Griffin Conine hit a walk-off run-scoring single to lift the Marlins past the Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 on Monday and end Miami's franchise-record 12-game losing streak. Clayton McCullough breathed a sigh of relief. The Marlins finally won a game.Miami overcame two-run, ninth-inning deficit in the ninth on Monday to beat division-rival Philadelphia 8-7 and snap a 12-game losing streak — the longest such stretch in franchise history.It was the Marlins’ first win since beating Seattle at home on July 9 and ensured they would not suffer their fifth straight sweep.“Everybody feels good,” McCullough said.
“It’s no lie everyone in the building has been grinding hard now for a couple of weeks and frustrated with things, but certainly it feels great to get a win and I think in the fashion that we did it’d be hard to ever question this group’s toughness and willingness to compete.”Griffin Conine singled in the winning run against Philadelphia closer Jhoan Duran, who entered in the ninth with a 7-5 lead before loading the bases with no outs.Heriberto Hernández hit the tying single against Duran before racing home on Conine’s single and jumping into his teammates’ arms in celebration on the field.“I’ve never been a part of anything like the last two weeks,” said Conine, who also homered in the first inning. It’s just like at a certain point, it’s the same way you feel when you’re 0-for-15 at the plate. You feel like you’re never going to get a hit again.
You know that deep down you will, but the way it feels is like — it felt like we were never going to win again.”The Marlins had lost 11 straight games three times in their history. They lost 11 consecutive games twice during separate stretches in 1998 when the club lost 108 games, and again in June 2011.Before Monday’s game, McCullough said he saw Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” on a recent day off and couldn’t help but think of his team’s misfortunes.“I feel a bit like Odysseus,” he said. “Like I’m away from home for 10 years.
At some point, I’m going to return home. I don’t know what baseball god I infuriated but it’s where we’re at, so today is an opportunity.”The Marlins used that opportunity early.After Bryce Harper put Philadelphia ahead with a two-run shot in the first, Miami responded by scoring five straight runs against ace Zack Wheeler.After blowing the lead in the sixth, the Marlins scored three in the ninth, including Conine’s first career walk-off hit.“As far as what this does, pressure’s off,” Conine said. MIAMI (AP) — Griffin Conine hit a walkoff run-scoring single to lift the Marlins past the Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 on Monday and end Miami’s franchise record 12-game losing streak.
Phillies closer Jhoan Duran (1-4) entered with a 7-5 lead before loading the bases with no outs and allowing a tying two-run single by Heriberto Hernández, who scored the winning run. Hernández and Conine homered against Phillies ace Zack Wheeler. Jakob Marsee had a run-scoring double and Otto Lopez added an RBI triple for the Marlins, who hadn’t won a game since July 9.
The Phillies have struggled since the All-Star break, losing seven of 10. The Marlins built a 5-2 cushion in the first two innings against Wheeler before blowing it in the sixth. Bryce Harper drew a leadoff walk against reliever Cade Gibson and scored on Alec Bohm’s single to make it 5-3.
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