MIAMI _ The Marlins haven't been good at much of anything this season. There have been few bright spots.
But the later their games go, the deeper into the night they play, the better they seem to become. And Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mets in 10 innings provided the latest example of their nocturnal success.
Bryan Holaday's one-out double in the 11th gave the Marlins a 4-3 victory over the Mets and improved the Marlins' record in extra-inning games this season to 7-4. It was the second walk-off hit of the season for Holaday, the Marlins' backup catcher, who was sent in to pinch-hit in the 11th.
It might have never reached the point had Marlins pitchers received a more generous strike zone than the one they endured Saturday.
Dan Straily was the victim of a poor call by home plate umpire Ed Hickox, who called his full-count pitch to Brandon Nimmo in the fourth a ball. Straily showed his disgust by dropping into a squat and covering his mouth with his glove. Replays showed the pitch to be clearly in the strike zone for what would have been the second out.
Instead, the walk loaded the bases and Todd Frazier followed with a three-run double to put the Mets on top.
But the Marlins got two back in their half of the inning on Martin Prado's single and tied it in the fifth on J.T. Realmuto's RBI single off Mets starter Corey Oswalt.
Straily was done in the fifth after two reached with two outs.
But the Marlins bullpen did a nice job after that and was aided by a pair of nice defensive plays, one on Brian Anderson's sliding catch in foul territory in right and another on Starlin Castro's superb stop of a sharp grounder that he turned into a double play.
The Marlins had a chance to take the lead in the eighth when they had the bases loaded with one out. But Mets reliever Paul Sewald struck out Magneuris Sierra and retired Isaac Galloway on a fly ball.
But after Miguel Rojas singled to lead off the 11th and advanced to second on Sierra's sacrifice bunt, Holaday came through with the game-winner off Mets reliever Jacob Rhame.
Javy Guerra earned his first win of the season for the Marlins.
