MIAMI, FL—The Miami Marlins snapped their five-game losing streak on Sunday afternoon as they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies by a final score of 5-4. Otto Lopez‘s first career multi-homer game accounted for most of the offensive production and six Miami pitchers combined for a solid bullpen game.

Lopez was coming off a rough month of August, slashing .219/.278/.286/.564. Going back even further, he had hit only one home run in his previous 44 games. He is already off to a nice start to the final month of the season.

In the bottom of the first inning, Jakob Marsee and Agustín Ramírez both knocked in base hits, setting up Lopez to hit his 13th home run of the season, giving the Marlins an early 3-0 lead. This was tied for Lopez’s second-longest homer of 2025, trailing only his 429-footer against the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 27.

Taijuan Walker settled in after those early struggles, so the Marlins would need some insurance to fend off a Phillies comeback.

In the bottom of the seventh, Lopez took reliever José Alvarado deep. That extended the lead to 5-3.

“One of those days when you do a bullpen game, it’s gonna take a lot of contributions,” said Marlins manager Clayton McCullough following the game. “I think getting some runs early offensively, then Otto’s second home run—that was a really big run there late in the game.”

 

fcihv0_1.mp4

 

The Marlins have had 12 total multi-homer games by individual players this season. Per the Marlins, the only years in club history with more were 2008 and 2017.

Maximo Acosta, who was recalled from Triple-A Jacksonville prior to the beginning of the series, recorded the other RBI for the Marlins on Sunday when he drove in Heriberto Hernández with a first-inning single. Acosta had a hit in all three games this series. The rookie is now slashing .206/.270/.500/.770 with three home runs and four RBI through 12 career games.

“It was what we saw towards the tail end before he was sent down for a little while,” said McCullough. “As he got some at-bats under his belt, he was able to get in and have really good at-bats, lay off some pitches and he’s shown surprising power. He has shown the ability to impact the ball for extra-base hits, so good-looking young player.”

Tyler Phillips, a former Phillies pitcher, made his first start of the season for the Marlins, giving them 2 ⅔ innings pitched, allowing one run on one hit, one walk and striking out three. In the top of the second inning, South Florida native Nick Castellanos hit an RBI triple against him that was out of the reach of a diving Jakob Marsee.

Following Phillips, the Marlins deployed lefty Cade Gibson, who went 2 ⅓ shutout innings, allowing only two hits and striking out one.

In the top of the sixth, Calvin Faucher surrendered a home run to loanDepot killer Trea Turner, his 15th of the season. Brandon Marsh then drove in Kyle Schwarber on an RBI single, making it a 4-3 Marlins lead.

Working on seven days’ rest, Ronny Henriquez contributed 1 ⅓ scoreless frames. He has not given up an earned run since July 27. Lake Bachar picked up his third save.

With the win, the Marlins are 66-77 on the season and will begin a four-game set against the Washington Nationals on Monday. Janson Junk will be activated off the IL and make his first start since August 23. First pitch is at 6:40 pm.