Tue, 07/27/2010 - 11:22 by Rakhi
San Francisco -- Mike Stanton and Dan Uggla each hit solo homers Monday to spur the Florida Marlins past San Francisco 4-3.
Stanton added a run-scoring double in the eighth to back the strong pitching of Ricky Nolasco (11-7), who shut the Giants down on one run and four hits in a 6 1/3-inning start.
Leo Nunez struggled to protect the Marlins' two-run lead in the ninth, allowing a run to score on an Andres Torres groundout. But the Marlins closer fanned Edgar Renteria to end the game with Freddy Sanchez stranded on third, collecting his 24th save.
San Francisco starter Barry Zito (8-6) yielded three runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings.
The Giants lost for only the third time in 14 games.
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Sat, 07/10/2010 - 10:17 by Pankaj Damin
Phoenix -- Dan Uggla drove in two runs Friday and Ricky Nolasco won his fourth straight start, leading the Florida Marlins to a 3-2 decision over Arizona.
Nolasco (9-6) improved to 6-2 on the road this season, turning in a seven-inning performance in which he allowed two runs on six hits with six strikeouts.
Clay Hensley worked a perfect eighth and Leo Nunez produced a 1-2-3 ninth for his 19th save.
Uggla singled in Florida's first run during a two-run third and his infield base hit in the seventh delivered another score to give the Marlins a 3-1 lead.
Dan Haren (7-7), who had been looking for his first victory since June 12, took the loss. He gave up three runs on 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings.
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Wed, 09/23/2009 - 10:15 by shalini.bahadur
Miami, Sept. 22: Anibal Sanchez pitched eight shutout innings and Dan Uggla and Cody Ross hit solo home runs Tuesday to give the Florida Marlins a 3-0 win over Philadelphia.
MIAMI, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Anibal Sanchez pitched eight shutout innings and Dan Uggla and Cody Ross hit solo home runs Tuesday to give the Florida Marlins a 3-0 win over Philadelphia.
The win came in the second game of a doubleheader after Philadelphia won the first game 9-3.
Sanchez (3-7) allowed just two hits -- both to Chase Utley -- walked two and struck out seven for his first win in six starts. Leo Nunez got his 24th save with a perfect ninth.
Hanley Ramirez added two hits, including an RBI double.
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Wed, 09/16/2009 - 11:06 by shalini.bahadur
St.Louis, Sept. 15 Dan Uggla hit a two-run homer Tuesday to give the Florida Marlins a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Winning pitcher Sean West (7-5) gave up one run on six hits with three walks and nine strikeouts over six innings. Nick Johnson scored the other run for the Marlins.
Florida remains seven games behind Philadelphia for first-place in the NL East with 18 games to play. The Marlins are five games behind Colorado for the league's wild card.
Albert Pujols drove in the lone run for St. Louis. Adam Wainwright (18-8) took the loss after giving up two runs on seven hits with a walk and eight strikeouts over seven innings.
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Wed, 09/02/2009 - 11:19 by preet_20
Miami, Sept. 2: Tim Hudson made his return to the majors Tuesday after undergoing Tommy John surgery last season and led the Atlanta Braves to a 4-3 win over Florida.
Hudson, who spent a year recovering from the surgery, held the Marlins to two runs on six hits and struck out five in 5 1/3 innings, in a contest that was delayed nearly three hours by rain.
Hudson injured his right elbow July 23, 2008, pitching against the Marlins. He underwent surgery last August.
Brian McCann had two hits and an RBI and Garret Anderson drove in a run for the Braves, who scored their other runs on a double-play ball by Chipper Jones and a third-inning balk by Anibal Sanchez that brought Hudson in.
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Wed, 08/19/2009 - 10:20 by Jaspreet Virk
Houston, Aug. 18: Ricky Nolasco pitched a three-hitter Tuesday to pace the Florida Marlins to a 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros.
Nolasco (9-8) allowed two runs on two first-inning hits but gave up only one more hit in his third career complete game. Nolasco recorded 10 strikeouts, did not walk a batter and retired 23 consecutive batters until an infield single in the ninth.
Jeremy Hermida had three hits, including a home run, and two RBI for Florida, which has won eight of its last 10 games.
The Marlins, who also had home runs by Dan Uggla and Jorge Cantu, had 11 hits and have posted 10-plus hits in 14 consecutive games. The all-time record is 15 straight games, held by the 1937 St. Louis Browns.
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Wed, 08/12/2009 - 10:17 by preet_20
Miami, Aug. 11: Dan Uggla hit a bases-loaded two-out single in the bottom of the 11th Tuesday to give the Florida Marlins a 9-8 win over the Houston Astros.
Wesley Wright (2-2) started the 11th for Houston and walked the bases full.
Alberto Arias came on to face Uggla who drove in Chris Coghlan to end the game.
Brian Sanches (3-1) worked the top of the 11th to earn the win.
Uggla and Hanley Ramirez each had three hits and two RBI and John Baker drove in three runs with a pair of hits.
The Astros trailed by a run entering the ninth, but Leo Nunez gave up a one-out double to Miguel Tejada, who moved to third on a Carlos Lee base hit and scored on Geoff Blum's single.
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Sat, 08/08/2009 - 11:20 by preet_20
Philadelphia, Aug. 7: Ricky Nolasco teamed with two relievers on a four-hitter Friday, and Florida came up with two homers to edge Philadelphia 3-2.
The Marlins ended a three-game losing streak and inched within six games of Philadelphia for the lead in the National League East.
Nolasco (8-7) allowed all four Philadelphia hits, one of them a two-run homer by Ben Francisco in the seventh.
Renyel Pinto escaped trouble in the eighth after walking two batters, and Leo Nunez worked a perfect ninth for his 10th save.
Nick Johnson hit a home run as the second batter of the game, and Dan Uggla added an RBI double later in the first inning.
Cody Ross gave Florida a 3-0 lead by leading off the second with his 19th homer of the year.
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Sat, 08/01/2009 - 10:56 by preet_20
Miami, July 31: John Baker singled in the go-ahead run as part of a three-run eighth inning Friday, lifting the Florida Marlins to a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.
The Cubs, who began the evening with a half-game lead over St. Louis in the National League Central, had won their previous two games.
Chicago rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the seventh when Jake Fox hit a two-run homer but the Marlins came back in the eighth to break open the contest.
Carlos Marmol (2-2), the fourth Chicago pitcher, walked Jorge Cantu and Dan Uggla to start the eighth. Cantu was out at third on a fielder's choice grounder by Jeremy Hermida and Cody Ross flew out to left, giving the Cubs a good chance to escape the trouble.
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Thu, 07/30/2009 - 10:36 by surajdogra
Miami, July 29: Josh Johnson worked six innings and helped his own cause with a three-run homer in the fourth Wednesday, lifting Florida to a 6-3 victory over Atlanta.
Johnson (10-2) allowed three runs on eight hits to record his third straight win.
He homered for the second time this season after hitting none his first four years.
Hanley Ramirez had a triple and homer while driving in two runs, and Dan Uggla added a solo shot for the Marlins, who have won seven of their last eight games.
Kenshin Kawakami (5-8) suffered the loss, surrendering six runs on seven hits in 4 2/3. Atlanta's runs came on homers -- a solo shot by Casey Kotchman in the fifth and a two-run blast from Garret Anderson in the sixth.
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Mon, 07/27/2009 - 11:51 by surajdogra
Los Angeles, July 26: Hanley Ramirez had two hits and three RBI Sunday, helping the Florida Marlins record an 8-6 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Ramirez's two-run double staked Florida to a 3-0 lead with two outs in the top of the third.
Chris Coghlan, Dan Uggla and Jorge Cantu all had two hits and one RBI, with Uggla hitting a solo fourth-inning homer. One run scored on Rafael Furcal's third-inning error and the Marlins won for the second time in the three-game series.
Winner Chris Volstad (8-9), the first of six pitchers, gave up four runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.
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Tue, 07/21/2009 - 11:37 by surajdogra
San Diego, July 21: Emilio Bonifacio drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded walk Monday and the Florida Marlins beat San Diego 3-2.
Hanley Ramirez stroked a solo home run and Dan Uggla and Jeremy Hermida had two hits apiece for the Marlins, who were coming off a three-game sweep by the Phillies and won for just the second time in their last five games.
Florida starter Rick VandenHurk (1-0) went six innings, allowing two runs on five hits with two walks and four strikeouts to get the victory.
Leo Nunez earned his fifth save with a scoreless ninth.
Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Kouzmanoff hit back-to-back sixth-inning homers to give the Padres a 2-1 lead.
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