Goodbye Pittsburgh

Sanabia against Maholm tonight. "Florida has never won three in a row at PNC Park, and it¹s only won one road series against the Pirates (40-80) since 2002." But the Marlins have won the series finale of all six four-game series they have been in this year. The Pirates are 1-4 this year in the last games of four-game series.

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7-0: Marlins win 4-2.

Non-Move and Moves

Wes stays, West recovers, Alex and Andrew arrive, and Taylor leaves. (sun-sentinel)

Possibilities

Considering the late Bobby Thompson, it may be inspirational in regards to the Marlins to recall that in that season of 1951 the Giants "won 37 of their final 44 games and made up a 13 1/2-game deficit to the Dodgers in the standings".

With 44 games left in the 2010 season, and the Fish 11 1/2 games back, it's Josh Johnson and Ross Ohlendorf on the mound tonight.

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YES: Fish win 3-2.

Marlins Win 6-0!

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Watch Out for the Wounded

The Pirates may have lost twice as many games as they have won this year (39-78), and they may have "dropped seven straight overall and eight of 11 at home", but for the year they are still only 4 games under .500 in PNC Park (26-30), and the Marlins are 1-4 in their last 5 games at PNC.

James McDonald and Chris Volstad's on the mound tonight.

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OUCH: The Marlins, generous ender of other team's losing streaks, lose their 4th in a row tonight in Pittsburgh.

Beat Off the Brooms

Cincinatti's going for its first three-game home sweep of the year (their only home sweep this year was a two-gamer against Milwaukee in May).

The Marlins lost their last Sunday away game after winning the previous three. Cincinatti won their last Sunday home game after losing the previous three.

Today it's Anibal vs. Cueto's replacement Homer Bailey. Stanton's batting fifth.

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TRIPLE-UGH: Fish lose 2-0, fall "to 3-14 at Great American Ball Park since 2006" and lose "eight of their last 12 games overall". (Yahoo)

Struggling Starters

Mike Leake and Sean West both had crappy starts last time out and both are hoping to bounce-back.

Stanton's hitting .688 (.737 OBP) with "four home runs, four doubles, three walks and eight RBI" on the road trip but Edwin's not moving him up in the batting order yet. Brett Hayes starts tonight.

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DOUBLE-UGH: Fish lose 5-4.

Great American Ball Park Blues

The Marlins broke a nine-game losing streak at GABP by splitting a four-game series there last year. They have won 6 of 7 on the road, while Cincy's lost 6 of 8 (and their last 4) at their home field. The 2 teams split a 4-gamer in Miami this past April.

The hungry-for-a-win Josh Johnson starts against the recently-repaired Edinson Volquez.

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UGH: Cincinatti 7, Stanton 2.

Old Fish New Fish Part Two

The recently iffy Ricky starts, though he has been hot on the road. The very hot Livan starts for the Nats. The supercomputer again leans towards the Fish.

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SWEEP!: Stanton smacks another one as the Marlins win 5-0.

Old Fish New Fish

Now that the sounds of multicultural happiness have been restored to the clubhouse, the Fish can dance during their miracle drive to the pennant (the schedule's now a bit easier, too).

Tonight's scheduled starters - Chris Volstad and Scott Olsen.

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MIKE!: Stanton smack 'em in as the Fish win 9-5.

Capital Crunchtime

The world will be watching to see if Strasburg will still be Strasburg. But the Marlins will be watching to see if good Anibal shows up.

The Nats have lost their last two games. They have a 29-23 record in D.C. This year the Fish are 1-2 in D.C., but 4-2 against the Nats in Miami. The Marlins are 25-26 on the road. Coghlan's practically out for the year, but Gaby and Cody should be ready.

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GOOD-ANIBAL: Dan and Hanley put the crunch on Stephen, and Sanchez kept 'em down.

Past Meets Future

The Marlins have a day off today before facing Strasburg in Washington tomorrow. Tonight the Marlins' opponents from last weekend face the Marlins' opponents for this coming weekend in a battle for the NL Central lead.

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Series-Winning Sunday

Time to end the eight-year string. It's West vs. Suppan today. The supercomputer leans towards the Fish.

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STORM-WINS: Rain, no game.

54 Games to Go

It's the first time this year that the Fish have lost 5 in a row. Can they fight off their funk?. It's Josh against Jake tonight.

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YES: Danny ties it after another crash-and-burn by Leo, and Hanley knocks in Chad for the walk-off win in 10 innings.

Cardinals 7, Marlins 0

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Reinforcements

The Marlins sign Chad Tracy and bring back Brett Hayes (they send Bryan Petersen and Brad Davis to AAA).

Fighting the sweep will be Chris Volstad, while Roy Oswalt hopefully still has troubles.

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SABOTAGE: Marlins win it in the 9th, but a evil umpiring call allowed the Phillies to win in the 10th.

OH-SORRY: Juan C reminds us the game shouldn't have gone to the bottom of the 9th.

Philly 4, Florida 1 in the Middle of the 5th

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UPDATE: End of 5th, score now 4-2.

UPDATE: End of game, score 7-2.

Marlins Come Back East, Bring Back West

Sean returns for his 1st start of the year, opposing Roy Halladay. (And how was Your day?)

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UGH: Fish lose 6-1.

Off-Day Scoreboards

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St. Louis Southpaw Storage

The Cardinals sign another discarded Marlin lefty, as Nate Robertson goes to AAA Memphis to re-join Renyel.