Doug Waechter earned the victory as he pitched a scoreless seventh inning. Marlins starting pitcher, Chris Volstad pitched six innings and gave up six hits and three runs to get the no decision. It’s too bad that Voldstad got a no decision as I thought he piched well enough to get the victory had he got a little but more run support.
For the offense, Hanley Ramirez got things started in the third inning when he hit a solo home run to put the Marlins up 1-0. The fish would score two more runs in the fourth inning that tied the game at 3-3 when Jeremy Hermida hit a two run single. In the seventh win the Marlins took the lead, Cory Ross had a rbi single and Ramirez scored on a wild pitch.
Goodjob by the Marlins, they need to go on a nice winning streak because they are on the outside looking in right now for any post season hopes.
]]>Chris Volstad took the loss for the Marlins as he tossed six inning and gave up six hits and three runs. Mark Hendrickson allowed one run in the ninth inning on a rbi double that extended the Braves lead to 4-0. The run that Hendrickson gave up was a huge run as it meant the Marlins would have to score four runs just to tie the game in the 9th inning.
All the Marlins fans out there better hope that the bats come around and knock in some runs on Tuesday night or else they will be down 0-2 in the series.
]]>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.
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