But it also led to many games like Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Phillies in Game 1 of a National League wild card series when Miami's bats went stagnant for too long and they couldn't put together their rally together until there were too few outs with which to work.
In regular season, the Marlins managed to score just 414 runs in the first through sixth innings, the second-lowest total in MLB. In the seventh inning or later, they scored 252 runs, good for 11th best in MLB. In the eighth inning specifically, Miami scored 95 runs - the eighth-most in baseball.
The Marlins also went 27-50 this season when the opponent scored first. On Tuesday, the Marlins fell behind 3-0 as the Phillies grinded out lengthy at-bats against Marlins starter Jesus Luzardo, finally breaking through against him for a run in the third inning and two more in the fourth.
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