You Gotta Believe-Game 1 of the rest of our seasom

September 19, 200422 yr

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Russ Ortiz(14-8, 4.04) against Ismael Valdez(12-8, 5.14)

TV: No Clue.

Radio: 1360 WKAT, 1140 WQBA

as my good friend Bon Jovi once said...

We've got to hold on to what we've got

'Cause it doesn't make a difference

If we make it or not

We've got each other and that's a lot

For love - we'll give it a shot

Ohhhhhhhhhh, We're half way there

Oh Oh, Livin' on a prayer

Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear

Livin' on a prayer

September 19, 200422 yr

Author

RUSS ORTIZ CAREER VS. MARLINS

Pitcher

G

GS

CG

ShO

IP

H

R

ER

HR

BB

K

W

L

Hd

S

BS

ERA

Russ Ortiz

15

1

99.1

84

35

31

7

34

79

9

4

0

2.81

MARLINS BATTERS CAREER VS. RUSS ORTIZ

Batter

PA

AB

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

SB

CS

BB

K

TB

DP

SLG

OBP

OPS

AVG

Matt Treanor

3

2

1

0

1

0

2

0

1.000

.667

1.667

.500

Ramon Castro

5

4

2

0

1

0

1

0

5

0

1.250

.600

1.850

.500

Mike Redmond

13

11

4

2

0

2

0

2

6

0

.545

.462

1.007

.364

Juan Encarnacion

23

20

7

2

0

1

3

0

1

3

12

0

.600

.435

1.035

.350

Miguel Cabrera

17

16

5

2

0

2

6

0

1

6

13

0

.813

.353

1.165

.313

Paul Lo Duca

24

22

6

2

0

1

0

1

2

8

0

.364

.304

.668

.273

Luis Castillo

46

41

11

0

1

5

11

2

.268

.348

.616

.268

Juan Pierre

55

52

13

3

1

0

4

1

2

1

18

2

.346

.278

.624

.250

Mike Lowell

32

28

6

3

0

4

0

2

6

9

1

.321

.250

.571

.214

Alex Gonzalez

33

31

5

1

0

2

10

6

0

.194

.212

.406

.161

Wil Cordero

11

10

1

0

1

2

0

1

4

1

.400

.182

.582

.100

Lenny Harris

17

16

1

0

3

0

1

2

1

.125

.059

.184

.063

Mike Mordecai

9

6

0

3

2

0

.000

.333

.000

Damion Easley

0

.000

Jeff Conine

11

10

0

1

3

0

.000

.091

.000

Chris Aguila

0

.000

ISMAEL VALDEZ CAREER VS. BRAVES

Pitcher

G

GS

CG

ShO

IP

H

R

ER

HR

BB

K

W

L

Hd

S

BS

ERA

Ismael Valdez

12

1

0

80.2

76

33

32

10

20

54

4

0

3.57

BRAVES BATTERS CAREER VS. ISMAEL VALDEZ

Batter

PA

AB

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

SB

CS

BB

K

TB

DP

SLG

OBP

OPS

AVG

Rafael Furcal

7

5

2

0

1

0

1

0

2

0

.400

.571

.971

.400

Chipper Jones

38

36

11

1

0

1

4

0

2

6

15

1

.417

.342

.759

.306

Eddie Perez

9

7

2

0

1

0

2

1

.286

.375

.661

.286

Eli Marrero

8

2

0

3

2

0

.250

.500

.250

J.D. Drew

4

1

0

1

0

.250

.500

.250

Andruw Jones

14

12

2

0

1

0

1

2

1

.167

.286

.452

.167

Dewayne Wise

0

.000

Charles Thomas

0

.000

Adam LaRoche

0

.000

Carlos Guzman

0

.000

Nick Green

0

.000

Marcus Giles

4

3

0

1

0

.000

.250

.000

Julio Franco

0

.000

Johnny Estrada

0

.000

Mark DeRosa

0

.000

Wilson Betemit

0

.000

September 19, 200422 yr

I hate you Boo Boo.

Go Marlins!

September 19, 200422 yr

omg BooBoo

September 19, 200422 yr

Livan Ortiz is a heckuva pitcher....

September 19, 200422 yr

:marlins Believe.

September 19, 200422 yr

Its a good sign to spell it "seasom" huh?

I smell sweep.

September 19, 200422 yr

Its a good sign to spell it "seasom" huh?

I smell sweep.

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Are you ever going to post anything that isnt AGAINST the Marlins? :thumbdown

September 19, 200422 yr

Its a good sign to spell it "seasom" huh?

I smell sweep.

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Are you ever going to post anything that isnt AGAINST the Marlins? :thumbdown

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No he won't because he's not a Marlins fan.

September 19, 200422 yr

Git-er-dun

September 19, 200422 yr

Russ Ortiz gave up 3 Home Runs in his last start i believe

September 19, 200422 yr

Stat of the Day:

Ismael Valdez at PPS

2-1 14K 7BB 1.96ERA 1.04WHIP (23IP)

September 19, 200422 yr

Yahoo! Sports Game Preview

The Florida Marlins will try and keep their fading playoff hopes afloat as they finish off a three-game set against the Atlanta Braves.

Florida has dropped four of its last five games to fall 4 1/2 games behind NL wild-card leader San Francisco.

``We don't have room to have games like this, but we're having them,'' center fielder Juan Pierre said.

Before the latest loss, manager Jack McKeon predicted it would take at least 92 victories to win the NL wild card. That would mean his team must finish 15-1 or 16-0 to earn a playoff berth.

``As long as you've got a chance, you never know,'' McKeon said. ``We'd better getting rolling quick, though.''

Florida's task will be tough on Sunday as it faces Russ Ortiz, who has dominated the Marlins lately. Ortiz is 4-0 with a 0.91 ERA in the past four starts against the Marlins.

However, Ortiz has struggled lately and is in one of the worst slumps of his seven-year major league career. He is 1-2 with a 7.28 ERA in his last seven starts, allowing 14 home runs.

``I don't usually give up this many home runs in this short a period of time,'' Ortiz said. ``I don't even think about it until after I come out and I say, wow, all my mistakes are going out.''

He was rocked by the Mets 7-0 on Tuesday, allowing all seven runs in just 5 2-3 innings.

Perhaps with Atlanta closing in on its 13 straight division title Ortiz can regain his impressive form that earned him player of the month honors in July.

Atlanta reduced its magic number to six for clinching the NL East crown with a 4-2 win over Florida on Saturday.

``This was a huge series for them, and we wanted to play well,'' the Braves' Chipper Jones said. ``To take these first two in their ballpark, you have to feel good about that.''