Marlins Facing Questions After Dismal Start To Season
The Miami Marlins have a very big week ahead of them.
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The Miami Marlins have a very big week ahead of them.
The Mets beat the Marlins 7-6 on Sunday, giving them the four-game series sweep and their eighth straight victory.
After winning two straight in Atlanta, the Miami Marlins headed to New York hoping that their early season troubles were behind them.
Jacob deGrom pitched seven shutout innings, and the New York Mets got home runs from Travis d'Arnaud and Wilmer Flores to beat the slumping Miami Marlins 5-4 Saturday night for their seventh consecutive victory.
No David Wright, no problem for the New York Mets.
Bartolo Colon hit a tying sacrifice fly for his second RBI in two starts, later pounced off the mound to make a key play, and pitched the New York Mets past the Miami Marlins 4-1 Friday night for their sixth straight win.
The New York Mets haven't been in first place this late in five years.
Lucas Duda got three more hits and the New York Mets overcame Giancarlo Stanton's blast and Ichiro Suzuki's ballet to beat the Miami Marlins 7-5 Thursday night for their fifth straight win.
Dontrelle Willis was one of the most popular Florida Marlins players during his time with the team.
The Miami Marlins may be coming out of their early season funk but to continue that they'll have to beat one of the hottest teams in baseball.
The Miami Marlins are starting to resemble the team that many thought they would be in 2015.
Not many people had heard of Capps before Monday night when he made his season debut for the Marlins in Atlanta.
Tuesday night's performance by the Miami Marlins was a long time coming.
Giancarlo Stanton broke out of a slump with three hits and four RBIs, Dee Gordon and Ichiro Suzuki each scored two runs and the Miami Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 8-2 on Tuesday night.
It's been a bit of a backwards start for the teams facing off at Turner Field this week.
Instead of waiting for home runs, the Braves are finding different ways to manufacture runs - and win games.
Just as the Miami Marlins had a rough opening week, so did their current staff ace.
It's been a tough opening week for the Miami Marlins.
For the most part it was a forgettable first six games for the Miami Marlins.
Miami Marlins center fielder Marcell Ozuna was benched Sunday as punishment for being late to batting practice, and he apologized.
Nathan Karns allowed two hits in seven innings for his second career victory and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the reeling Miami Marlins 8-5 Sunday.
