QAMers,

Tonight's game against the Dodgers is on 640AM. WJNA

It is also on WAXY 790

Hello Beautiful Bench!

Easley HR this afternoon. Cordero HR tonight.

P-Nut with a TRIPLE woooohoooooo

Miggy goes oppo for a double to drive in THE Nut

Redmond gets a nice double.

Nice job by Tejera, maybe we can package him in a deal for Juan Cruz

Mr. Waine is pitching Marlins lead 4-0 and he just got a nice DP turned by Castillo.

Wayne is pitching well, so far 2 scoreless innings and about to start his 3rd inning...

marlins beat dodgers 4-0

Nice job by Tejera, maybe we can package him in a deal for Juan Cruz

:banghead

Posted on Thu, Mar. 18, 2004

 

TWINS 6, MARLINS (SS) 5; MARLINS (SS) 4, DODGERS 0

 

Beckett not sharp; pitchers slice Dodgers

 

By CLARK SPENCER

 

cspencer@herald.com

 

Josh Beckett struggled, and the Marlins lost the first of two split-squad games 6-5 to the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers on Wednesday. But in Vero Beach later, four Marlins pitchers combined on a four-hitter to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 in Vero Beach.

 

In the night game, Wil Cordero hit a two-run home run, against the Dodgers, and relievers Michael Tejera, Justin Wayne, Mike Neu and Toby Borland put together the shutout that improved the Marlins' record this spring to 10-4.

 

Juan Pierre had three hits and two stolen bases, and Miguel Cabrera reached base three times in the night game.

 

In the early game, the Twins broke a tie with a run in the bottom of the eighth off reliever Franklyn Gracesqui.

 

Damion Easley homered for the Marlins, and Mike Lowell had two hits in his first game in more than a week. But the Marlins pitchers struggled, allowing five earned runs on 10 Minnesota hits.

 

Beckett gave up three runs on seven hits as the starter, and reliever Chad Fox was nicked for two runs, only one of them earned.

 

Twice the Marlins took leads in the game but were unable to protect them. An RBI single by Gerald Williams and run-scoring sacrifice fly by Hee Seop Choi gave the Marlins a 2-1 lead in the third.

 

After Minnesota regained the lead with two runs in the fourth, the Marlins tied it in the fifth on Easley's second home run of the spring and took the lead again in the sixth on Brian Banks' sacrifice fly with the bases loaded.

 

But Minnesota came up with two runs on third baseman Michael Cuddyer's double.

Lowell returns with two hits; elbow free of pain

 

By Juan C. Rodriguez

Staff Writer

Posted March 18 2004

 

FORT MYERS ? Third baseman Mike Lowell nearly doubled his Grapefruit League at-bats total Wednesday, going 2 for 5 in a 6-5 Marlins loss to the Twins at Hammond Stadium.

 

Sidelined the past week with an inflamed right elbow, Lowell took his cuts with "no ill effects." He remains on track to start at third base Friday, when the Marlins host the Cardinals at Roger Dean Stadium.

 

 

The elbow problem had limited Lowell to seven exhibition at-bats before Wednesday. In addition to designated hitter duty, he did some pregame fielding work.

 

"I wouldn't say they were throws from deep in the hole, but they were good throws," said Lowell, who will remain in Jupiter today for more fielding drills while his teammates are in Vero Beach. "Definitely more than I could do a week ago."

 

Lowell sent a soft liner over second base for his first single in the sixth. The following inning, he hit a high fly ball to the warning track in right that Michael Restovich lost in the sun for an RBI single.

 

"I didn't pick up the off-speed [pitches] very well," Lowell said. "I was happy with the second [hit]. My first at-bat I fouled off my pitch three times."