Griffin Conine Hits 1st Career Homer and Marlins Hold Off Giants 4–3

Griffin Conine Hits 1st Career Homer and Marlins Hold Off Giants 4–3
Miami Marlins' Griffin Conine, right, celebrates with Jonah Bride after hitting a two-run home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco on Aug. 31, 2024. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo
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SAN FRANCISCO—Griffin Conine hit his first career home run and the Miami Marlins beat the San Francisco Giants 4–3 on Saturday night.

Conine, the son of longtime Marlins stalwart Jeff Conine, made his major league debut Monday and got his first hit Tuesday. His first homer was a two-run shot off the right-field foul pole in the second inning, when he ripped a fastball up in the zone from Giants starter Mason Black to give Miami a 2–0 lead.

The Giants (68–69) remained 6 1/2 games out of a National League playoff spot, with four teams to climb over.

Michael Conforto homered in the eighth for the Giants to cut the deficit to 4–3, but Calvin Faucher retired the side in order in the ninth for his fifth save.

Connor Norby, who had his 10-game hitting streak snapped Friday, launched a solo homer in the sixth to put the NL-worst Marlins up 3–1 after the Giants scored a run in the fifth.

Miami added an insurance run in the seventh to make it 4–2 when Otto Lopez scored on a groundout by David Hensley. Lopez led off with a walk, stole second after an umpire ruled that shortstop Tyler Fitzgerald didn’t give him a proper sliding lane, and went to third on a groundball with one out.

Edward Cabrera (3–6), who lost his previous three starts, held the Giants to one earned run in five-plus innings.

Fitzgerald had an RBI single in the sixth that trimmed it to 3–2.

Black (0–2) allowed two runs in five innings.

Roster Moves

Marlins: LHP Jonathan Bermúdez was designated for assignment.
Giants: RHP Austin Warren and C Andrew Knapp were optioned to Triple-A Sacramento, and Black was recalled to make Saturday’s start.

Training Room

Marlins: INF Vidal Bruján (right shoulder sprain) was placed on the 10-day injured list. He had been dealing with the injury since spring training and re-aggravated it on Friday. … INF José Devers, the cousin of Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers, was selected from Triple-A Jacksonville.
Giants: LHP Robbie Ray (left hamstring), who was placed on the injured list last Sunday, played catch.

Up Next

RHP Logan Webb (11–8, 3.24 ERA) is scheduled to pitch for the Giants in the series finale Sunday. The Marlins had not announced a starter.
By Eric He