PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — In a wild, back-and-forth contest that defied pregame projections and extended into extra innings, the Miami Marlins clawed their way to a 6-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in 11 innings on Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park.

The game, played before a crowd of 38,041, saw the Marlins overcome a dominant starting pitching performance by Philadelphia’s Cristopher Sánchez and a late-inning rally that forced extra frames. The win improved Miami’s record to 77-80, while the playoff-bound Phillies fell to 92-65.

For seven innings, Sánchez was nearly untouchable, holding the Marlins to just three hits while striking out six and walking one. He departed with a 3-0 lead, having thoroughly outdueled Miami’s Edward Cabrera. Cabrera lasted four innings, allowing three runs on five hits, including two costly home runs.

Philadelphia struck first in the bottom of the opening inning when Kyle Schwarber launched his 54th home run of the season, a solo shot to right field. They doubled their lead in the second inning on a two-run homer by Otto Kemp, his seventh of the year, scoring Weston Wilson to make it 3-0.

That score held until the eighth inning, when the Marlins’ offense finally awoke against the Phillies’ bullpen. Griffin Conine led off the frame with his second home run of the season, breaking up the shutout. Later in the inning, Otto Lopez singled and then scored all the way from first base when Liam Hicks singled to center field and Harrison Bader committed a throwing error, slicing the Phillies’ lead to 3-2.

Miami completed the comeback in the top of the ninth. Heriberto Hernández, who had a standout night at the plate, connected for a game-tying solo home run to left-center field, his 10th of the season, knotting the score at 3-3 and sending the game to extra innings.

The Marlins seized the lead in the top of the 10th, plating two runs against reliever Michael Petersen. With the automatic runner on second, Hicks delivered an RBI single to score Griffin Conine. Troy Johnston, the initial runner, then scored on a fielder’s choice grounder by Jakob Marsee, giving Miami a 5-3 advantage.

However, the Phillies responded immediately in the bottom half of the inning. Facing Marlins reliever Valente Bellozo, they scored two runs of their own to tie the game again at 5-5. After two quick outs, Alec Bohm delivered an RBI single to score the automatic runner, and Nick Castellanos followed with another single to drive in the tying run.

Undaunted, the Marlins pushed across the decisive run in the top of the 11th. Connor Norby began the inning as the automatic runner at second base. Hernández continued his productive night, singling to move Norby to third. Xavier Edwards then lifted a sacrifice fly to right field, deep enough to score Norby and give Miami a 6-5 lead.

Josh Simpson, who entered the game in the 10th inning, returned to the mound for the bottom of the 11th to close it out. He induced three consecutive groundouts, the final one a comebacker to the mound off the bat of Bryson Stott, to secure the victory. Simpson earned the win, improving to 4-2 on the season. Lou Trivino, who surrendered the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th, was tagged with the loss, falling to 3-2.

Beyond Hernández’s three-hit, home run performance, key contributions came from the Marlins’ bullpen. After Cabrera’s exit, a committee of relievers kept the game within reach. Tyler Phillips struck out all three batters he faced in a dominant fifth inning. George Soriano, Cade Gibson, Bellozo, and Simpson combined for seven innings of relief, allowing just two runs (one earned) on four hits.

The victory extended Miami’s winning streak to four games and marked their seventh win in their last eight contests. For Philadelphia, the loss was their third in the last four games. The two teams will continue their three-game series on Wednesday night. The result was an upset according to Interstat’s metrics, which had given the Phillies a 65.7 percent probability to win and projected a higher-scoring affair. The combined 11 runs fell under the pregame over/under line of 7.5.