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Jesus Sanchez hits mammoth home run, but bullpen costs Marlins in loss to Rockies
DENVER
Pablo Lopez turned in another great outing and Jesus Sanchez entered the record books for Miami, but neither changed the Marlins’ fortunes Monday.
The Rockies won the opener of the three-game series 7-1 to drop Miami to 1-5 on its road trip.
Lopez tossed six scoreless innings and left with a 1-0 lead before the bullpen gave up four runs in the seventh and three more in the eight. Lopez hasn’t won since May 7 despite holding an opponent scoreless for the fifth time this season. He struck out five and walked four.
Lopez was staked to a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Sanchez jumped on Ryan Feltner’s 84-mph slider and sent it an estimated 496 feet to the concourse above the third deck in right field.
“When you hit a ball that far, it’s a pretty good feeling,” manager Don Mattingly said.
Sanchez stood back and watched the flight of the ball before starting his home run trot. He flexed as he jogged toward third and pointed to the Marlins dugout as he rounded the bag.
It didn’t match the longest one Sanchez has ever hit.
“Even though it was in the minors, it was 508 I hit at the Triple A level last year,” he said through an interpreter. “It was something incredible.”
It was the longest home run hit in the majors this season, topping Mike Trout’s 472-foot shot at Arlington, Texas, on April 14. It tied Mike Piazza for the second-longest in Coors Field history.
Giancarlo Stanton set the record for Coors when he hit a 504-foot homer on Aug. 6, 2016, when he was with the Marlins.
“I was sitting at the perfect angle to see it,” Lopez said of Sanchez’s blast. “Where I sit in the dugout I just saw the ball fly and the ball kept getting smaller and smaller but without going down; it just kept going up. It was impressive.”
Lopez gave up three hits and worked out of a jam in the sixth inning. Connor Joe tripled with one out and C.J. Cron crushed a pitch into the seats down the left-field line that was called foul.
The call stood after a review and Sanchez made a running catch in center on Cron’s popup to keep Joe at third.
“It was so high, that’s what scared me a little bit, that could have gotten the call overturned,” Lopez said. “I do think it was a foul ball initially and I think they got the call right, but it was so high that I understand the confusion.”
Lopez got Randal Grichuk to ground out on his 99th and final pitch of the day.
Cole Sulser (0-2) started the seventh but didn’t record an out. A walk and two singles loaded the bases with no outs and pinch-hitter Yonathan Daza hit a bases-clearing double. Charlie Blackmon’s RBI single ended Sulser’s day.
Tanner Scott gave up a two-run triple and a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
▪ Starter TBD: Mattingly wasn’t prepared to reveal who will start Tuesday’s game because it was contingent on his making it to Denver.
“We know [who] but we got to make sure they can get here,” Mattingly said before Monday’s game. “I think he’s flying in today.”
▪ Getting healthier … almost: The Marlins were getting closer to whole before Joey Wendle left the game in the fourth inning with right hamstring tightness.
Wendle led off the fourth with a single and moved to second on a grounder but left after sliding into the bag. He was replaced by Willians Astudillo.
“This is always the shaky part of the year where the guys are really like getting a little bit banged-up early,” second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. said. “But we’re just going to come back strong as soon as everybody gets back and everybody’s feeling healthy again.”
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Agent Sheds Light on Hill Situation
Four days ago after Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill’s headline-grabbing comment “I’m out” that followed his pulling himself out of the season finale against the New York Jets, his agent shed some light on his client’s mind-set but left unanswered the biggest question of all.
Appearing on the Pat McAfee Show, Drew Rosenhaus said Hill showed his dedication and commitment to the Dolphins in 2024 by playing the entire season through a wrist injury that doctors said required surgery, but declined to say whether Hill did or did not want to be traded because he hasn’t spoken to the wide receiver yet.
Hill hasn’t written anything on X in the past couple of days that would indicate his preference, though he did change back his avatar to a picture of himself in a Dolphins uniform after having for one day his head shot superimposed on the barechested Antonio Brown as he walking out on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the middle of a game at MetLife Stadium.
What Rosenhaus did say from Hard Rock Stadium is that Hill broke his wrist during a joint practice with the Washington Commanders.
“We have top-risk doctors saying to Tyreek, ‘You need to get this operated on, you’re going to miss the season,’ ” Rosenhaus said. “Tyreek says to me and the Dolphins, ‘I’m not going to miss the season. I’m going to play, I want to be here for my team.’ The doctors all said it’s going to be painful. It could impact your entire career. If you don’t get it done now, you may not be able to fix it all the way. Tyreek said, hey, the heck with it. I’m a team guy. I’m going for it. This hampered him all year long. He deserves a lot of credit.
“Tyreek is very passionate. Anyone I’ve ever represented that was great was passionate. They cared. What you see with Tyreek is very genuine. He wants to win. It’s not good enough for him not to make the playoffs. He’s very passionate. I think at the end of the day, he’s committed to this Dolphins football team. He had an excellent meeting with Chris Grier, Mike McDaniel. I believe that Tyreek is a great asset to the Dolphins. And I think he’s the least guy that people should be worried about for this organization. They have many more worries. Tyreek Hill is not one of them.”
GM Chris Grier said during the Dolphins’ end-of-season press conference that both he and head coach Mike McDaniel had productive conversations with Hill the previous day in their exit meetings and that Hill never asked to be traded, even though he didn’t take back anything he said after the game.
This was a really tough year all around for Hill, with off-the-field turmoil (most notably being detained by police officers outside Hard Rock Stadium on the day of the season opener), the wrist injury, and on-field results that included his first season without being selected to the Pro Bowl (though Rosenhaus said Hill was a second alternate), his first season without 1,000 receiving yards when making at least 13 starts, and his first time missing the playoffs since he entered the NFL in 2016.
For the Dolphins, having a healthy and happy Hill is the best thing for them in 2025.
Trading him would be a last resort because they would not get equal value in return because of Hill’s age, recent injuries, salary and checkered past. Check out suggested trades online over the past couple of days and they usually involve something like a third-round pick.
More importantly, for the Dolphins to rebound and return to the playoffs in 2025, having Hill would make that task a lot easier to accomplish.
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Ewin, Bowen lead FSU's second-half charge in road rout of Miami
There were some too-close-for-comfort moments in the second half. But in the end, Florida State picked up its first road win of the season with an emphatic finish at Miami.
Malique Ewin scored 20 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, while Taylor Bol Bowen had 16 points and six rebounds in FSU’s 80-65 win on Wednesday in Coral Gables.
FSU has won 15 of the last 16 games in the series vs. Miami. The Seminoles have won each game at Coral Gables since Jan. 2019.
Ewin shot 10 of 14 from the floor, dazzling with an array of post moves and delivering thunderous dunks. It was his third double-double of the season, but it was his first in an ACC game.
Bowen shot 6 of 6 from the floor, drilling all four of his 3-pointers. He added three assists.
Daquan Davis had nine points and 10 assists. The Seminoles had a season-best 26 assists.
The Seminoles were stingy on the defensive end of the court. Justin Thomas had three of FSU’s eight steals. Chandler Jackson had three of FSU’s seven blocks.
“I thought everybody contributed,” FSU coach Leonard Hamilton said. “There wasn’t anybody that came into the game that didn’t have an affect.”
The Seminoles (11-4, 2-2 ACC) have won back-to-back league games going into a matchup on Saturday at Clemson — which is 4-0 in conference games.
Former FSU guard Matthew Cleveland struggled in the first half, scoring three points. But he finished with 16 points on 6 of 12 shooting for Miami (4-11, 0-4).
FSU shot 32 of 64 (50 percent) from the floor and 10 of 24 (41.7 percent) from 3-point range.
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