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The Miami Marlins have gone 17-5 in June — the best record in Major League Baseball for the month — capping the stretch with a road shutout of the St. Louis Cardinals, a fellow Wild Card contender.
The run has moved Miami within striking distance of the postseason as the calendar closes in on the All-Star break, arriving ahead of the schedule even the most optimistic observers were drawing.
Small Ball Doing the Heavy Lifting The offensive engine behind June's surge is not the home run.
Miami ranks in the top ten in the league in on-base percentage and leads all of MLB in stolen bases with 88, a small-ball approach that has translated directly into the win column.
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