N-word heard at Colorado with Marlins' Lewis Brinson batting

Miami outfielder Lewis Brinson was the apparent target of racial abuse Sunday during the Marlins' game against the Colorado Rockies in Denver.

Microphones in use for the television broadcast caught a fan yelling the N-word multiple times during a ninth-inning plate appearance by Brinson, who is Black. Brinson drew a walk, but the next two batters were retired to end Colorado's 13-8 win.

The Rockies later issued a statem