MIAMI -- How fitting that the Marlins’ first magical comeback of the season came while debuting throwback-inspired teal uniforms.
Owen Caissie crushed a walk-off two-run homer in Sunday afternoon’s 4-3 win over the Rockies at loanDepot park. With the victory, the Marlins opened a season 3-0 for just the third time in franchise history (1997, when they won the World Series; 4-0 in 2009).
Though the Marlins never wore an all-teal jersey in a game, doing so only during batting practice in the 1990s, both the look and color are synonymous with the franchise. In fact, the 1997 Marlins scored the tying run in Game 7 of the World Series before walking it off in the 11th.
Xavier Edwards led off the ninth with a single before Liam Hicks lined into a double play. Javier Sanoja doubled to left-center, and Caissie (MLB Pipeline’s No. 40 overall prospect), who entered as a pinch-hitter in the eighth, took righty Victor Vodnik’s changeup deep. The centerpiece of the Edward Cabrera trade return has opened his Marlins career 5-for-10 with two doubles, one homer and four RBIs.