CHICAGO — Adam Duvall did it again.
Two days at Wrigley Field. Two multi-home run performances.
And, in the grand scheme of things, powering the Miami Marlins to two wins to clinch their first road series in a month.
Final score on Saturday: Marlins 11, Chicago Cubs 1.
Miami improves to 31-39. The Cubs fall to 39-32.
Couple that with Miami’s 10-2 win on Friday, and the Marlins have won their first road series since taking two of three against the Phillies on May 18-20. They had gone 1-11 in their 12 road games leading up to their trip to Chicago since that Phillies series.
And Duvall has played a pivotal role in the Marlins’ offensive success at Wrigley Field.
His four home runs — one grand slam, three two-run shots — have accounted for 10 of the Marlins’ 21 runs over the last two days. Duvall now leads the National League with 52 RBIs and is tied for fourth with 16 home runs.
Duvall is just the third player in Marlins history with multiple home runs in consecutive games, joining the likes of Giancarlo Stanton (2016) and Derek Lee (2002).
It’s also the latest big game during his latest stretch of offensive success.
Duvall is hitting .326 over his last 11 games with seven home runs, 19 RBIs and 10 runs scored. He has hits in nine of those 11 games and driven in multiple runs in five games during this stretch. Miami is 6-5 in those 11 games.
He’s had two other stretches like this so far this season:
— April 10-21: Duvall had a .297 batting average with three home runs, 13 RBIs and seven runs scored over 10 games. Miami went 7-3 in those games.
— May 4-21: Duvall hit .302 with four home runs, 16 RBIs and seven runs scored over 14 games in which Miami went 8-6.
“It happens fast,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said postgame Friday. “You guys see it. With Duvy, when it’s hot, it’s hot. And it’s not usually solo [home runs]. It’s usually multiples. ... When he gets one, there’s usually another one in the bag there. Either that night or the next day, it seems like it’s coming. So, when he gets hot, it just adds to the mix, really. His is kind of instant hot, and, and I think that just kind of changes games like he did today.”
