PHILADELPHIA _ It started as a third-inning bloop single to shallow right field for Isan Diaz. It ended with a wild play that, at the very least, gave the Miami Marlins early momentum against the Philadelphia Phillies in Friday's series opener at Citizens Bank Park.
But the Phillies, who have had trouble against the Marlins all season, rallied from there.
Rhys Hoskins scored on a two-out, walk-off error in the 15th inning for a 5-4 Phillies win over the Marlins to begin the three-game set. It's the Marlins' 12th walk-off loss of the season.
Diaz's hit, which came with two runners on base and one out, easily scored Miguel Rojas from second base. But when Diaz took an aggressive turn past the first-base bag as Bryce Harper threw to third baseman Maikel Franco, the rundown ensued.
The ball exchanged hands five times in the infield in an attempt to tag out Diaz. Franco went to first baseman Rhys Hoskins, who threw to shortstop Scott Kingery and back to Hoskins. At that point, Starlin Castro made a charge for home plate and beat Hoskins' throw to catcher Scott Knapp at home. Knapp's throw back to second base was not in time.
Just like that, the Marlins (56-104) took a 4-2 lead in the third. The advantage lasted all of two innings. The Phillies (80-80) tied the game with an Haseley single in the fourth and a Harper sacrifice fly in the fifth.
But it was a big enough cushion to absorb the Phillies' short rally attempt.
The Marlins bullpen put together four scoreless innings from there, capped by Jose Quijada's strikeout against Harper, to force extras.
Five more scoreless frames ensued before the Phillies walked off.
Miami had leadoff hits in the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th innings, but the runner was stranded at third three times and erased on a double play the fourth.
