The Miami Marlins scored a walk-off victory towards the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday (field rating), within the course of changing into the primary MLB staff in additional than twenty years to file their first three victories by way of walk-offs. Sunday’s walk-off noticed the Marlins enter the underside of the ninth inning tied with the Pirates. Outfielder Derek Hill hit a lead-off single earlier than stealing second base and advancing to 3rd on a throwing error. Hill then crossed the plate when Pirates nearer David Bednar uncorked a wild pitch towards catcher Nick Fortes. Have a look:
The Marlins had already loved one feel-good second earlier within the sport, when outfielder Griffin Conine tied the sport within the seventh on a solo dwelling run. It was a becoming second for Griffin’s household, as father Jeff was inducted into the Marlins Corridor of Fame forward of Sunday’s contest. (Jeff Conine, after all, earned the nickname “Mr. Marlin” throughout his enjoying days and has remained linked to the group in quite a lot of roles since retiring from the sport again in 2007.)
The Marlins’ first walk-off win befell on Opening Day, once they overcame a 4-1 deficit to enter the underside of the ninth tied. Kyle Stowers, acquired in final summer season’s Trevor Rogers commerce, equipped the game-winning knock. After dropping Friday’s sport, the Marlins have been again at it on Saturday evening: first with the aforementioned Stowers tying the sport within the backside of the eleventh to pressure extra motion, after which with Dane Myers recording a game-winning single within the twelfth.
The final staff to drag off the Marlins’ feat was the 2003 Tampa Bay (then-Satan) Rays. Carl Crawford hit a walk-off dwelling run on Opening Day towards the Boston Purple Sox. The Rays then misplaced 4 in a row earlier than scoring a walk-off victory versus the New York Yankees — this time on an Al Martin dwelling run. The Rays accomplished the hat trick a couple of nights later towards one more American League East foe, the Baltimore Orioles, when Travis Lee notched a bases-loaded single to finish the sport in 10 innings.
The Marlins at the moment are 3-1 after their opening collection. For reference, the 2024 Marlins started the season 0-9 and had already misplaced 13 contests by the point they tallied win No. 3 on the 12 months.
