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The Miami Marlins and New York Mets were knotted in a scoreless tie heading into the bottom of the ninth inning. But then, outfielder Heriberto Hernandez stepped up to the plate a smacked a walk-off grand slam .
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It marked the first walk-off grand slam to break a scoreless tie in Marlins history. Furthermore, the feat hadn't happened in MLB dating back to 2013, via ESPN Insights.
The Marlins and Mets were engulfed in a pitching battle all game. For Miami, Tyler Phillips pitched 3.2 innings of scoreless baseball before being followed by a number of relief pitchers. None of them gave up more than two hits. New York got 5.2 scoreless innings from Christian Scott and clean relief pitching as well. That was until Mets closer Devin Williams allowed the grand slam, which came after a double, sacrifice bunt and pair of walks.
With the win, the Marlins moved to 25-29 on the season. They are still 11.5 games back in the NL East and 4.5 games back of a Wild Card spot. However, after sweeping the Mets, the franchise will take some extra momentum into their upcoming series against the Toronto Blue Jays .
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On Sunday, the Marlins found their hero from an unlikely source. Hernandez entered the game hitting .174 with a home run, 13 RBIs and four stolen bases. The Mets chose to face him via the intentional walk. But Hernandez didn't blink when his name was called. In the end, he ended up etching his name into Miami's history books.
While still early in the season, the Marlins want to win every NL East game possible . They did so on Sunday, and in style to boot.
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