Why You Should Bet the Marlins This July

Have you heard?  The Miami Marlins may be 36-45, but over their last 17 games they own a 12-5 record.  That's one of the best in Major League Baseball. 

If you haven't started betting on the Marlins, you need to. 

Consider this: If you've bet on Miami over their last 17 games at a $1000 a pop, you'd be up $12,000 at the moment. 

The Marlins win on Saturday evening had little to do with their ace starter Sandy Alcantara.  He managed to give up seven runs and 10 hits over six innings Saturday against the Diamondbacks.

The Marlins would go on to win in overtime. 

Agustín Ramírez hit a run-scoring single in the 10th inning, Heriberto Hernández had a tying sacrifice fly in the ninth and the Miami Marlins stretched their winning streak to six games with an 8-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.

Arizona led 7-3 entering the eighth inning, but Miami's Otto Lopez hit a two-run homer off Jalen Beeks and Liam Hicks followed with a run-scoring single to pull Miami to 7-6. Hernández tied it in ninth on a sacrifice fly off Shelby Miller after Dane Myers singled and stole two bases.

Ramírez lined a run-scoring single off Juan Morillo (0-2) in the 10th. Anthony Bender (2-5) was perfect over the final two innings to close out Miami's comeback.

Arizona's Ketel Marte homered and had four RBI in his second home game since an emotional road trip to Chicago.