Posted May 15, 200618 yr Josh Johnson @ Kyle Davies The Marlins no longer own baseball's dubious distinction of being baseball's worst team. The Marlins took two straight from the Pirates to win their second series of the season and surpass Pittsburgh in the standings on Sunday. "That was big to come back and win the series," pitcher Brian Moehler said. "Hopefully, it gives us a little momentum." The Marlins hope this is the beginning of something big and will look to continue their climb on Monday night in Atlanta. Josh Johnson, who has been the club's most consistent pitcher this season, was effective against the Braves last week and the strapping, 6-foot-7 right-hander will look to do it again on Monday. Florida has won just three of their last 18 games at Turner Field. Pitching matchup FLA: RHP Josh Johnson (3-2, 2.78 ERA) After starting the season in the bullpen, the 6-foot-7 right-hander has made two starts and won both of those contests. This is the second time in five days Johnson is facing the Braves. Last Wednesday in Miami, Johnson worked six strong innings, giving up one unearned run on four hits with no walks and four strikeouts. The only start Johnson made in 2005, he also faced the Braves, giving up two runs in 5 1/3 innings in a no-decision. ATL: RHP Kyle Davies (2-3, 5.31 ERA) Kyle Davies gets another chance at the Marlins, this time at home. The last outing didn't go very well. Davies was shelled for two home runs in four-plus innings in an 11-3 loss. He wound up giving up four runs on eight hits and two hits, and was quite unhappy afterward with his control. He talked of constantly working behind in the count to hitters and said he must change that pattern to win. He also said he has been over-throwing, trying too hard to get ahead. Player to watch Marlins first baseman Mike Jacobs is 2-for-2 with a double and a homer in his pair of career at-bats off the 22-year-old Davies. On the Internet MLB.TV Gameday Audio ? Gameday ? Official game notes On television ? FSN On radio ? WQAM 560 (English), WQBA 1140 (Spanish) (Espa?ol)
May 15, 200618 yr changed threads I guess hehehe go fish, Josh wins tonight he will be 4-2 does that mean he is our ace? hehe
May 15, 200618 yr I don't know about ace. I'll settle for most consistent SP in the rotation and second best pitcher on the staff right now. No matter his early trevails, D-Train remains our ace. All that said, I hope JJ once again dominates the Braves hitters (which he has been doing since last year). Plus he gets a matchup against Davies (the same guy he faced last time) who the Marlins hitters trashed last go-around.
May 15, 200618 yr If I recall correctly we have not done well @ Turner Field historically. That was before we had the BIG TEAL MACHINE!!!!! Lets go Marlins!! :killthemall
May 15, 200618 yr FLORIDA AT ATLANTA -- LINEUPS FLORIDA ATLANTA AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Hanley Ramirez SS .345 2 16 Marcus Giles 2B .230 1 7 Dan Uggla 2B .301 4 17 Edgar Renteria SS .342 2 14 Miguel Cabrera 3B .338 6 30 Chipper Jones 3B .297 2 14 Josh Willingham LF .296 7 29 Andruw Jones CF .274 9 34 Joe Borchard RF .256 2 6 Brian Mccann C .340 4 14 Mike Jacobs 1B .198 4 16 Jeff Francoeur RF .250 7 31 Miguel Olivo C .264 4 12 Ryan Langerhans LF .267 2 12 Reggie Abercrombie CF .232 2 10 Brian Jordan 1B .289 3 8 Josh Johnson RHP .000 0 0 Kyle Davies RHP .000 0 0 (3-2, 2.78) (2-3, 5.31) If our pitching could come around it would be so nice. Our offense is potent. Almost double digit RBI's all around.
May 15, 200618 yr FLORIDA AT ATLANTA -- LINEUPS FLORIDA ATLANTA AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Hanley Ramirez SS .345 2 16 Marcus Giles 2B .230 1 7 Dan Uggla 2B .301 4 17 Edgar Renteria SS .342 2 14 Miguel Cabrera 3B .338 6 30 Chipper Jones 3B .297 2 14 Josh Willingham LF .296 7 29 Andruw Jones CF .274 9 34 Joe Borchard RF .256 2 6 Brian Mccann C .340 4 14 Mike Jacobs 1B .198 4 16 Jeff Francoeur RF .250 7 31 Miguel Olivo C .264 4 12 Ryan Langerhans LF .267 2 12 Reggie Abercrombie CF .232 2 10 Brian Jordan 1B .289 3 8 Josh Johnson RHP .000 0 0 Kyle Davies RHP .000 0 0 (3-2, 2.78) (2-3, 5.31) If our pitching could come around it would be so nice. Our offense is potent. Almost double digit RBI's all around. well the only guys who arent in double digits are borchard and the pitcher...and for a guy acquired only a week or so ago and the pitcher...id say our Offense is coming around nicely...if only young pitching didnt need to get battered around a bit in order to learn and grow
May 15, 200618 yr FLORIDA AT ATLANTA -- LINEUPS FLORIDA ATLANTA AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Hanley Ramirez SS .345 2 16 Marcus Giles 2B .230 1 7 Dan Uggla 2B .301 4 17 Edgar Renteria SS .342 2 14 Miguel Cabrera 3B .338 6 30 Chipper Jones 3B .297 2 14 Josh Willingham LF .296 7 29 Andruw Jones CF .274 9 34 Joe Borchard RF .256 2 6 Brian Mccann C .340 4 14 Mike Jacobs 1B .198 4 16 Jeff Francoeur RF .250 7 31 Miguel Olivo C .264 4 12 Ryan Langerhans LF .267 2 12 Reggie Abercrombie CF .232 2 10 Brian Jordan 1B .289 3 8 Josh Johnson RHP .000 0 0 Kyle Davies RHP .000 0 0 (3-2, 2.78) (2-3, 5.31) If our pitching could come around it would be so nice. Our offense is potent. Almost double digit RBI's all around. Well we beat the braves in HR and RBI in this lineups. 31 vs 30 in HR and 136 vs 134 in RBI. Who would had thought lol.
May 15, 200618 yr terrific baserunning by Uggla! Had he had caught it, I'd have been interested to see if Uggla could make it back to first. He had to be practically on second base's doorstep.
