In six seasons with the Miami Marlins, Derek Dietrich played in 608 games. Of those, 488 were starts.
His only walk-off hit with Miami came as a pinch hitter and it came on this day five years ago. Dietrich’s two-out triple in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Marlins to a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
With the contest tied 4-4 in the bottom of the ninth at Marlins Park on July 31, 2016, Adeiny Hechavarría represented the winning run after singling off St. Louis reliever Matt Bowman with two outs.