Marlins Take Rays, 5-3
Javier Vazquez pitched seven shutout innings in his best start of the season Saturday, and the Florida Marlins defeated cross-state rival Tampa Bay for the second day in a row, 5-3.
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Javier Vazquez pitched seven shutout innings in his best start of the season Saturday, and the Florida Marlins defeated cross-state rival Tampa Bay for the second day in a row, 5-3.
Once Josh Johnson fessed up that his throwing shoulder hurt, he felt better. Now the Florida Marlins ace hopes a stint on the disabled list will allow him to quickly heal. Inflammation in Johnson's right shoulder sent him to the DL on Saturday.
The Florida Marlins had already rallied to take the lead when Logan Morrison saw a chance to squeeze out another run. He scored on a sacrifice pop fly to the first baseman. The alert play capped a big night for Morrison, and the Marlins did a lot of little things right to beat AL East-leader Tampa Bay 5-3 on Friday.
Casey Coleman had a career-high seven strikeouts in 5 2-3 shutout innings Thursday, and the Chicago Cubs completed a two-game series sweep by beating the Florida Marlins 5-1.
Marlon Byrd hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs broke a three-game losing streak by beating the Florida Marlins 7-5 on Wednesday night.
Jason Marquis pitched into the seventh inning to win his fifth game, drove in two runs and led the Washington Nationals over the Florida Marlins 8-4 on Sunday.
Livan Hernandez rebounded from his worst start of the season with seven strong innings. It was marred by one loud mistake -- the way Florida starter Anibal Sanchez has dominated Washington both this season and throughout his career, that was simply way too many.
Omar Infante used a clever slide to score on Greg Dobbs' double in the 11th inning, lifting the Florida Marlins to a 6-5 win over the Washington Nationals on Friday night.
The Marlins are off Thursday, but the team is expected to make some roster moves before heading to Washington to play the Nationals.
The Florida Marlins squeaked out a victory on Tuesday night thanks to a Phillies error. Wednesday night, it was an errant pitch from Marlins closer Leo Nunez that helped give the Phillies the game and the series.
In a matchup of aces, Roy Halladay's walk to Josh Johnson proved pivotal.
The Florida Marlins will look to bounce back from a series-opening loss to the NL East leading Philadelphia Phillies Tuesday night by sending ace Josh Johnson out to try and shut down the Phillies bats.
The Philadelphia Phillies came to Sun Life Stadium Monday night looking to push their lead over the Marlins to three games in the NL East. The Marlins were happy to oblige by throwing starting pitcher Javier Vazquez at the Phillies.
Thanks to Anibal Sanchez, who took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and struck out a career-high 11 on Sunday, the Florida Marlins salvageD the final game of their series against Washington, 8-0.
