For the second game in a row, the Marlins won in walk-off fashion off a solid closer.
Sunday afternoon, the Fish beat Arizona's Brandon Lyon with a Hanley Ramirez homer, Jeremy Hermida double, and a Jorge Cantu walk-off single.
Monday night, Hanley hit another deep blast off the Nationals' John Rauch to send the game to extras. After a shaky 10th from Kevin Gregg, Josh Willingham hit the first pitch he saw from Rauch over the scoreboard in left field. Willingham's second homer of the night secured another walk-off victory for the Marlins.
Is it great news that the Marlins needed extra inning theatrics to beat the anemic Nationals? No. But all that clutchiness and tenacity sure is fun to watch.
With the latest win, the Marlins moved within a half game of the Phillies, who had the night off.
Mark Hendrickson takes the hill for the Fish tomorrow night, which most likely means we'll need more ninth inning magic.
0 comments:
Post a Comment