10-year Marliniversary: Stanton's 11th-inning blast lifts Marlins past Padres

[Mike Ferguson]

Giancarlo Stanton's bomb in extras was the difference on this day 10 years ago.

For the early parts of May, dramatic victories was a theme for the 2014 Miami Marlins. The club opened the month by winning seven of their first eight games, which included three walk-off wins.

On this day 10 years ago, the Marlins got the job done in extras. Giancarlo Stanton's blast in the 11th inning was the difference as Miami outlasted the San Diego Padres, 3-1.

The Marlins had just four hits through 10 innings as they came to bat in the top of the 11th at Petco Park on May 8, 2014. San Diego's Dale Thayer appeared to be on the verge of working a 1-2-3 inning, but an error second baseman Jedd Gyorko on a groundball from Derek Dietrich kept the inning alive.

It would prove costly.

Despite being behind in the count 0-2, Stanton was able to rocket Thayer's delivery the other way and over the right-field wall for the two-run go-ahead homer. Steve Cishek worked a 1-2-3 bottom half of the inning to secure the save.

The Padres' lone run came in the second inning on Ian Kennedy's solo home run off Miami starter Jacob Turner. Miami drew even in the sixth on an RBI single from Dietrich that scored Christian Yelich.

In a contest that featured little offense, San Diego outhit the Marlins 7-5. Everth Cabrera had two hits for the Padres. AJ Ramos worked two scoreless innings out of the bullpen to pick up the win for Miami.

Still the club's all-time leader in home runs, Stanton had plenty of timely blasts during his tenure with Miami. His 11th-inning bomb in San Diego was the difference on this day a decade ago.

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