Marlins Survive Philly's Sixth-Inning Eruption, Walk Off 8-7
Miami needed a ninth-inning, two-run comeback to hold off Philadelphia, 8-7, on July 27. The Marlins blew a five-run lead, got it back, blew it again, then won it in the final at-bat — a game that had no business being this chaotic.
Philadelphia drew first blood in a big way. Bryce Harper launched a 419-foot shot to center, scoring Schwarber, and just like that it was 2-0 Phillies before Miami had settled in. Miami answered immediately — Lopez scored on a throwing error by shortstop Turner, then Heriberto Hernández followed with a 388-foot homer to left to tie it at two. The Marlins weren't done. In the second, Griffin Conine went deep to right center (392 feet), Marsee doubled home Sanoja, and Lopez tripled home Marsee. Five runs in two innings, and Miami had a 5-2 lead that looked like it might hold.
It didn't. Philadelphia's sixth inning was the kind of rally that changes a game's entire complexion — and the win probability numbers prove it. Bohm singled home Harper, Realmuto hit a ground rule double to score Bohm, and then Crawford singled to left, with Stott scoring on an error and Realmuto scoring on a throwing error by left fielder Hernández. That single play swung Miami's home win probability from 67% to 34% — a 33-point collapse on one batted ball. PHI 6, MIA 5. Realmuto added a sacrifice fly in the eighth to push it to 7-5, and it looked like Philadelphia had stolen this one.
Then Miami's ninth happened. Hernández singled to center, scoring both Lopez and Marsee to tie it at seven. One batter later, Conine singled to right and Hernández scored the walk-off. Final: MIA 8, PHI 7. The story of the night, it appears, was Miami's resilience — and Philadelphia's inability to protect a two-run lead with three outs to go. Hernández finished 2-for-5 with a homer, 3 RBI, and 2 runs. Conine went 2-for-5 with a homer, 2 RBI, and the game-winning hit. Lopez was quietly excellent at 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored. On the pitching side, Zack Wheeler's three-inning stretch was the soft underbelly of Philadelphia's night — 6 hits and 5 earned runs in 3.0 innings. Miami's Tyler Phillips gave the Marlins five solid innings (3 H, 2 ER, 5 K) to keep them in range. This one looked over twice and wasn't either time.