Fish Wrap - Marlins 7, Mets 6

by GameFish on Jun 29, 2010 10:32 PM EDT in News and Rumors

Game two of the Marlins-Mets series in Puerto Rico kicked off with the announcement that interim manager Edwin Rodriguez would be dropping the "interim" from his title, and would remain the manager of the Fish through the end of the 2010 season.

Well, the news apparently didn't sink in for the first few innings of the game. Or maybe the Marlins were as baffled by the news as the rest of the world, because Nate Robertson gave up three runs to the Mets in the first two innings, and the Fish lineup struggled against Hisanori Takahashi.

It was actually Nate Robertson who nabbed the Marlins' first hit of the game, a two-out single in the bottom of the third, which seemed to inspire the Marlins. They proceeded to load up the bases for Hanley Ramirez, and Hanley was gracious enough to unload them with a grand slam that put the Fish on top. (Spare us any comments on the timing of Hanley's power surge--Fredi was not behind his lack of power).

Things unraveled further for Takahashi when Jorge Cantu doubled, and Dan Uggla followed with a two-run shot to give the Marlins a 6-3 lead.

Takahashi would last 5 2/3 for the Mets, and would not allow another run to the Fish. Nate Robertson held the Mets to their three runs as well, but was lifted with in the top of the seventh after Mike Stanton screwed up a routine fly out to put a runner on second with nobody out.

After an odd double switch from manager Edwin Rodriguez, Tim Wood came in and allowed his inherited runner to score, proving further that it doesn't really matter who is managing the Marlins bullpen, our relievers are still going to struggle.

Jose Veras managed to hold the Marlins lead for 1 1/3 innings, but Leo Nunez gave up two runs in the bottom of the ninth to blow the save and allow the Mets to tie up the game.

With two out in the bottom of the ninth, Jorge Cantu doubled off of Pedro Feliciano, and Dan Uggla singled up the middle to bring him home and provide a walk-off win for the Fish.

So far, San Juan has been good to the Marlins.

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Hopefully we've won some fans over

Kind of hard having a stadium 2/3 full of Mets fans when the Marlins are supposed to be the home team.

What's more frustrating than being a Marlins and Orioles fan? Eye surgery???

by Osley Sallent on Jun 30, 2010 3:20 AM EDT reply actions

Wednesday

18,000
Uggla
Pelfrey: 6+ IP, 3+ R

by Incipient_Senescence on Jun 30, 2010 5:42 AM EDT reply actions

I doub we r gona bring some fan!

I live in Puerto Rico and have never meet a Marlins fan yet. Here ppl luv beisball,but they r more yankies, mets and even white sucks(lol), some braves, card and phillies fan but no Marlins. Previously to the games and during the games i havent seen Marlins fans,ppl cheer for us but they r fans of other teams, and mets fan (which r the most) r getting into the ballpark. Went i read that we where the home team i was really piss, cause i knew this was a loss cause, but we r winning tho. Will take some pict of the crowd and see if i can get a pict of another Marlins fan.

I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(23 years and counting)

by Aleta on Jun 30, 2010 7:44 AM EDT reply actions

Wednesday picks

18,275
Hanley
Pelfrey: no QS, L

by Bumppo on Jun 30, 2010 8:18 AM EDT reply actions

Picks

18,612
Cody
Pelfrey gives up 6+ runs

I don’t understand the pessimism. Fans forget how long the season is and that we have so many divisional games. Despite not getting valentine, Freddi was not going to get it done. Sometimes teams need a change. Yes we got better every year under freddi, but does anyone truly believe we were making the playoffs this year with freddi at the helm?

by GMFB on Jun 30, 2010 9:40 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Does anyone truly believe that we were making the playoffs with ANY manager,

given the club he has to work with? The point is not that Fredi was the guy. The point is that any guy, given the exact same team, is not going to be the missing link to the playoffs. Do you think that Rodriguez will “get it done” with the Marlins not addressing the team’s actual problems? Come on.

by GameFish on Jun 30, 2010 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions

I think we stand a SLIM chance

if this team (not if Edwin can get this team) on a little streak here and closes the gap to 3 or 4 games by the trade deadline. Loria will feel the need to make a trade then to justify his firing of Fredi and ridiculous expectations, and we might be able to make a push…

… the better question is do we want to make the playoffs in that scenario? I can just picture Loria and Samson snickering in a corner saying I told you so… disgusting.

by jrsyeagle on Jun 30, 2010 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions

Thank you thank you thank you

Exactly. Managers are only as good as their team’s talent. The talent determines 99% of the team’s playoff probability, barring some incompetent move like starting Emilio Bonifacio for months (oops).

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by SFiercex4 on Jun 30, 2010 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions

Cmon

Stop being so pessimistic. We’re 6 games out of the wild card and have been playing like crap. What happens when we start playing well??

by GMFB on Jun 30, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Wed Picks

18,340
Gaby
both teams combine for 15 or more hits

and i will go out on a limb and say that this team COULD reach the playoffs if cheap-ass Loria spends some money and gets some good pitching, get a couple of good bench players, and send Boni, Lamb, and Wood to the minors

by xquiles21x on Jun 30, 2010 11:40 AM EDT reply actions

Wednesday Sweep Picks

18,156
Uggla
Pelfrey chased before or during 5th inning, gives up at least two home runs

I guess I’ll be the huge optimist in the room. The Marlins have a fair chance to make the playoffs, but only in the division. The Phillies are battered and bruised throughout the roster, the Mets cannot win division games, the Braves have been hot (but are bound to have regression catch up to them), and the Nationals are…still the Nationals. The teams biggest issues are RISP situations and the tenuous bullpen, both of which can be (hopefully) solved in the second half of the year.

Think of it another way: we’ve lost to the Padres five times this year, and were swept by the Rangers and Giants. That accounts for 11 losses. We only see the Padres and Giants again this year, for a total of 7 more games. Meanwhile, we have the best record against our division in our division (16-13), and a 9-7 mark against the NL Central. This team just doesn’t fare well against the Western teams in either the AL or NL, it seems.

Chris Coghlan is NLRoY 2009 (that's a +1 for me!)

by ocelotfox on Jun 30, 2010 12:45 PM EDT reply actions