Philadelphia Phillies at Miami Marlins

Griffin Conine knew that whenever the Marlins snapped their franchise-record 12-game skid, it wouldn’t come easy. If it were to happen on Monday, they would need to get past longtime foe and National League Cy Young hopeful Zack Wheeler. Entering the series opener, Wheeler had been undefeated in his last 10 starts against Miami dating back to 2022 (5-0 record, 2.87 ERA). Miami defied the odds, handing Wheeler his shortest start in four years (three innings) and tagging him for five runs -- his most since May 29, 2025. But a baseball game doesn’t end that early and wins certainly don’t come that easily, especially for a floundering club. The Marlins saw their three-run lead disappear in the sixth and appeared destined for another heartbreaker -- until some of the late-inning magic fans had grown so accustomed to seeing in 2025 materialized. The Marlins rallied with three runs in the ninth for an 8-7 walk-off victory over the Phillies at loanDepot park. The win helped the Marlins (53-54) avoid becoming the first Major League team to lose at least 13 in a row since the 2024 White Sox, who dropped 21 straight en route to a Modern Era-record 121 losses. To put the skid in perspective: Miami entered this streak on July 10 tied with Philadelphia (57-50) for the second and third NL Wild Card spots. The Marlins are now on the outside looking in, pulling within two games of the third Wild Card. “I think beating a good team like that, coming from behind in the ninth, like that's a playoff-type game right there,” Conine said. Trailing 7-5 in the ninth, Miami loaded the bases with no outs when Jakob Marsee and Otto Lopez singled and Kyle Stowers was hit by a pitch from All-Star closer Jhoan Duran. Heriberto Hernández, who took Wheeler deep in the first for his team-leading 15th homer, sent a game-tying single up the middle. Last September in Philadelphia, Hernández slugged a game-tying homer off Duran in the ninth.