SAN FRANCISCO — Right-hander Dan Haren took a shutout into the seventh inning and helped his own cause with his first two hits and RBIs of the season Thursday night, delivering the Miami Marlins a 7-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a four-game series.
Second baseman Dee Gordon became the first major-leaguer to reach 50 hits this season, and center fielder Marcell Ozuna belted his first home run of the year, helping the Marlins begin the West Coast portion of their 10-game trip with an 11th win in 15 games.
Despite giving up more hits than in any previous start this season, Haren (4-1) won his third consecutive game. He entered the night having set a franchise record by allowing four or fewer hits in each of his first five starts for the Marlins.
Coming off six shutout innings in a 3-1 win over the Washington Nationals, Haren blanked the Giants for six innings and took a 6-0 lead into the seventh before giving up a sacrifice fly to right fielder Justin Maxwell and an RBI double to third baseman Matt Duffy.
Haren was lifted for a pinch hitter after the seventh, having allowed two runs on eight hits. He struck out three and did not walk a batter.
Haren’s RBIs came on a two-out, two-run single that opened the scoring in the second inning. He later added a single and scored a second run in the fifth.
Ozuna’s homer, a two-run shot off Giants right-hander Tim Hudson, capped the Miami scoring in the seventh. Third baseman Martin Prado, who had three hits, also scored on the home run.
Gordon also collected three hits, including a double, and Haren, Ozuna, right fielder Giancarlo Stanton, first baseman Michael Morse and shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria added two hits apiece for the Marlins, who totaled 17 hits in the game, all but two off Hudson.
Gordon’s three hits gave him 52 in Miami’s first 29 games. He recorded a multi-hit game for the 13th time in his past 22 road outings dating back to last season.
The 15-hit outing was a career-worst for Hudson (1-3), who never previously had allowed more than 12 hits in a game. He began the night tied for the best ERA (2.87) among all active pitchers in his career against the Marlins.
The Giants’ West Coast record for hits allowed in a game is 16, shared by Hall of Famers Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry.
Hudson pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing six of the seven Miami runs. He walked three and, like Haren, issued no walks.
First baseman Brandon Belt had two of the Giants’ nine hits, including a double in his fifth consecutive game.
The Giants lost a second straight game after opening their current 10-game homestand with five wins in a row.
Haren was 0-for-10 this season before stepping to the plate with runners at the corners and two outs in the second inning of a scoreless game. One pitch later, it was 2-0 in the Marlins’ favor after he smacked a hit to the fence in right-center field, scoring catcher J.T. Realmuto and Hechavarria.
Gordon made it 3-0 one batter later when he sliced a run-scoring double down the left field line, scoring Haren. Gordon extended his hitting streak to 12 games.
Haren’s second hit, a single, led off the Miami fifth and led to another run. He jogged home from third on right fielder Giancarlo Stanton’s long sacrifice fly to center field, increasing the Marlins’ lead to 4-0.
NOTES: Marlins 1B/OF Michael Morse received his 2014 World Series championship ring from the Giants in a ceremony before the game. … Since 2010, the year the Giants won their first of three titles over the past five seasons, the Marlins entered the series with the best record of all Giants opponents in games at AT&T Park at 13-5. … Thursday’s game was Marlins LF Ichiro Suzuki’s first ever at AT&T Park during the regular season. His only previous appearance in the stadium came in the 2007 All-Star Game, where he hit the first inside-the-park home run in the game’s history en route to the night’s Most Valuable Player award. … As scheduled, Giants RF Hunter Pence (broken left arm) took batting practice before the game. The Giants made no announcement about what he will do next, although manager Bruce Bochy did disclose that when Pence does go on a rehab assignment, it would be at Triple-A Sacramento.