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Edwards' 11th-Inning Sacrifice Fly Lifts Marlins Past Phillies, 6-5

The win extended Miami's surge, keeping the club four games back with five games remaining.

Overview

  • Miami erased a 3-0 deficit by scoring all six runs from the eighth inning on, with Griffin Conine homering in the eighth and Heriberto Hernández tying it in the ninth off Jhoan Duran.
  • Xavier Edwards delivered the go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 11th after Philadelphia tied the game in the 10th on RBI singles by Alec Bohm and Nick Castellanos.
  • The victory marked the Marlins' seventh in a row and 11th in 12 games, keeping them four games out of the final wild-card with five to play.
  • Kyle Schwarber hit his NL-leading 54th homer and Otto Kemp also went deep, while Phillies starter Cristopher Sánchez threw seven shutout innings and logged his 500th career strikeout.
  • Reliever Josh Simpson earned the win and Lou Trivino took the loss, and play included an hour-long rain delay and a knee laceration that forced Miami outfielder Dane Myers off the field.