After the April showers, Dan Uggla blossoms .

Dan Uggla has no explanation.

''There's no reason,'' he said of his hitting surge.

After going 0 for 4 on May 1, Uggla was hitting .245 with four home runs and 12 RBI. The next day, manager Fredi Gonzalez juggled the lineup, moving Uggla from the second spot and down to the middle third.

Since then, Uggla has lifted his average to ..290, belting eight home runs and driving in 16.

But was the turnaround the result of his new position in the order? Or was it that he always warms up in May? Uggla started the season with an April career average of .234 and a total of eight home runs and 27 RBI for 2006 and '07. His May numbers before this year: .332, nine homers and 34 RBI.

''Maybe I'm just a slow starter,'' Uggla said. ``Maybe it takes a little bit of time out of spring training before it actually starts clicking for me.

``Who knows? I'm definitely not complaining.''

Neither are we.

Just taking a quick look at the numbers, his best month is May but June isn't far behind.  Then there is a lag in July followed by a pretty decent August.

Now, a good blogger would give you numbers to back this up, but I'm not one of those.  In fact, I'm so out of time I was lucky to just type what I did.

Scott Olsen did all you could ever ask a starter to do last night .

He had a no-hitter until the fourth inning, gave up two hits all game -- on a night that arguably was the best of his career -- and won his fourth game of the season.

And he almost ended one of baseball's most embarrassing streaks. The Marlins have not had a nine-inning complete game from a pitcher since Sept. 10, 2006 -- a drought of 213 games. 

I'm a little confused here -- exactly why is not having a starter throw a complete game embarrassing?  The way the game is played today and given the strength of the Marlins bullpen, why in the world would you extend a starter to get a complete game, just so you can say he did?

The Marlins need Ollie for all of his starts in the 162 game season and complete games are overrated.  No true Marlins fan will look back on the season and say: "Sure we lost Olsen for the last month of the season, but that complete game at the first of May was really neat."

One hit, complete game shutouts are very similar to throwing a no-hitter and it takes its toll on young pitchers.  They tend to over exert themselves, when tired, in order to achieve the goal causing problems in future.

The crowd booed Gonzalez when he lifted Olsen, who threw 100 pitches through eight innings. But he was up to 121 after he walked Joe Dillon on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases in the ninth.

''You give him every opportunity [to get the complete game] and then you make a decision -- not a popular one -- but we gave him every opportunity,'' Gonzalez said.

While I am completely supportive of Fredi taking Olsen out of the game since I think it was the right thing to do.  I kinda like it that the crowd booed, though I didn't hear the crowd's displeasure with the decision while watching the game on television.  But it is good to know that the ones who paid for their ticket and endured all the hassles of going to the park were really into the game.

The Marlins may not have many fans in attendance at any home game, but ones who do show up, are top notch.

Ollie will get a complete game one day, but even if he doesn't, who cares?  As long as he keeps pitching the way he is doing this season, a complete game will just be the cherry on top on the sundae.  It won't be the complete dessert course and I can do without the cherry if it means more ice cream all year long.

In terms of a monthly records the Marlins didn't set the April record for wins, only tied the existing record of 15, previously set by the 1997, 2004 and 2005 teams.  Not bad, really, though the chance was there to do better.

However, the 2008 Marlins did set a new April home run record .

Another noteworthy item is the 36 homers established a team mark for April. Previously, the mark was 35 in 2001.

Woo Hoo!  The Marlins surpassed the old record on Tuesday when Danny hit his solo shot.  Which means I need to read my media guide more often since I didn't know that until today.  (In case you were wondering, Yes, I paid for it.  FishStripes is not considered media by the team.  Which is no big deal.)

Jim Presley may want to use color and bullet points in his next memo to the hitters encouraging them to quit swinging for the fences.  Especially since the last one definitely didn't take hold.

Hopefully you saw the great relay from Jeremy Hermida to Danny Uggla to Mike Rabelo that cut down Blake DeWitt and ended up with a collision at the plate.  After the play Mike spiked the ball.  Well, he won't be doing that again .

But strong relays by Jeremy Hermida and Uggla got the ball to Mike Rabelo as DeWitt plowed into the catcher. After holding on for the out, Rabelo spiked the ball in front of home plate.

The fire Rabelo showed impressed the team, but it resulted in a mild lecture from Gonzalez.

"I like guys showing emotions, and things like that, but that's not the way we want to be portrayed as an organization or as a team," Gonzalez said, referring to seemingly showing up the opposition. "I spoke to him afterwards. He will be fine. But it was good to show a little emotion."

Afterwards, Rabelo made it clear that he didn't mean to have his emotions come across as rubbing it in on the Dodgers.

"In no way was I intending to disrespect the other team," Rabelo said. "I was just excited. They made a great relay. I was excited."

The message Gonzalez told his catcher: "Great play, but save the end zone dances for someplace else."

Personally, I enjoyed the show of emotion being a Marlins fan and all, but I can definitely understand where Fredi is coming from.  It probably wasn't the most professional thing to do, but then again, the Dodgers won the game so it is not like they are going to remember it anyway. 

And it did make for good theatre last night.