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At last, the Marlins brought their colorful home run sculpture to life. They did it twice on Sunday, creating a big splash at Marlins Park.

But the decisive moment of an 11-inning marathon was decided the old fashion way.

Hanley Ramirez, who blasted a two-run homer to tie it in the eighth, delivered a walk-off single in the 11th inning to vault the Marlins to a 5-4 win over the Astros.

Ramirez enjoyed a four-hit game and provided the Marlins with their second walk-off victory in the series. According to Elias, the Marlins are the first team to have its first two wins in its new ballpark be in walk-off fashion since the 1995 Rockies.

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