	9th Inning	J. Sánchez struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Bell grounded into fielder's choice to third, Chisholm Jr. out at second.

Statistics

MIA		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	8
9	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	5
13	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
10	Total Bases	15
35	Plate Appearances	38
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
1.7	Runs Created	5.9
.176	Batting Average	.313
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.294	Slugging Percentage	.469
.147	Secondary Average	.313
.200	On Base Percentage	.421
.494	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.890
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
1.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.6
23.0	Batter Rating	52.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.06	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.76
.118	Isolated Power	.156
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.56
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.132
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
6.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
72.0	MLB Rating	93.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0