Matt Joyce’s homer helps Rays beat Marlins 5-1

MIAMI — Matt Joyce homered, doubled and scored three times, and the Tampa Bay Rays escaped several jams to beat the slumping Miami Marlins 5-1 Friday night.

The Marlins went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position. They are 1 for 28 in those situations during their homestand, losing all four games while totaling four runs.

Joyce went 2 for 3 with two walks. Jose Lobaton had two doubles and scored once.

Five Rays pitchers combined on a seven-hitter. Former Marlin Burke Badenhop (1-1) came on in the fifth and threw 1 2-3 shutout innings. Fernando Rodney pitched a hitless ninth — the only inning in which the Marlins didn’t strand a runner.