Marlins clinch playoff spot after full MLB season for first time in 20 years

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The Miami Marlins clinched a playoff spot in a full 162-game season for the first time since 2003 on Saturday night with a 7-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit his 19th home run of the season and Josh Bell had a two-run double as the team clinched a playoff spot. The Marlins made the postseason in 2020 but the playoffs were expanded due to the shortened season over the coronavirus pandemic.

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Miami Marlins players during a locker room celebration after the Marlins clinched a playoff berth with a 7-3 win over the Pirates in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

"I feel like we’re just the biggest family in the league," Chisholm said after the game. "I feel like nobody is as connected as us as a team. I feel like when someone gets going, everybody gets going. That’s the plan here and we’re just family and we’re coming in together."

In a full season, the Marlins have made the playoffs twice before and won the World Series each time. Miami defeated the Cleveland Indians in 1997 and the New York Yankees in 2003. In the shortened season, Miami was swept in the National League Division Series.

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Miami Marlins' Josh Bell hits a sacrifice fly off Pirates relief pitcher Dauri Moreta, driving in a run, in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

"We’ve been living for six years with ‘Let’s Go Mets’ in our stadium all the time," Marlins team owner Bruce Sherman said. "Mets didn’t finish. Yankees didn’t finish. San Diego didn’t finish. Payrolls three