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BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins will try to keep a four-game road win streak going when they take on the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee has a 33-19 record at home and a 61-43 record overall. The Brewers have the seventh-ranked team batting average in the NL at .250.
Back home after their West Coast swing to open the second half, the Milwaukee Brewers were quiet offensively ahead of a postgame alumni home run derby in a 5-1 loss to the Miami Marlins at American Family Field that featured a seventh-inning bullpen implosion.
The Milwaukee Brewers, who sport the best record in the majors, host the Miami Marlins for a three-game weekend series at American Family Field.
Heriberto Hernandez hit a go-ahead three-run homer and the Miami Marlins beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-4 Agustín Ramírez and Dane Myers also homered for the Marlins in their fourth straight win.
At a news conference Saturday evening, Grand Traverse Sheriff Michael Shea said the suspect was armed with a folding knife and that it appeared the victims were randomly chosen. "It appears they were random acts," he said. "It appears the victims were not pre-determined."
Marlins secured a 7-4 win over the Brewers, with Hernandez hitting a 3-run homer; Chourio extended his hitting streak.