Padres Freak, Make Another Trade to Stop Marlins

As Florida continues its winning ways at Petco Park, San Diego grabs Ryan Ludwick from the Cards.

Ricky Nolasco and Kevin Correia start tonight.

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VICTORY: Dan becoms the Marlins' home-run leader as the Fish win 6-3.

Hurk is an O-man; Ohman is a Fish

Last-minute trade sends VandenHurk to Baltimore for Will Ohman. (pbpost)

International exchange: Marlins lose player from Netherlands for one born in the former West Germany.

MORE: In other Newly Former Fish news, Jeremy Hermida gets DFA by Boston. (miamiherald)

San Diego Again?

The Marlins start their third series this year against the Padres, this time in Petco - and again the Fish have to deal with another surging team. Volstad and Le Blanc start. New Padre Miguel Tejada will bat fourth.

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COOL: The Marlins beat the improved Padres 4-2.

Bye Bye Jorge

The rumors pan out as the Marlins send Cantu (and CASH!?!) to the Rangers for AA pitcher Evan Reed and mending AA pitcher Omar Poveda.

Afternoon Giantism

Fish need a win today to tie the series. Anibal against Bumgarner on the mound. The supercomputer likes the Giants.

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YAHOO-BOO-HOO: Anibal does a complete game one-hitter to beat the Giants 5-0, and Jorge scores his last 2 runs (and committs his last error) for the Fish.

Late For Early Game (Sorry)

And Sanabia's already given up 4 runs in the First (more sorry).

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SORRIEST: Fish come back from 7 runs back and tie it in the ninth, but lose it in the 10th, final score 10-9.

Tumultuous Tuesday

The Fish finally release Nate Robertson (and DFA'd Kris Harvey); Coghlan goes on the DL, and Logan arrives; and Jorge gets benched tonight.

Josh wants his first win over the Giants. But Matt Cain ain't no slouch, either.

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OUCH: Fish lose 6-4.

West Coast Winning

The hot Marlins face the maybe-hotter Giants in cool San Francisco, but without a sore Coghlan. Nolasco and Zito start.

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COOL-START: Another nailbiter, but the Fish win 4-3.

Andre's IN

Dawson's a Hall-of-Famer today. (FishStripes)

It's the Season, Stupid

Marlins go for the much-ballyhooed win of the series today. Wes and Brad start, and the good bullpen guys are rested. Volstad returns to counter Jair Jurrjens.

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WES: Helms hits home the 4th walk-off winner this week, as the Fish go 7-3 in the homestand, winning in the 11th.

Diddy With the Fish

Opening act for the DiddyDirtyMoney show tonight will be a ball game between the Marlins and Braves. Anibal and Kris Medlen will start, and the AccuScore super-predicting computer is scratching its electronic head over this one.

Here, though, is a scary trend: "Atlanta is 21-10 in the second game of a series this year. The Braves are 10-3 in that situation when coming off a loss. Florida is 13-18 in the second game of a series, 5-9 after a win."

Dan will be trying to become Mr. Number Two on the Marlins All-Time home run list.

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BEHIND_THE_8-BALL: Bullpen, Cantu collapse in 8th; Fish lose 10-5.

Cracked Stat Rpt.: Speed It Up!

Last night's game officially lasted 3 hours 40 minutes, and the Marlins beat the Braves. So far this year that has been a bit unusual for both Florida and Atlanta.

The 2010 Fish have up to now done their best in games of shorter duration. They have a 21-10 record in games lasting less than 2 hours 45 minutes. Between 2:45 and 2:59 they have a 14-19 record. And from 3 hours up their record is 13-19 (including extra inning games, where they are 1-5).

This year's Braves, on the other hand, are now 10-14 in games under 2:45, 22-12 in games from 2:45 to 2:59, and 24-14 in games 3 hours and over (including a 4-4 record in extra inning games).

As in many things, though, extremes are rarely good - the Marlins have lost the three shortest games they've played in this year, while the Braves have lost 4 of their 5 longest games of the year (which included last night's).

Make or Break?

This guy says, "Crucial is not too strong of a word to describe" this upcoming Braves series for the Fish. Alex Gonzalez retuns, and Alex Sanabia and Derek Lowe start.

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DONNIE-BEATS-BONNIE: The Fish fight off the latent effects of Trop. Storm Bonnie, and Murphy puts out that luck o' the Irish to win the game for the 2nd time this week.

Day Care Game Today

The Rockies series ends with a 12:10 ET start time today. Probably lots of kids in the stands. Josh Johnson and Jorge De La Rosa start.

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SERIES-SUCCESS: Bizzaro Bonifacio triples in the ninth and Ronny singles him home for a walk-off win 3-2.

Bye Bye Nate, Hello Brad

Robertson has been DFA, and Brad Davis was flown in to cover for Brett. (miamiherald)

More With the Rocks

Jason Hammel, "the Rockies' best pitcher over the last two months", starts tonight against Ricky, who's going for No. 50.

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POW: Gaby rockets a 3-run homer as the Fish win 5-2.

Game 2 With Colorado

The Rockies are complaining about the stadium's "rugged and uneven" outfield (well, let 'em wait until football starts).

Jeff Francis and Nate Robertson are scheduled to start tonight.

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YUCK!: Fish lose 10-0.

Rockies Arrive

It's Ubaldo vs. Anibaldo for Game 1.

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ARRIVEDERCHI: Donnie Murphy wallops a pinch-hit 2-run homer with 2 outs in the 9th to win for the Fish 9-8.

Series-Deciding Game

Cogz will be out for a while so Emilio will lead off today. The Marlins DFA Mike Lamb again and bring up Bryan Petersen again.

Alejando Sanabia and Craig Stammen start. Maybe there's still some honey near the visitors' bullpen.

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HOORAY: Fish win their first 1-0 game at home in nearly four years.

To The Rescue

The Marlins have lost their last 3 Super Saturday games. The Nats have lost their last 5 Saturday away games, including one here in Miami Gardens on May 1.

Josh and Ronny are tonight's Marlins' battery - old Fish Livan and Pudge will play catch for the Nats. El Torito will perform afterwards.

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GOOD: Marlins win 2-0.