The Florida Marlins had a nice 4-1 victory on Wednesday night over the Atlanta Braves as they held the Braves to only three hits on the night. It was a very good pitching performance by Josh Johnson as he pitched eight innings and then turned things over to who pitched the ninth inning to record the save.

The offense got a single run in the third inning on a Wes Helms rbi and then two more rbi’s in the fifth inning on a Hanley Ramirez single. In the ninth inning, Dan Uggla added a solo home run off Blaine Boyer for the fourth and final run for the Marlins.

Marlins starting pitcher Josh Johnson was marvelous as he tossed a complete game and only allowed one run to score. That one run came in the fifth inning when Johnson gave up a groundball to shortstop and the Braves scored. Johnson improved to 4-0 on the season with the victory.

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The Florida Marlins rallied and scored three runs in the ninth inning to tie the game but then allowed a run in th bottom of the innings and the San Francisco Giants beat them 6-5. That is a very tough way to lose a game but I will give the offense credit for coming back in the final inning and scoring three runs to tie the game.

All five of the Marlins runs came via the home run ball. Jeremy Hermida had a two run blast in the fourth inning to put the Marlins on the scoreboard. Pitch-hitter John Baker then hammered a three run shot in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game. it was too bad the Marlins only scored from the home run ball and they weren’t able to score runs any other way.

Matt Lindstrom took the loss as he gave up a rbi sac fly to Bengie Molina in the bottom of the ninth inning. Scott Olsen had started the game for the fish and pitched six innings. Olsen gave up nine hits and four runs as he got the no decision. Joe Nelson gave up two hits and one run while Logan Kensing pitched a scoreless inning in the eighth.

The Marlns and Giants will play once again on Thursday afternoon as they play the rubber game of the three game series. The Marlins could really use a win as they are five games back in the division.

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The Florida Marlins once again lost to the visiting St. Lous Cardinals. On Thursday it was a 3-0 loss as Todd Wellemeyer shut down the Marlins offense and limited them to only four hits on the night. You can’t beat a team with only four hits in most cases, and that was the case for the Fish on Thursday night.

Scott Olsen tossed seven innings and gave up ten hits and all three runs to take the loss. Olsen struckout six batters but also gave up one two run home run. Olsen had problems with Ryan Ludwick who knocked in all three Cardinals runs. Logan Kensing threw the final two innings of the game and held the Cardinals to the three runs so he did a good job.

Luis Gonzalez, Jorge Cantu, Wes Helms, and Dan Uggla all had one hit at the plate but that was it for the entire team. Talk about struggling at the plate against a pitcher that you should be able to score atleast a couple of runs off each time out there. Hopefully the bats come around this weekend when the fish take on the red hot Chicago Cubs.

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