Marlins 9, White Sox 2: Conine’s Eighth-Inning Blast & Miami’s Four-Run Fourth (Mar 31, 2026)

Miami Marlins 9, Chicago White Sox 2 at loanDepot Park on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 turned on a four-run fourth—Lukas Hicks’s two-run double and Orelvis Caissie’s RBI single off Erick Fedde—then kept tilting Miami’s way when White Sox center fielder Luisangel Acuña threw two errors in the same frame to gift extra runs. Griffin Conine capped the night with a two-run homer in the eighth. Anthony Bender earned the win in relief (1.2 IP, 0 ER) after Joe Junk worked 4.1 frames. AthX Engine logged 14 AthX FP for Conine and 11 for Hicks on a slate where Miami stacked nine runs on nine hits.

Game narrative / key moments

Chicago scratched two in the third on Masataka Murakami’s RBI single and Andrew Benintendi’s knock (ESPN). Miami answered in the fourth: Hicks doubled home Xavier Edwards and Agustín Ramírez to tie; Caissie scored on Acuña’s first throwing error; Hernán Hernández followed with another run on a second Acuña miscue—4–2 Marlins. Junk handed off to Bender with the lead intact.

Pauley’s bunt and sacrifice fly from Jacob Marsee added insurance in the seventh; Caissie drove in Hicks in the eighth before Conine’s 405-foot shot made it 9–2. Fedde took the loss: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 K, game score 44.

AthX standout performances

Griffin Conine (Marlins) — 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, 1 K.

Lukas Hicks (Marlins) — 2 doubles, 2 RBI, 2 R, 1 BB.

Erick Fedde (White Sox) — 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 K, 1 BB.

Anthony Bender (Marlins) — 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 1 BB — win.

Team & trading implications

Miami banked nine runs with zero errors on the Marlins’ side—AthX Engine season curves still care about April sample size, but this is a team fantasy night at home. Chicago committed three errors and 13 strikeouts; Acuña’s miscues changed the game. Traders on White Sox shares should separate one messy outfield inning from full-season priors.

Bold takeaways

Conclusion

When the fourth inning gets four runs off errors and extra bases, AthX FP tells you who won the box score under AthX Engine rules for one night. Read the numbers first, then trade the headline.

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*Sources: ESPN box score. AthX fantasy points from AthX Engine daily_player_stats for March 31, 2026 where cited. This write-up is for information only and is not financial advice.*