MIAMI (AP) — Kyle Stowers hit a run-scoring single in the ninth inning and the Miami Marlins spoiled the first opening day start for Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes with a 5-4 victory over the Pirates on Thursday.
Nick Fortes tripled to lead off the inning against reliever David Bednar (0-1) and Xavier Edwards was intentionally walked. After Edwards stole second, Stowers sent a line drive to right that scored pinch runner Javier Sanoja and gave new Marlins manager Clayton McCullough a win in his debut.
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Miami Marlins' Derek Hill, left, reacts after hitting a double during the third inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara throws during the third inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Marlins' Derek Hill, right, is met by Nick Fortes (4) in the dugout after scoring during the third inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes (30) throws during first inning the of an opening-day baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes follows through on a delivery during the fourth inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Marlins' Kyle Stowers, center, is sprayed with water after hitting a walk-off single to score Javier Sanoja during the ninth inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Marlins' Dane Myers, left, and Kyle Stowers, right, celebrate after Stowers hit a walk-off single to score Javier Sanoja during the ninth inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Jesús Tinoco (1-0) pitched the ninth for the win.
The Marlins rallied tied it at 4-all on consecutive run-scoring singles by Otto López and Dane Myers in the eighth.
Skenes, the reigning NL Rookie of the Year, struck out seven over 5 1/3 innings of two-run ball. Skenes gave up three hits and walked two.
Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run single in the fifth that chased chased Miami starter Sandy Alcántara and put Pittsburgh ahead 2-1.
Alcántara, the 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner, who missed last season after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, made his first start since Sept. 3, 2023. He gave up two runs, two hits, struck out seven and walked four in 4 2/3 innings.
Nick Gonzales made it 4-1 with a two-run homer in the sixth.
The Marlins took an early lead on an RBI fielder’s choice by Edwards in the third.
Tinoco escaped a ninth-inning jam after Tommy Pham doubled and Reynolds walked. Pham and Reynolds advanced on a double steal with two out before Tinoco struck out Joey Bart.
Any indication that Alcántara would gradually increase velocity in his first outing was dispelled when he faced and struck out Pham to start the game. Alcántara threw only fastballs that ranged between 98.1 and 99.6 mph.
RHP Mitch Keller (11-12, 4.25 in 2024) will start for the Pirates on Friday. RHP Connor Gillispie (0-0, 2.25 in2024) will go for the Marlins.
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Miami Marlins' Derek Hill, left, reacts after hitting a double during the third inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara throws during the third inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Marlins' Derek Hill, right, is met by Nick Fortes (4) in the dugout after scoring during the third inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes (30) throws during first inning the of an opening-day baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes follows through on a delivery during the fourth inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Marlins' Kyle Stowers, center, is sprayed with water after hitting a walk-off single to score Javier Sanoja during the ninth inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Marlins' Dane Myers, left, and Kyle Stowers, right, celebrate after Stowers hit a walk-off single to score Javier Sanoja during the ninth inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
Families gathered for special prayers followed by feasts and holiday sweets starting Sunday after a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting. Muslims typically mark the holiday with family visits and outings, and children get new clothes.
Families also visit the graves of loved ones, and the suffering of Muslims in the Gaza Strip and other conflict zones was never far from people's minds.
In Gaza, Palestinians prayed among the ruins of mosques destroyed by Israeli strikes, and many went hungry as Israel maintained a nearly monthlong halt to the entry of food, fuel and humanitarian aid, part of its renewed war with the Hamas militant group.
Elsewhere in the Middle East, Syrians are celebrating their first Eid al-Fitr since the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, as the country navigates a troubled transition after his family's half-century autocratic rule.
In the United States, several supporters of Palestinian causes with ties to American universities have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.
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Iranian women perform Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the Muslims holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian women perform Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the Muslims holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
An Iraqi woman prays on the first day of Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Muslim girls transfer Philippine lime using plastic spoons during a game as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr at a park in Quezon City, Philippines Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Muslims transfer Philippine lime using plastic spoons during a game as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr at a park in Quezon City, Philippines Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Muslims play a tug-of-war game as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr at a park in Quezon City, Philippines Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Muslims perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Jama Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
A Muslim carries his daughter on his shoulders as they leave after attending an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the historical Badshahi Mosque, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Muslims perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the historical Badshahi Mosque, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
A Muslim woman attends an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the historical Badshahi Mosque, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Muslims attend a prayer at National Mosque for the Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A Muslim child gestures as he takes part in an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Bankra, Howrah district, India, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
A child rest on lap of a Muslim man as he offers an Eid al-Fitr prayer at Sarkhej Roza in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Muslims perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Jama Mosque in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Karma Bhutia)
Muslim boys watch from a rooftop as others perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer on road marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Bankra, Howrah district, India, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Muslims perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Bankra, Howrah district, India, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
A stray cat sits on the sidewalk as Muslim women prepare to perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Muslims pray at a street as they celebrate Eid Al-Fitr, marking the end of the Muslims' holy fasting month of Ramadan, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Muslims attend a prayer at National Mosque for the Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A Palestinian girl is tossed into the air as people gather for Eid al-Fitr prayers by the Dome of the Rock shrine in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
A family prepares cookies for the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
Muslims women perform Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Worshipers walk along the mouth of the Kongo River, on the shores of the Indian Ocean, after Eid al-Fitr prayers, in Kwale, Kenya, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Kazziha)
Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
People visit at Sultanahmet mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 30, 2025, as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
People attend prayer at National Mosque for the Eid al-Fitr, marking the end the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Men embrace each other at the end of Eid al-Fitr prayers marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a downtown square in Lisbon, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Muslim worshippers gather for Eid al-Fitr prayer in the mixed Arab Jewish city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Children hold torches during a parade to celebrate the eve of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Muslim worshippers attend mass Eid al-Fitr prayer outside of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)
Palestinians attend Eid al-Fitr holiday celebrations by the Dome of the Rock shrine in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Mahmoud Illean)
People light a flare and fireworks as they stand atop of a bus during the celebration of the eve of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
A Yemeni girl visits the graves of Houthis during Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
A Muslim man attends the Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A girl peers as Yemenis pray the mass Eid al-Fitr prayers marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
A Muslim boy performs Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
