MIAMI — About three hours before first pitch Monday, Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly warned that his team couldn’t overlook the Pittsburgh Pirates club they were about to face for the next four days.
They learned that the hard way in the series opener.
The Marlins fell behind early and couldn’t recover in a 5-1 loss to the Pirates at loanDepot park. Miami is now 41-44 on the season and 10-18 in series openers, while Pittsburgh improves to 37-50.