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Things haven't been particularly good around the Miami Marlins so far this season.
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Things haven't been particularly good around the Miami Marlins so far this season.
The Miami Marlins may be getting out of their funk, having played .500 baseball over their last eight games.
The Marlins had very few answers for Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon, whether it was pitching or batting, who walked away as the NL's leader in wins after New Year beat Miami 4-3 on Sunday.
It's been over a month since the Miami Marlins last swept a series. You have to go back to last July to find the last time they swept a team on the road.
Giancarlo Stanton hit one laser of a line drive barely high enough to clear the fence, and later a colossal clout that soared deep into the second deck at Citi Field.
Amid a rough stretch of almost three weeks, the Miami Marlins will take anything positive to build on.
Rookie Justin Bour hit a three-run homer to back Dan Haren, and the Miami Marlins extended Matt Harvey's winless streak to five starts by beating the New York Mets 4-3 on Friday night.
Matt Harvey had been his dominant self since returning this season from Tommy John surgery, though he finally looked vulnerable his last time out.
It seems that with the Miami Marlins no matter what may change from one game to another, the end results are staying the same.
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Miami Marlins are two teams going in very opposite directions right now.
Jeff Locke worked into the sixth inning in his first win in more than a month, and the Pittsburgh Pirates dropped the reeling Miami Marlins 5-1 on Tuesday night.
One of the biggest reasons for the Miami Marlins' recent struggles is their starting pitching.
Giancarlo Stanton hit his 13th homer, drove in the Marlins only two and made a highlight-reel catch against the wall in right field. Yet, none of that made a difference as Miami lost 4-2 to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Memorial Day Monday.
The Miami Marlins finally got their new manager a couple of wins over the weekend but they'll face a tough challenge on Monday night.
Two innings in a row, new Miami Marlins manager Dan Jennings went to the mound to switch pitchers. Each time, the new reliever escaped a jam to help close out a 5-2 victory Sunday against Baltimore.
As anyone in the Miami Marlins organization will tell you, Saturday night's win was a long time coming.
Martin Prado hit a two-out, bases-loaded single in the 13th inning, and the Miami Marlins won for the first time in Dan Jennings' six games as manager, beating Baltimore 1-0 on Saturday night.
With starting pitchers Mat Latos and Henderson Alvarez landing on the 15-day disabled list, the Miami Marlins recalled right-hander Andre Rienzo and selected the contract of right-hander Vin Mazzaro from Triple-A New Orleans.
