TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — The Miami Marlins erupted for eight runs in the 10th inning Saturday afternoon and beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-5 at George Steinbrenner Field before 19,673.

The game was scoreless until the bottom of the third when Chandler Simpson’s single scored Taylor Walls to give Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead. Both starting pitchers dominated: Sandy Alcantara struck out six over six innings of seven-hit ball for Miami, and Nick Martinez matched him with five hits and four strikeouts in six shutout frames.

Miami tied it in the ninth on Javier Sanoja’s RBI double, but the Rays answered with a run in the bottom half to take a 2-1 lead. The Marlins then broke the game open in the 10th, sending 12 batters to the plate. Liam Hicks highlighted the surge with a two-run single, and Sanoja added a three-run double. Heriberto Hernández homered earlier.

The Rays scored three in the bottom of the 10th, but Pete Fairbanks closed it out for the win. He is 1-2. Hunter Bigge took the loss, falling to 1-1.

Miami improved to 21-25; Tampa Bay dropped to 29-15. The game lasted 3:08.