Puig answered Stanton’s blast with a leadoff home run of his own, lining Chen’s first pitch over the right field fence to tie the game. Trayce Thompson then gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead with a two-out homer.
Yelich hit a two-out single in the fifth and it led to a run for the Marlins. Stripling thought he had strike three on Stanton, then the slugger caught a break as Grandal misplayed a foul ball. Stanton drove the next pitch into right-center field for an RBI double.
Chen worked around a Hernandez two-out walk in the bottom of the fifth to keep the game tied at 2-2. Realmuto led off the sixth with a base hit and scored on Dietrich’s RBI triple that got by Puig, who couldn’t cover enough ground to make a diving catch attempt.
After making a bad read, Thompson came charging in and laid out for a catch in shallow center field. Stripling was then replaced by J.P. Howell, who stranded the runner at third base by retiring Chen and Dee Gordon.
Louis Coleman, who was reinstated from the bereavement list on Monday afternoon, set the Marlins down in order in the seventh. He ended the inning by striking out Stanton swinging on a pitch outside the zone.
With A.J. Ellis on first base, Corey Seager pinch-hit for Coleman and reached on a two-out error. That spelled the end for Chen, who gave way to Kyle Barraclough. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts countered the right-hander by pinch-hitting Chase Utley for Hernandez.
Utley worked a full count only to strikeout looking on a call he disagreed with. Adam Liberatore retired the two batters he faced in the eighth. Joe Blanton entered to face pinch-hitter Chris Johnson and struck him out to end the inning.
Joc Pederson pinch-hit and drew a one-out walk in the ninth. Adrian Gonzalez, batting for Blanton, struck out. A.J. Ramos then retired Seager to wrap up the Marlins’ 3-2 win.
