{"id":651849,"date":"2026-03-30T04:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/651849\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T04:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:42:16","slug":"owen-caissies-walk-off-blast-downs-rockies-in-marlins-best-start-since-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/651849\/","title":{"rendered":"Owen Caissie&#8217;s walk-off blast downs Rockies in Marlins&#8217; best start since &#8217;09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/28616685.jpg\"  alt=\"MLB: Colorado Rockies at Miami Marlins\" class=\"w-full\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/>Mar 29, 2026; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Marlins right fielder Owen Caissie (17) celebrates with teammates after hitting a two-run walk-off home run against the Colorado Rockies during the ninth inning at loanDepot Park. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images   <\/p>\n<p>Rookie Owen Caissie slugged a two-out, two-run, walk-off homer in the ninth inning, leading the host Miami Marlins to a 4-3 win over Colorado on Sunday afternoon for a sweep of the Rockies.<\/p>\n<p>Miami is 3-0 for the first time since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Vodnik gave up the homer on a 94-mph changeup right down the middle.<\/p>\n<p>It was the only time Miami led as Colorado had been in front since Jordan Beck&#8217;s three-run double in the first.<\/p>\n<p>Deyvison De Los Santos provided another highlight for the Marlins in his major league debut. In his first plate appearance, De Los Santos slugged a 389-foot double off the glove of Brenton Doyle in center.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado relievers Jimmy Herget, Antonio Senzatela and Vodnik had combined to pitch 4 1\/3 scoreless innings until the game&#8217;s final pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Rockies starter Jose Quintana lasted just 4 1\/3 innings, allowing four hits, four walks and two runs with two strikeouts. Out of 78 pitches, only 42 were strikes.<\/p>\n<p>    <\/p>\n<p>Marlins starter Max Meyer went five innings, allowing five hits, two walks and three runs, striking out five. Out of his 81 pitches, 57 were strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado, with a single and a pair of walks, loaded the bases with two outs in the first. Beck then tomahawked a high sinker down the third base line for a three-run double.<\/p>\n<p>Miami cut its deficit to 3-1 in the bottom of the first as Jakob Marsee walked and scored from first on a two-out, opposite-field double by Otto Lopez that one-hopped the wall in right.<\/p>\n<p>The Marlins made it 3-2 in the second as Xavier Edwards singled, stole second, advanced to third on De Los Santos&#8217; double and scored on Austin Slater&#8217;s sacrifice fly. Edwards only advanced one base on the double because it appeared that the ball would be caught.<\/p>\n<p>Miami loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth, but Vodnik struck out Heriberto Hernandez on a 99.7 mph fastball that induced a check swing.<\/p>\n<p>In the ninth, Edwards singled but was doubled up on a 106-mph liner by Liam Hicks to first baseman Troy Johnston, a former Marlin. Javier Sanoja followed with a double that might have been misplayed by left fielder Jake McCarthy, then Caissie followed with his second career homer on a 1-0 pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mar 29, 2026; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Marlins right fielder Owen Caissie (17) celebrates with teammates after hitting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":651850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2405],"tags":[5,167,52,4316,4,168],"class_list":{"0":"post-651849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-rockies","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-colorado","10":"tag-colorado-rockies","11":"tag-coloradorockies","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-rockies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116316298613731036","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}