Delgado drives in all five runs as Marlins snap skid

 

MIAMI (AP) -- Dontrelle Willis and Carlos Delgado made sure Florida snapped out of its slump.

 

Willis became the major leagues' first 10-game winner, and Delgado drove in all of Florida's runs as the Marlins snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.

 

Willis (10-2) wasn't particularly sharp, giving up a season-high 10 hits and four earned runs in 6 2-3 innings. Still, he became only the third pitcher in Marlins' history to log 10 wins before the All-Star break.

 

"Every win is big," Willis said. "This one was particularly big because we were on a slide."

 

For the second straight start, Willis helped stop a Marlins' losing streak. Last week, he beat the Pirates to end Florida's three-game skid. On Wednesday, it was another turn at picking his team up.

 

"When he pitches, he brings a lot of excitement to the team," Florida manager Jack McKeon said. "He works fast. He has the ability to battle out of jams. He fields well. He's a good hitter. He has a good pickoff move, and he runs the bases well.

 

"Why is he a 10-game winner? He can do all those things. The guy takes pride in being a polished pitcher and doing all the little things. That's why he's a 10-game winner and others are not."

 

Delgado's three-run homer in the fifth gave Florida a 4-0 lead. He had an RBI double in the third and drew a walk with the bases loaded in the sixth as the Marlins won for only the third time in their last 14 games.

 

"He was a one-man wrecking crew," McKeon said.

 

The five RBI were a season-high for Delgado and the most by a Marlin this year.

 

"I got lucky," Delgado said. "I came up in some key situations and was able to drive the ball. I can't drive anybody in if nobody's on. It's a team effort."

 

Todd Jones, the third Florida reliever, worked the ninth for his 10th save in 11 opportunities.

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Hopefully from now on, there can be a new hero every night. Maybe tomorrow it'll be Beckett and Mikey :mischief2

he became only the third pitcher in Marlins' history to log 10 wins before the All-Star break.

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Ummm, isn't that the normal AP press release that gets distributed to all the major sports sites?

Ummm, isn't that the normal AP press release that gets distributed to all the major sports sites?

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Yeah, it's not such a big deal.

he became only the third pitcher in Marlins' history to log 10 wins before the All-Star break.

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Who were the other two by the way?

Dempster and somebody

dempster and brown?

 

Go D-train!