Marlins Steal Washington Blind in Stunning Ninth-Inning Eruption

Miami trailed 2-0 heading into the ninth inning and then scored six runs — including a stolen home — to stun Washington 6-2. The story of the night was a ninth-inning collapse so complete it swung Washington's win probability from 58% to 19% on a single chaotic play.

For eight innings, this looked like Andrew Alvarez's game to own. The Washington starter threw 6.0 innings of two-hit, zero-earned-run ball, striking out six while walking three — a performance that had Miami's offense completely neutralized. Nasim Nuñez gave Washington the lead in the fifth with a double to right that scored Young, and Daylen Lile extended it to 2-0 in the eighth with a sacrifice fly to left. Washington's bullpen entered the ninth with a two-run cushion and a 58% chance of winning. What followed was a masterclass in how quickly baseball can turn.

The ninth inning unraveled Washington in layers. Marsee was hit by a pitch to score Ruiz and put Miami on the board at 1-2. Then came the play that broke the game open: Mack hit a sacrifice fly to center, but a throwing error by center fielder Pinckney allowed Conine and Jiménez to both score, with Marsee reaching third safely on the error. Three runs scored on what should have been a routine out. Washington's win probability cratered from 58% to 19% on that single sequence. The Marlins weren't done. Marsee stole home — an audacious play that pushed the lead to 4-2 — and then Otto Lopez put the exclamation point on the inning with a 400-foot home run to left that scored Hernández and made it 6-2.

Lopez finished 1-for-5 with the homer, 2 RBI, and a run scored. Agustin Ramirez went 2-for-5 to pace Miami's lineup. On the mound, Janson Junk gave Miami 4.2 innings of work, allowing 4 hits and 1 earned run, and Calvin Faucher followed with 1.1 scoreless innings. For Washington, Jorbit Vivas went 2-for-2, but the offense never found a third gear after building the early lead. The loss appears to be less about pitching — Alvarez was sharp — and more about a defensive miscue that turned a manageable deficit into an avalanche. When a center fielder's throwing error costs you three runs in a ninth-inning collapse, the box score tells only half the story.