Marlins return home hot, with chance to keep attendance bump going
The Miami Marlins have been doing the thing South Florida has always asked of them: winning games.
They won more than anyone else in baseball last month, closing June at 20-6 while posting the best winning percentage for a calendar month in franchise history.
They have carried the momentum from that record-breaking month into July, where they just wrapped up a three-game road sweep against the Oakland Athletics, headlined by seven perfect innings from pitcher Eury Pérez during Sunday’s 9-8 win.
After Sunday’s win, the Marlins are tied with the St. Louis Cardinals for the final National League Wild Card spot as of Sunday night.
Now comes the harder part.
Getting fans to keep showing up to the ballpark.
After averaging just over 10,300 fans during their first homestand in June, attendance shot up to an average more than 16,100 during their second.
Some of that came with help, from Flanigan’s Fest, which drew 22,643 fans, to the Tartan Army takeover, which brought an estimated 8,000 Scotland fans to loanDepot park ahead of Scotland’s World Cup match against Brazil and helped push attendance for the June 22 game against the Texas Rangers to 20,008.
But even when removing those two event-driven crowds, Miami’s late-June homestand still drew more than 3,200 fans per game than its first one.
The strong play lately should be reason enough for fans to come by, but the Marlins now have more than just a hot stretch to sell.
With Otto Lopez, the National League’s leading hitter, and Max Meyer, who tied Liván Hernández for the longest winning streak in franchise history, earning their first All-Star selections on Saturday, Miami now has four players with All-Star nods on its roster. That includes former NL Cy Young winner and two-time All-Star Sandy Alcantara, along with 2025 All-Star Kyle Stowers.
Add in Pérez, second baseman Xavier Edwards, who ranks among the NL’s top 10 in batting average, Liam Hicks, who remains in the top 10 on the RBI leaderboard and Gold Glove utility player Javier Sanoja, and the Marlins have several legitimate draws.
The upcoming homestand against the Mariners and Guardians gives the Marlins a chance to see if they can keep that momentum going, with promotions planned throughout the weekend series against Cleveland and a fan-led Marlins Network takeover scheduled for Saturday’s game.
For a team that has spent the season near the bottom of MLB in attendance, this week can show if the recent bump in support is something it can build on.
This story was originally published July 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM.