
Christian Yelich turned in quite an all-around performance that the Miami Marlins hope will help them turn the calendar on an awful August. Yelich showed off his bat, legs and glove, capped by hitting a three-run homer as the Marlins beat shaky Jacob deGrom and the New York Mets 6-4 on Thursday night to end their season-worst five-game losing streak. After going 10-18 in August, the Marlins pulled within three games of St. Louis for the second NL wild-card slot.
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