Well Marlins faithful, it appears I was right again.  Ryan Tucker pitched five innings and gave up only one earned run during the Marlins’ 9-2 victory over Dusty Baker’s Fish-Eating Reds.  That’s two in a row against a team that beat us in the opponents’ first four games!  Tucker is our D-Train of ‘03, our Livan of ‘97.  “I love you Miami!”

Tucker was tearing up the Southern League with fellow 2005 draftee Chris Volstad.  Lucky for him, Volstad recently endured a minor injury, making the choice for this year’s messiah a no brainer.  Although Tucker did walk 5 batters and seemed a bit nervous, he was without question the giver breath to the Marlins’ offense, who smashed nine runs and played error-less baseball for nine innings.

Am I anointing Tucker too soon?  Perhaps.  But we really need him don’t we?  Burke Badenhop seems to be better suited for long relief — a mop-up reliever, albeit a quality mopper.  The season will tell if Tucker is the real deal or not, but for now, let’s believe in this Mother Tucker.

The Florida Marlins battled back with three runs in the eighth inning but they needed atleast one more to extend the game as they went onto lose to the Cincinnati Reds 8-7.  I’ll give the team credit for coming back, they just needed one more big hit to take the lead, they just didn’t get it done tonight.

Hanley Ramirez, Jeremy Hermida, and Dan Uggla all hit home runs in the game.  All three of the home runs were solo shots however.  Besides those three rbi’s for the Marlins, Luis Gonzalez and Mike Rabelo also had one rbi each in the game.

Taylor Tankersley took the loss which dropped his record to 0-1 on the season.  Tankersley was pitching in relief of starting pitcher Burke Badenhop who threw six innings.  Badenhop left the game after giving up six hits and four runs.  Three of the four runs were earned.

With the loss, the Marlins dropped to to 23-15 on the season.  Marlins Blog

The Florida Marlins completed a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers with a 6-2 victory on Wednesday night.  The Marlins jumped all over Brewers starting pitcher Dave Bush to score six runs in the first six innings of the game.

Jorge Cantu and Dan Uggla both hit home runs for the Marlins in the sixth inning.  Mike Jacobs and Cantu both led the Marlins with two RBI in the game.  Jeremy Hermida and Uggla both had one RBI.

Burke Badenhop  tossed 5 2/3 innings to pick up his first win of the season.  Badenhop is now 1-2 on the season.  Doug Waechter and Renyel Pinto pitched the final 2 1/3 innings without give up a run.

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Marlins pitcher Kevin Gregg gave up two runs in the top of the ninth inning as the Marlins lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Thursday afternoon.  The game was tied 3-3 heading into the inning, but Gregg couldn’t get the job done to give the Marlins hitters a chance to win it in the bottom of the inning.

Burke Badenhop started the game for the Marlins and pitched six innings.  Badenhop gave up five hits and three runs but pitched well enough to keep the Marlins in the game.  It’s too bad there wasn’t more offensive production so Badenhop could have picked up the win.

Cody Ross hit is first home run of the season in the game as he went deep in the fifth inning to score two runs.  Hanley Ramirez also had a RBI double in the third inning.

The Marlins are now 15-13 on the season as they try to stay close to the top of the divisonal standings.

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The Florida Marlins struggled at the plate against the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night as they lost 7-3.  The Marlins were only able to scrap together six hits.  They probably wouldn’t even have scored a run if Josh Willingham didn’t go 3-4 with four RBI.

Besides Willinghams three hits, only three other Marlins players had a hit.  Talk about a terrible performance at the place for the Marlins.

On the mound for the Marlins, Burke Badenhop took the loss after throwing five innings.  Badenhop gave up eight hits and six runs in the game.  Logan Kensing pitched two scoreless innings before Doug Waechter gave up a run in the eighth inning.

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The Florida Marlins brought he big sticks out on Monday night and clubbed three homeruns against the Washington Nationals.  The Marlins put up 10 runs in the ballgame as Hanley Ramirez, Dan Uggla, and Robert Andino all went deep.

Andrew Miller started the game on the mound for the Marlins but only lasted 3.1 innings as he gave up eight hits and six earned runs.  Miller is going to have to show a better performance than that if he wants to make sure he keeps his spot in the rotation all year long.

Renyel Pinto picked up the win as he pitched 2.2 innings in relief.  Kevin Gregg picked up his first save of the season.  The Marlins bullpen really bailed them out today and it might be something they have to do a lot this season.

After the game, the Marlins activated OF Jeremy Hermida off the DL and optioned OF Brett Carroll to the minors. Before, they purchased the contract of RHP Burke Badenhop from Double-A Carolina.