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Miami Marlins prove they will remain a tough out all year long in win over Dodgers

Miami had another late lead Tuesday night in Los Angeles and this time came through to put themselves in position to steal a series victory Wednesday afternoon.
BySean Millerick|
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Apr 28, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Miami Marlins pitcher Janson Junk (26) throws a pitch against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
Apr 28, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Miami Marlins pitcher Janson Junk (26) throws a pitch against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images

Two games against the world champions, two hard-fought efforts from the Miami Marlins.

Fortunately, Tuesday night brought a better result, holding on for a 2-1 victory.

And with that performance comes a sterling example of why Marlins fans should still hold out hope for there being good things to come this season. Despite both a brutal loss and brutal injury on Monday, the team still came out ready to trade blows with the toughest opponent they'll face this year.

This is a team that is going to see plenty of pitches. The patience they displayed last year, as well as the tendency to fight to the very end, has carried over so far in 2026. Coming into Tuesday, they were top ten in both batting average and on-base percentage. They were bottom five in strikeouts. The competition doesn't get much tougher than Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani, yet both were pushed to pretty high pitch counts early in this series. In fact, in Ohtani's case, it was the most he'd thrown this season.

Janson Junk turned in a quality start, tossing six shutout innings in his continued bid to prove he should remain in the starting rotation. Tyler Phillips picked up his first save of the season, acing his first audition to serve as the team's closer while Pete Fairbanks is out. While it was another one-run game, it actually felt like Miami could have won by a much wider margin. Connor Norby just missed two home runs. Miami outhit the Dodgers, and had traffic on the bases throughout. The Marlins had one error, which felt generous, and saw the winning run come to the plate on account of a wet patch of grass.

Mostly though, they just never blinked. This matchup was viewed as a likely bloodbath even before the deflating loss to the Giants in the previous series, and was penciled in as a massacre by nearly everyone heading into it. Myself included. Yet here the Marlins are, in position to steal a series victory against the two-time champs Wednesday afternoon behind staff ace Sandy Alcantara.

As long as this tenacity continues, you simply can't count the Marlins out of any game.

If nothing else, they're going to be a lot of fun to watch.

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