With his eighth consecutive win in Saturday\u2019s 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants, Miami Marlins pitcher Max Meyer passed Dontrelle Willis for the second-most consecutive starts without a loss to open a season in team history, trailing only former World Series MVP Liv\u00e1n Hern\u00e1ndez, who won nine straight games as a rookie in 1997.<\/p>\n
Through five innings, the 27-year-old struck out seven batters and gave up seven hits while allowing two runs, continuing to cement himself as Miami\u2019s most consistent pitcher in a season defined by injuries across the pitching staff.<\/p>\n
Coming off an unconvincing third season in which he finished just 3-5 with a 4.75 ERA, Meyer hadn\u2019t fully answered yet whether he could translate into a dependable rotation role. Through the first half of this season, Marlins manager Clayton McCullough believes he has.<\/p>\n
\u201cMax has had a phenomenal start. Going back a few months, there were a lot of questions about whether he can be a starter,\u201d McCullough said. \u201cBut he\u2019s come out and showed the confidence we had in him and why we believed that he can be a starter. Being healthy and building on his struggles from the past have allowed him to take some steps forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
In one of his rougher outings of the season, Meyer showed his ability to steady himself in the middle and prevent a game from unraveling, the kind of adversity every starting pitcher is guaranteed to face at some point.<\/p>\n
The right-hander surrendered a solo home run to left fielder Casey Schmitt and a run-scoring double to center fielder Drew Gilbert in the fourth, then put runners on the corners. But he still found a way to limit the damage, escaping the jam by striking out Giants designated hitter Bryce Eldridge looking.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust had to make some big pitches and dig as deep as I could,\u201d Meyer said. \u201cI knew that I had to keep the ballgame tight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Luckily, Meyer had early support from Miami\u2019s lineup, which built a 6-2 lead after a strong bottom of the fourth inning. Center fielder Jakob Marsee put the Marlins ahead with an RBI single before second baseman Xavier Edwards drove in another run while grounding into a double play. Heriberto Hern\u00e1ndez then extended the lead with a two-run home<\/p>\n
The All-Star Case for Meyer<\/p>\n
Meyer returned for one more inning after working out of trouble in the fourth, ultimately exiting with a 2.80 ERA while continuing to build his All-Star r\u00e9sum\u00e9.<\/p>\n
With Saturday\u2019s win, the fourth-year right-hander is tied with Brewers phenom Jacob Misiorowski and Phillies left-hander Christopher S\u00e1nchez for the most wins in the National League with eight.<\/p>\n
Besides leading the NL in wins, he also ranks among the league\u2019s top 10 in ERA (2.80) and strikeouts (102).<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s some All-Star talk, and he should be getting it,\u201d McCullough said. \u201cHe\u2019s certainly pitched like an All-Star in this first half of the season. \u2026 You never know when it might click for an individual.\u201d<\/p>\n
While he still trails Hern\u00e1ndez for the most consecutive wins to open a season in franchise history, Meyer has already set the Marlins record for most consecutive starts without a loss, surpassing Hern\u00e1ndez and reaching 16.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next<\/p>\n
The Marlins (39-38), now above .500 for the first time since April 14, close out their three-game series against the San Francisco Giants on Sunday at 1:40 p.m. at loanDepot park.<\/p>\n
Right-hander Ryan Gusto is scheduled to start against Giants right-hander Logan Webb. Gusto enters at 0-2 with a 7.24 ERA, while Webb is 4-4 with a 3.46 ERA.<\/p>\n
This story was originally published June 20, 2026 at 9:31 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With his eighth consecutive win in Saturday\u2019s 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants, Miami Marlins pitcher Max…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-314563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}