The Marlins’ biggest series of 2026 starts at 7:10 ET. Snelling’s MLB debut Friday. Junk vs Cavalli Saturday. Sandy on Mother’s Day Sunday.
Marlins are 16-22, five below .500, and finding new ways to lose close games. Max Meyer (2-0, 2.68 ERA, 40 K) takes the ball at 6:40 vs. the Orioles.
Eury Pérez gets the ball at 6:40 ET. Three Marlins hitters have homered off Brandon Young in the small samples. The bats have a real reason to attack.
Sandy Alcántara faces Chris Bassitt as Miami opens a three-game set vs. Baltimore needing a sweep to reach .500. First pitch 6:40 ET at loanDepot park.
Two homecomings, one ballpark, four games. Don Mattingly walks back into loanDepot Park as Philadelphia’s interim manager. Aaron Nola walks back to the mound where he started Italia’s WBC semifinal in March. Marlins 15-16, Phillies 10-19. First pitch Friday May 1, 7:10 PM ET on Marlins.TV.
The St. Louis Cardinals bring a 13-8 record and a quietly international roster into loanDepot park for a three-game series starting Monday. Miami is 10-12 after snapping a four-game skid with Sunday’s win over Milwaukee. The standings give the Marlins room. The schedule doesn’t give them time. Here’s who to watch, what’s at stake, and why Panama City is central to this story.
Eury Pérez threw six innings of one-run ball with seven strikeouts — zero earned runs, one walk — answering the command questions directly. Kyle Stowers doubled in his first at-bat. Javier Sanoja’s pinch two-run single broke it open. Michael Petersen got five outs. The Marlins snap a four-game losing streak.
Brandon Woodruff allowed one run over seven innings to improve to 5-0 lifetime against Miami. Sandy Alcántara issued a season-high six walks in five innings as the Marlins dropped their fourth straight, falling to 9-12. The roof was open. The offense drew one walk. Kyle Stowers activates Sunday.
Otto Lopez’s two-out, two-run homer in the sixth tied the game at 3. Miami held it through nine. In the tenth, Xavier Edwards threw the ball into left field and the Brewers scored three. Calvin Faucher took the loss. The Marlins drop to 9-11, their third straight defeat.
Troy Johnston says he never saw a Marlins jersey in Miami. Nearly 700,000 people agreed. The attendance numbers back him up — but they don’t tell the whole story.
The Blue Jays ran out of room. The Marlins made room. How a Panamanian infielder went from the World Baseball Classic to a starting spot at loanDepot park in six weeks — and why it matters for Miami’s 2026 season.
Sandy Alcantara threw the first complete game shutout of the MLB season — a Maddux — as Miami routed Chicago 10–0. Liam Hicks drove in four, now leads MLB with 12 RBI.
