Arizona Diamondbacks (36-30) @ Florida Marlins (32-32) 6/12/11 Summary

Marlins lose to Diamondbacks 5-1, fall to 32-32:

Every time I tried to find a picture of Brad Hand, Brad Pitt kept popping up, so here is a picture of him after a pitiful game at Sun Life Stadium. Sponsored by Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez?

Notes and thoughts: 

• Thank god for the new Marlins ballpark. The game got soggy in the late innings as the Fish fell to .500 on the season. 
• Brad Hand was unimpressive, giving up 4 runs in 5 innings. Not terrible, but way too much when your offense only gets you 1 run in the entire game.
• In fact, wen Brad Hand has been on the mound, in 11 combined innings, the Marlins hitters have given Brad 0 runs in support. 
• Daniel Hudson was solid, but not overpowering. He had 8 K's, but the Marlins had a baserunner every inning. 
• The struggles with RISP continued, as the Fish were 0-8 and left 13 guys on base. 
• Mike Stanton,, my boy, had a rough day, going 0-5. He had a guy in scoring position his first four times up there. Oh well, with his bombs, come his bad games. 
• Uhh, Steve Cishek, boss. 

Key Plays:
In the 1st, Stephen Drew drove in 2 with a double.
In the 3rd, Ryan Roberts homered again, his 3rd time against the Marlins already this year.
In the 7th, Gaby Sanchez had a sac fly to drive in Coghlan, but the Marlins failed to score anymore after having the bases loaded with no outs.
Yeah, 3 key plays, not an exciting game today.

Wrapup:
Average. That's what the Marlins record is now. An exact .500 record, at 32-32, after they have gone 2-12 in their last 14. What happened to this team after the sweep in SF? We are now 7 GB behind the Phils, and 5 back in the WC. This series with Philly is huge, and one of the starters in the doubleheader may be a guy in the minors as I type, yikes. Well, just take it one game at a time. ARI tomorrow, Rich and Tommy will call it beautifully as usual. Go Fish.