Red Hot Marlins Sweep Yankees for Sixth Straight Series Win

The Miami Marlins’ stunning summer surge continues, and this time, it came at the expense of baseball royalty. With a 7-3 victory on Sunday afternoon, the Marlins completed their first-ever sweep of the New York Yankees, a historic milestone that electrified a record-setting crowd of 101,545 over the three-game series.

The sweep marked Miami’s sixth consecutive series win and pushed the team back to .500 at 55-55 an unbelievable achievement considering they were 16 games under that mark just eight weeks ago. In fact, Miami becomes the first team since the 2014 Rays to claw back to even after falling that far below.

After grabbing an early 3-1 lead through two innings, Kyle Stowers delivered the knockout blow with a towering three-run homer in the fourth. Jakob Marsee, who has taken the majors by storm in his debut, sealed the game with an RBI triple in the seventh. His start has been historic with four extra-base hits and four walks in just three games, he’s the first Marlin to ever do so and trails only Agustín Ramírez for most times on base through a player’s first three games.

The Yankees’ only offensive spark came courtesy of Jazz Chisholm Jr., whose two-run blast briefly cut the deficit to 6-3. But it was far too little, too late.

The weekend sweep was just the latest chapter in the Marlins’ dominance over the Yankees. With the win, Miami improved to 25-24 all-time against New York, postseason included making them the only MLB team with a winning record over the 27-time world champions. Not even the Yankees’ fiercest rivals the Red Sox, Mets, Astros, or Dodgers can make that claim.

This was a weekend to forget for the Yankees. Friday’s series opener was a bullpen meltdown, as three recently acquired relievers blew a 9-4 lead en route to a wild 13-12 loss. Saturday wasn’t much better, with the Yankees sleepwalking through a 2-0 defeat. Then on Sunday, the Marlins finished the job with poise and power.

The momentum has been building for Miami. Since June 13, the Marlins are 30-14 matching the best 44-game stretch in franchise history, a feat last accomplished during their 2003 World Series campaign. That year, of course, also included the ultimate triumph over the Yankees in six games.

Stowers continues to etch his name alongside Marlins greats, becoming just the fifth left-handed hitter in club history to reach 25 home runs in a season. He joins the likes of Carlos Delgado, Cliff Floyd, and Mike Jacobs on that short list.

Now riding a five-game winning streak and having completed their fourth sweep of the season, the Marlins are firmly back in the playoff hunt. They sit just 5.5 games behind the Padres for the final National League Wild Card spot and 7.5 behind the division-leading Mets.

Next up, a crucial home series against the AL West-leading Houston Astros and another opportunity for this resurgent Miami squad to prove that their red-hot run is no fluke.

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