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MIAMI -- Christian Yelich stepped to the plate 0 for 4 in the game and 0-since-the-minors when batting with a chance for a walkoff win. This time he came through. The Miami outfielder hit a two-out, bases-loaded RBI single in the ninth inning Thursday to give the Marlins a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Yelich said the walkoff hit was his first since Single-A. As a reward he was mobbed by his teammates after rounding first base. "You know youre probably going to get beat up a little bit out there, but its an awesome feeling," he said. "I got horse-collared for a second, but thats all right. Ill take it. Im glad I could win that one." The Marlins won despite squandering a 3-0 eighth-inning lead. They improved to 19-6 at home, best in majors, and have scored a game-ending run in four of their past six victories at Marlins Park. That gives them five walkoff wins this year, which is tied with the Pittsburgh Pirates for the most in the majors, according to STATS. "Nobody wants to play extra innings," manager Mike Redmond said. "We wanted to get that thing done with and go out and have a nice meal." Miamis Henderson Alvarez threw seven shutout innings, while Cole Hamels allowed three runs in seven innings. The Phillies lost two of three in the series and are 20-24 going into an 11-game homestand starting Friday. "Were so close for that sort of explosion to happen and for everything to come together," Hamels said. "Its a matter of time before it will happen, but I know personally it should happen soon." Philadelphias Marlon Byrd tied it in the eighth with a two-run homer, his sixth. Miamis Marcell Ozuna hit a two-run homer, giving him two homers and seven RBIs in the past two games, and he threw out a runner at third from centre field. Ozuna also started the ninth-inning rally. He singled with one out off Jake Diekman (2-2), then took second on a two-out single by Jeff Mathis. Pinch hitter Reid Johnson reached on an infield single that Diekman bobbled, sending Ozuna to third and bringing Yelich to the plate. "Im thinking, Dont leave me here," Ozuna said. "He did a good job." Yelich grounded a 1-1 fastball up the middle. "It was fitting to get Yellie up there at the end," Redmond said. "He has been in a couple of sits where he has had a chance to get a big hit and hasnt come up with one. I was sitting there thinking, This would be a perfect day for him to get a big hit, and sure enough he did." Marlins closer Steve Cishek (4-1) struck out two with a runner at second to end the ninth. The Phillies went 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position, with Byrds homer the lone hit. With the Phillies trailing 1-0, manager Ryne Sandberg let Hamels bat for himself in the seventh. He then gave up a single and Ozunas eighth homer on an 0-2 pitch to start the bottom of the seventh. Ozuna had been batting .113 in May before his breakout in the past two games. "When he gets hot, hes as good as anybody," Redmond said. Jimmy Rollins singled in the third to take over sole possession of second place on the Phillies hit list with 2,218. He trails on Mike Schmidt, who had 2,234. Notes: RHP David Buchanan will be recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to make his major-league debut Saturday for the Phillies against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Buchanan will start in place of LHP Cliff Lee, who is on the disabled list with a mild elbow strain. ... RHP Jonathan Pettibone, who has been on the Triple-A disabled list, received a cortisone injection and will try to pitch with a small labrum tear, the Phillies said. Hes expected to resume throwing next week. ... Marlins INF Jeff Baker left the game in the ninth inning with a bruised right shoulder following a collision at first base. His status is day to day. ... The Marlins transferred INF Rafael Furcal (groin) to the 60-day disabled list retroactive to March 21. 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Coverage on TSN is underway now while action resumes on TSN2 at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. TSN GO also offers TSN subscribers bonus online coverage, with live streams of all four venues. Jonathan Ericsson Jersey .C. -- Martin Kaymer set a U.As the bulk of fantasy football leagues enter playoffs this week, several of the games top performers have something in common besides putting up the most points.Theyre the value all-stars — players who were drafted more cheaply than the top options at their position.And theyre on more teams headed to the playoffs than any other players as Week 14 shifts largely toward a single-elimination tournament.Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck is on 15 per cent of fantasy playoff teams, according to data from CBS Sports leagues.Part of that is because hes the top scoring quarterback in fantasy with 286 points in standard scoring formats awarding 4 points per passing touchdown. But for his owners, hes even more valuable because he was the sixth quarterback drafted on average in Yahoo leagues, behind Atlantas Matt Ryan and Detroits Matthew Stafford.And Stafford is at the top of a less desirable list as the quarterback most often on fantasy teams that missed the playoffs — 9 per cent of teams out of the title hunt, according to CBS Sports.Here are some other players who proved themselves the most valuable breakout stars or biggest fantasy busts this season:___ANTONIO BROWN VS. BRANDON MARSHALLIn 12-team Yahoo leagues, it took an early second-round pick to land Marshall, the Chicago wide receiver known for getting a lot of looks from quarterback Jay Cutler. Brown was drafted about one round later, in the early third.But Brown is on 14 per cent of playoff teams while Marshall is on 10 per cent of teams that didnt make the fantasy playoffs in CBS leagues.Easy to see why: Brown has been the top wide receiver in the game with nearly double Marshalls yards while Marshall has been a middling second wide receiver, with fewer fantasy points than New Englaands Brandon LaFell and Cincinnatis Mohamed Sanu.dddddddddddd.___LEVEON BELL VS. LESEAN McCOYPittsburghs Bell is on 13 per cent of playoff fantasy teams while McCoy of the Eagles is on 9 per cent of teams not in the playoffs, CBS said.Before the season, McCoy was in the debate as the No. 1 overall draft pick as Yahoo, ESPN and CBS differed between him, Adrian Peterson and Jamaal Charles.Bell, however, was the 13th running back off the draft board in Yahoo leagues. He wont be next year.___DeMARCO MURRAY VS. FRANK GOREIts hard to overstate how valuable Murray has been in fantasy leagues this year as the top running back. The Dallas runner averaged 15.8 fantasy points per game compared with 14.5 points per game for Marshawn Lynch, the No. 2 running back. Hes on 13 per cent of playoff fantasy teams, according to CBS.Gore was much more of a value pick as a sixth-round pick in 12-team leagues, yet hes on 9 per cent of teams that missed the playoffs.___EMMANUEL SANDERS VS. CALVIN JOHNSONDetroit wideout Calvin Johnson really put fantasy players in a bind this year: You dont just quit on a player as talented as him, even though he was out several weeks with an injury. Still, at some point you need players to come through, making it unsurprising that hes on 9 per cent of fantasy teams that didnt make the playoffs in CBS leagues.Denvers Sanders is on 12 per cent of fantasy teams that made the playoffs on CBS, and tied with Philadelphias Jeremy Maclin as the fourth-best fantasy wide receiver this year.___OTHER PLAYOFF ALL-STARS: Demaryius Thomas, Matt Forte, Maclin, Arian Foster.OTHER PLAYOFF DUDS: A.J. 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