Crews Walks It Off in Ten as WSH Survives Miami's Furious Rally

Dylan Crews singled to center in the tenth inning to score the winning run, swinging Washington's win probability from 66% to 100% and ending a game Miami had every right to steal. The Marlins erased a four-run deficit in the seventh, only to watch it all unravel one inning too late.

Washington looked like it had this one locked up by the third inning. Cade Cavalli was untouchable — 4.0 innings, zero hits, zero earned runs, 8 strikeouts — and the offense did its part early. Crews reached on an infield single that triggered a throwing error by Miami's catcher, scoring two runs and putting Washington up 2-0 before the inning was even close to over. Brady House followed with an RBI single to center, and Jorbit Vivas doubled home House to make it 4-0. Sandy Alcantara was getting carved up, and the night looked like a comfortable Washington win in the making.

Then the seventh happened. Kyle Stowers doubled to right, scoring two runs to cut the deficit in half. That was enough to rattle the moment, but what came next was the real gut-punch: Heriberto Hernandez launched a 398-foot home run to center, scoring Stowers and tying the game at 4. Just like that, a four-run lead was gone. The story of the seventh, from Washington's perspective, looks like a complete failure to protect a cushion that should have been insurmountable. Alcantara finished his night having allowed 8 hits and 4 earned runs over 6.0 innings — solid enough in most games, but not on this night when Miami's bats finally woke up. Brad Lord came in for Washington and held things together through 2.1 innings, giving up 1 earned run, while Erik Tolman closed out his 2.0 innings cleanly with 2 strikeouts and no runs allowed.

The game pushed to extras, and Washington got the last word. With the win probability sitting at 66% for the home side, Crews singled to center to score Nuñez, sending Lile to second and Tena to third — and that was it, win probability jumping to 100%, game over, 5-4 final. Crews finished 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored, and he appears to have been the most complete offensive player on the field tonight. Abimelec Ortiz also went 2-for-5 for Washington, though his hits didn't show up in the run column. For Miami, the Hernandez homer was electric — 1-for-5, 2 RBI, a home run that briefly made this feel like a Marlins game — but the bullpen couldn't hold the tie when it mattered most. Washington takes a wild, exhausting 5-4 win.