Ugly Red Hats Contribute to Fish Fall to Second Place (Or it could have been how badly they played. It's a toss-up.)
Well it was fun being in first place for 24 hours. Or maybe first place wasn't fun, and that's the reason the Marlins decided to try their absolute hardest to get out of it as they opened their series against the Pirates Friday night at Land Shark Stadium. Mission accomplished, boys.Here's the game in a nutshell:
The pitching sucked.
The defense sucked.
The offense sucked.
The red hats sucked.
But the two rain delays were just downright pleasant, so...
Oh, you wanted a more extensive recap? Well we'd really rather not dwell on any of it, but OK.
The biggest news of the night was Han-RISP's RBI streak ending at ten games. The demise of the streak was pretty understandable, considering that there usually need to be runners on base in order to, you know, bat them in. Then again, Hanley went 0-4 on the night, so we won't blame it all on the lack of offense in front of him.
Chris Volstad continued his tradition of giving up the long ball excessively, surrendering two home runs--four runs total- in his three innings of work, before the second rain delay of the game shortened his outing. Tim Wood pitched three scoreless innings in relief, which would have been exciting had Chris Leroux not followed him with a three-run inning that ultimately put the game out of reach for the Fish.
As previously mentioned (see above), the defense sucked.
Offensively, there just wasn't much going on, thanks mostly to Charlie Morton, who held the Marlins to one hit through six innings. Johnny Bakes did his best to get something going for the Fish, knocking in the first run of the game when he doubled in the seventh, and adding a two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth. Ross Gload also drove in a run on a pinch-hit single in the seventh, but thanks to the pitching and defense, four runs weren't enough as the Marlins lost to the Buccos for the fourth time this season.
Good post, wow you are like a blogging god! You know what would make my day? If you would comment on my blog, Birdland blog. You can key word search Orioles. Thank you! I love your blog. You are an amazing writer. I was actually born in Florida. :) Good luck and happy blogging,
----Oriolesfan----
Report any abuse or spam
Thanks so much! and that is awesome. I love the O's! They are just so great. Even though they aren't the best team in the world :) thanks again please comment anytime you want. I know I will be watching your blog.
Oriolesfan
Report any abuse or spam