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BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins will try to keep a four-game road win streak going when they take on the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee has a 33-19 record at home and a 61-43 record overall. The Brewers have the seventh-ranked team batting average in the NL at .250.
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MLB reporter Héctor Gómez wrote on Twitter that the Brewers had emerged "now as a top suitor" for Suarez, but the names he mentioned as a possible return lined up perfectly with our Journal Sentinel story proposing mock trades (with reaction and analysis from Curt Hogg), which seems fishy.
The Major League Baseball trade deadline is 6 p.m. ET this coming Thursday, July 31, and the action is beginning to pick up. This past weekend we saw Josh Naylor go to the Mariners and Ryan McMahon go to the Yankees,
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Perkins worked a full count against Marlins left-hander Cade Gibson before lacing a sinker down the middle 100.2 mph off the bat for a no-doubt walk-off hit, the second of his career. The swing brought the second sellout crowd of the weekend to cheers and Perkins' manager to tears.
The Milwaukee Brewers, who sport the best record in the majors, host the Miami Marlins for a three-game weekend series at American Family Field.
The Detroit Tigers may have an edge over the Milwaukee Brewers and other suitors for Arizona Diamondbacks slugger Eugenio Suárez.
Marlins secured a 7-4 win over the Brewers, with Hernandez hitting a 3-run homer; Chourio extended his hitting streak.
Vaughn doubled leading off the second against Junk and advanced to third on Isaac Collins' single. Brice Turang struck out and Collins was caught stealing, but Caleb Durbin delivered a two-out single for a 1-0 lead. Durbin was thrown out trying to steal to end the inning.