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CLEVELAND — Heading into Saturday’s doubleheader, Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker was asked if there were any positive on playing two games in a day this early in a season.

CLEVELAND — Devin Smeltzer’s job on Saturday afternoon was simple: Keep the Miami Marlins in the game.

MIAMI — Sandy Alcantara was good for five innings on Sunday before running into trouble in the sixth. Zac Gallen was nearly unhittable from start to finish.

MIAMI — Luis Arraez didn’t waste any time. The Miami Marlins’ star second baseman, out of the starting lineup for back-to-back days while dealing with a left index finger injury, made his way to the batter’s box to pinch-hit in the seventh inning of a tied game against the Arizona…

MIAMI — Trevor Rogers handed the ball to manager Skip Schumaker and started making his way to the dugout. The Miami Marlins’ left-handed pitcher’s start had come to an end after allowing back-to-back hits to start the seventh inning, the only time he had allowed multiple runners to reach base…

PHILADELPHIA — Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker knew it was only a matter of time before Edward Cabrera had his breakthrough. He’s too good for it not to happen, even after a pair of clunkers to start the 2023 season.

The 2022 AL batting champion made history for the franchise and is off to a scorching hot start for his new team.

PHILADELPHIA — Twenty-four hours after the Phillies scored 15 runs and banged out 20 hits against reigning Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara, fans threw $1 hot dogs onto the field.

PHILADELPHIA — In the context of a 162-game season that runs from the final week of March through the first week of October, a six-game stretch in the middle of August is akin to a needle in a haystack.