Giancarlo Stanton, Martin Prado each drive in 3 but Marlins drop wild one to White Sox
MIAMI (AP) -- An awkward slide left Giancarlo Stanton in a sprawl short of second base, where he was tagged for the final out and slow to rise.
He finally limped off the field as the Chicago White Sox celebrated an 8-7 victory over the Miami Marlins on Saturday.
The loss could be especially costly for the Marlins if their slugger is hurt.
"It didn't look real good," manager Don Mattingly said. "I saw the replay, and it looked like he pulled something. He felt something in his groin area."
Stanton singled with two out in the ninth but was an easy out trying to stretch the hit into a double. He stumbled and fell approaching second base.
Miami has another injury concern. Marlins left-hander Adam Conley said he has been pitching with soreness in his left hand after banging it on the roof of the dugout at Wrigley Field last week celebrating a teammate's home run.
"I just couldn't throw the ball as hard as I want to," he said. "It has just kind of been nagging around and getting worse as I've been throwing."
Conley struggled and departed after four innings with a 7-5 lead.
Chicago catcher Dioner Navarro scored the go-ahead run on a strikeout, capping a bizarre eighth-inning comeback.
The White Sox blew an early 4-0 lead and trailed 7-6 to start the eighth. They rallied against Kyle Barraclough (6-3) with the help of a walk, two wild pitches and Justin Morneau's first pinch-hit of the year, a double.
After Morneau tied it, the Sox had runners at the corners with two out. Melky Cabrera took a weak swing at a 2-2 pitch in the dirt, but the ball skipped away from catcher J.T. Realmuto, allowing Cabrera to reach first while the 215-pound Navarro chugged home.
"Sometimes we need to catch breaks like that to win games," Navarro said.
Realmuto retrieved the ball and tossed it to Barraclough covering the plate, but the pitcher failed to glove the throw as Navarro slid under him.
"I have to catch the ball," Barraclough said.
The Marlins had 14 hits, but lost their third game in a row. They've dropped 10 of the past 15.
"Our guys got after it pretty good tonight," Mattingly said. "There was a lot of energy. I feel comfortable as long as we play like that."
Stanton hit his 25th homer and added a two-run single. Martin Prado hit a three-run homer, his seventh.
The White Sox overcame another awful outing by James Shields, who allowed 10 hits and seven runs in three-plus innings. Shields has an ERA of 20.25 over his past three starts, all losses, and his ERA for the season with the Sox is 7.34.
Chicago used five relievers. Chris Beck (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for his first career win, and David Robertson earned his 29th save.
The Sox scored a run in the sixth on a replay reversal. With the bases loaded, Tim Anderson was called out on a force at the plate but ruled safe following a review, cutting Miami's lead to 7-6.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Marlins: LHP Wei-Yin Chen (elbow) has begun a throwing program, and the earliest he might return is mid-September, manager Don Mattingly said.
UP NEXT
The Marlins will skip ace Jose Fernandez's scheduled turn Sunday to keep him on pace for his 180-inning limit this season. Instead, RHP Tom Koehler will start against LHP Chris Sale (14-5, 3.16). In his past four starts, Koehler is 3-0 with an ERA of 0.67. "He has been our best pitcher since the All-Star break," Mattingly said.
Sale is 0-3 in his past five games and hasn't won since his suspension for cutting up the team's throwback jerseys July 23.
