On night of no-hit stretches, Marlins sink Pirates in 12

MIAMI — Marlins left fielder Christian Yelich ripped a walk-off double to deep center field off Pirates reliever A.J. Schugel in the bottom of the 12th inning, as Miami bounced back from a late Pittsburgh rally and won, 4-3, on Thursday night, its third straight win to capture a four-game series victory.

Wei-Yin Chen carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning, and Ichiro Suzuki shined in a throwback performance as the Marlins jumped out to an early three-run lead. But the Pirates rallied back, ending Chen’s no-hitter and scoring two runs in the seventh. Down to their last strike in the ninth — and running out of players as the Pirates’ lineup was decimated by injuries — John Jaso punched a game-tying single into center field off Kyle Barraclough.

Signed this offseason to bolster the …

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