The Miami Marlins’ red-hot summer just keeps coming. The Marlins powered to a 7-3 win over the New York Yankees on Sunday, completing a sweep of the Yankees for the first time in franchise history.<\/p>\n
Miami also hit the milestone in front of a big crowd, with a series attendance of 101,545<\/a> setting a franchise record.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n With the win, Miami moved to 55-55, hitting .500 for the first time since April. The team dropped to 24-40<\/a> in early June, but have won 31 games in the two months since to pull to even.<\/p>\n [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season<\/a>]<\/p>\n Did Miami get a dig in at New York in the run-up to the final out? You be the judge here over the Marlins’ curious choice of playing “Sweet Caroline,” a Fenway Park tradition, in the ninth inning.<\/p>\n Sunday’s win came easily to the Marlins, who took a 3-1 lead after two innings. Then, in the fourth inning, Kyle Stowers hit a three-run homer to bring Miami’s lead to 6-1.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a two-run bomb in the seventh to help the Yankees cut into the deficit, but an RBI triple from Jakob Marsee secured the 7-3 win.<\/p>\n The series was a poor showing from the Yankees, who dropped the first game 13-12 after a trio of relievers blew a 9-4 lead in the bottom of the seventh<\/a>. All three pitchers \u2014 Jake Bird, David Bednar and Camilo Doval \u2014 were recent acquisitions ahead of the MLB trade deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n