Fri, 11/06/2009 - 12:07 by shalini.bahadur
Boston -- The Boston Red Sox acquired outfielder Jeremy Hermida Thursday in a trade that sent left-handed pitchers Hunter Jones and Jose Alvarez to the Florida Marlins.
A roster spot opened when Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay filed for free agency.
Hermida, 25, the 11th overall pick in the 2002 Player Draft by the Marlins, is a .265 career hitter with 57 homers and 210 RBI. Last season, he hit .259 with 13 homers and 47 RBI, but struck out 101 times in 429 at-bats.
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Sat, 08/22/2009 - 10:40 by preet_20
Atlanta, Aug. 22: Jeremy Hermida and Hanley Ramirez homered during a four-run seventh Friday, and Florida waited out a long rain delay to down Atlanta 5-3.
The game finished just before 1 a.m. EDT after rain disrupted the action in the ninth inning.
Florida broke a second-place tie with Atlanta in the National League East and moved within 5 1/2 games of division-leading Philadelphia.
Florida had a 1-0 lead going into the seventh before striking against starter Javier Vazquez (10-9).
Hermida opened the inning with his 13th homer of the year. Wes Helms followed with a double and went to third on a sacrifice.
Ross Gload drove in Helms with a two-out single, and Ramirez came through with a two-run homer.
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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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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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Sat, 07/25/2009 - 14:32 by harsheeb
Los Angeles -- Jeremy Hermida singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh Friday and the Florida Marlins beat the Dodgers 6-3 to stop a five-game Los Angeles winning streak.
Josh Johnson (9-2) turned in another solid start, limiting Los Angeles to three runs on five hits in seven innings. Johnson has not allowed more than three runs in any of his last 17 starts since April 18.
Florida won its fourth in a row and remained tied with Atlanta for second place in the National League East, 5 ½ games behind Philadelphia.
The Dodgers overcame a 3-1 deficit in the sixth on a two-run double by Andre Ethier but the Marlins quickly regained the advantage in the seventh.
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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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Sun, 07/19/2009 - 11:53 by surajdogra
Miami, July 18: Saturday's contest between the Marlins and Philadelphia Phillies was postponed by rain.
Right fielder Jeremy Hermida had given Florida a 2-0 lead with a two-run double in the bottom of the first, but the rain returned following an earlier 90-minute rain delay at Miami's Land Shark Stadium and the game was called.
A makeup date has not been announced, but the Phillies are scheduled to return to Miami for two games Sept. 22-23.
Philadelphia will try to extend its seven-game winning streak Sunday in the finale of the scheduled three-game series.
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Mon, 07/13/2009 - 10:30 by preet_20
Phoenix, July 12: Cody Ross drove in three runs with a pair of doubles, and Jeremy Hermida belted a two-run home run for the Florida Marlins Sunday in an 8-1 rout of Arizona.
Hanley Ramirez added an RBI and scored twice for the Marlins.
Josh Johnson (8-2) was the winner, allowing a run and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings.
Johnson has won five of his last six decisions.
Stephen Drew singled in the Diamondbacks' run.
Losing pitcher Doug Davis (4-9) surrendered five runs and seven hits in four innings.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Fri, 07/10/2009 - 12:25 by preet_20
Phoenix, July 10: Brett Carroll's three-run homer was the centerpiece of a 10-run eighth inning Thursday that gave the Florida Marlins a 14-7 win over Arizona.
The Diamondbacks had won a season-best five straight games and took a 7-0 lead through five innings. Florida, however, brought an emphatic end to the Arizona run of success by scoring 14 times in the course of three innings.
The Marlins sent 14 men to the plate in the eighth and came up with eight hits while taking advantage of an error and a passed ball. The big inning began with Arizona still holding a 7-4 lead but the Marlins quickly loaded the bases against Juan Gutierrez.
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Mon, 07/06/2009 - 01:55 by surajdogra
Miami -- Florida's Ricky Nolasco claimed his fourth straight win Sunday, yielding three hits and striking out 12 batters in a 5-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Nolasco (6-6) pitched eight innings and Leo Nunez tossed a scoreless ninth for the Marlins, who completed a homestand with five wins in six games.
Jeremy Hermida, John Baker, Dan Uggla and Chris Coghlan each drove in a run for Florida.
Andrew McCutchen had two hits and Garrett Jones added another for the Pirates.
Ross Ohlendorf (7-7), the loser, gave up five runs and nine hits in five innings.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Mon, 05/25/2009 - 11:17 by Salinder Kumar
Miami -- Ross Gload's 11th-inning RBI Sunday lifted the Florida Marlins to a 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays and averted a three-game sweep.
Gload, Chris Coghlan, Jeremy Hermida and John Baker all had three hits, with Baker driving in two runs, and starter Josh Johnson had one RBI for the Marlins, who had 17 hits and snapped a four-game losing streak.
The winner was reliever Brian Sanches (1-0).
Three Tampa Bay players had one RBI, including Jason Bartlett, whose solo homer
created a 4-4 tie with two outs in the top of the eighth inning.
One run scored on Johnson's sixth-inning wild pitch and Akinori Iwamura had a
run and three hits for the Rays, who had won three in a row.
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