Stowers hits a game-ending grand slam as the Marlins beat the Athletics 9-6

MIAMI AP Kyle Stowers hit a game-ending grand slam for his second homer of the day sending the Miami Marlins to a - achievement over Mason Miller and the Athletics on Saturday The Marlins were down to their last out when Stowers drove a mph fastball from Miller deep to left-center for his sixth homer of the season He also hit a tying two-run shot in the third against Osvaldo Bido It was Stowers second multihomer performance in the last three games He also went deep twice in a - loss at the Dodgers on Wednesday Javier Sanoja had two hits and scored two runs for Miami which had lost six in a row Lake Bachar - pitched two innings for the win Brent Rooker JJ Bleday and Luis Ur as homered for the A s who had won five of six Jacob Wilson had two hits and scored twice The A s grabbed a - lead on Nick Kurtz s sacrifice fly in the sixth Gio Urshela added an RBI double in the eighth Miller - came in to pitch the ninth and hit leadoff batter Matt Mervis Connor Norby and Dane Myers struck out before Mervis advanced to third on Sanoja s double Miller uncorked a wild pitch on a full-count offering to Ronny Simon scoring Mervis The closer then walked Xavier Edwards before Stowers went deep The A s opened a - lead on Ur as two-run homer off Max Meyer in the fourth The Marlins responded with two in the fifth on Sanoja s double and Xavier Edwards sacrifice fly in the fifth Meyer was charged with five runs and hits over five-plus innings Bido allowed four runs and three hits in five innings Key moment Bachar struck out the side in a perfect ninth Key stat Meyer had no strikeouts in his first home start since he had a career-high Ks against Cincinnati on April Up next LHP JP Sears - ERA will start the series finale for the Athletics on Sunday RHP Edward Cabrera - ERA pitches for the Marlins AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source