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Open Thread and Ichthyomancy: Marlins at Padres (7/30)


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Florida Marlins
@ San Diego Padres

Friday, Jul 30, 2010, 10:05 PM EDT
Petco Park

Chris Volstad vs Wade LeBlanc

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 70.

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W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Chris Volstad 4-8 18 18 1 0 0 0 104.0 104 60 55 11 40 70 4.76 1.38



W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2010 - Wade LeBlanc 5-8 18 18 0 0 0 0 104.2 111 39 39 14 39 70 3.35 1.43

The Marlins are still on the road, and tonight finds the fighting Fish in San Diego for a three-game series. The Padres are in first place in the West and have the best record in the NL, and as goes with the territory of having the best record, they are hot right now.

Chris Volstad takes the hill for the Marlins. Volstad pitched reasonably well in his first start since returning to the big club. Normally, it is imperative for Volstad to keep everything down and induce ground balls. When he does, he has success. However, tonight he will be pitching in a fly ball-friendly park. So if he should leave a couple up, it will be the job of the outfield to run them down.

Wade LeBlanc is the pitcher of choice for the Padres. LeBlanc is a soft-tossing lefty. Oh, great, another one of those. He is a fast ball (87 mph), cutter, curve, change pitcher. The change is his most effective pitch, but the cutter ain't shabby. Like most pitchers, he does his best work at home. It is doubtful he will go much more than six innings.

Ichthyomancy is ready for another round of Midnight Baseball.

Best of Luck to You!

FishStriper Attendance Player AAB
3.3seconds
Alwaysfan
Architect
Auh11
BacksThePack
Boozer
Bourbon Meyer 40,009 Stanton Stanton+Gaby+LoMo=4+ H
Brickell
Bronzeagle
Bumppo 25,300 Morrison Volstad: QS, W
Captain Tomahawk
Colombo
Coryeuc
Cpmustangs
Dan
Dcfish 24,570 Cody Padres: 2+ GIDP
Dgriot
Evermoresg 40,569 Uggla Marlins: team cycle
Farrish
FishFilet
FishFirst
Flmarlins
FishNFinz
Fluxuation
FSUMarlins
FSUSpot
Gatorfan4life 37,589 Stanton Stanton: 2+ OB
GMFB
Guitarist
HadMatter
Hoyamarlin
Hurricane
Incipient_senescence 29,000 Uggla Game SPs: 3+ ER
Jrsyeagle
Kelsquire
LadyFish 35,000 Stanton Morrison: HR
Marlins44
Marlinfan
Marlinsfan315
Miami Fan
Miramarjuice
Mscaa
Nothingxs
Ocelotfox 24,540 Volstad Volstad: QS, W
Orlando Rays
Panamafishfan
Pepsidude
Port305
Siryus 24,150 Stanton Padres: 9 LOB
Spud 29,999 Cantu Marlins: 3 DP
Tdp992
UggsNotDrugs
Volstud
Wei
Wsl
Xquiles 25,150 Stanton Marlins H > Padres H