MIAMI _ With starting catcher J.T. Realmuto on paternity leave, his backup delivered a victory in the Marlins 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers in 10 innings.
Bryan Holaday's one-out single off Corey Knebel ended the Marlins' five-game losing streak to the Brewers.
It was a showdown of two teams at opposite ends of the spectrum. The Brewers brought the National League's best record into Monday while the Marlins showed up owning the worst. As if to drive home the disparity between the two clubs, the Brewers had swept the Marlins in a four-game series in Milwaukee back in April.
And for seven innings, it looked like the Brewers would hang another loss on the Marlins.
But with the Marlins trailing 2-1, Starlin Castro and Brian Anderson connected on back-to-back home runs off Brewers reliever Josh Hader to put the Marlins on top for the first time, 3-2. It was the second time in three days _ and the second time all season _ that the Marlins hit back-to-back home runs.
The lead didn't last for long.
Drew Steckenrider, who had last given up a run on May 20 _ a stretch of 19 2/3 consecutive innings without allowing one _ finally yielded when Travis Shaw's two-out single scored Christian Yelich from second to tie it at 3.
The Marlins had a chance to regain the lead in the eighth when they had runners at second and third with one out. But Derek Dietrich struck out swinging and Castro was retired on a pop fly.
The Brewers squandered a scoring chance of their own in the 10th when they had runners at second and third and no outs. But Brad Ziegler struck out Jesus Aguilar and, after issuing an intentional walk to load the bases, got Brad Miller to ground into an inning-ending double play.
