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Projected Starting Pitchers

Brad Penny & Scott Linebrink

 

8:05 Gametime-- Radio: WQAM TV: FSN

 

Ramp's prediction:8-3 Fish......

I think 7-3 marlins.

I say 8-4 Marlins

 

:marlins

20 minutes till game time

Tonight's Lineups:

Marlins:

Luis Castillo

Juan Pierre

Pudge

Lowell

Encarnacion

DLee

Sea Bass

Hollandsworthless

Penny

 

Astros

Biggio

Blum

Bagwell

Kent

Berkman

Merced

Ausmus

Everett

Linebrink

Fish go 1-2-3 with Luis and Pudge striking out....

nice catch.....

 

 

 

 

nice contact by Biggio....

oh boy....

 

Biggio sends one to the wall, Encarnacion catches the ball, crashes into the wall and is a bit shaken up......1 out

 

Blum pops out to Pierre

 

Bagwell pops out to deeeeep LF to Hollandsworth....

 

a pretty wild 1-2-3 inning for Penny

Due up for Marlins:

Lowell

Encarnacion

DLee

Lowell grounds out to SS Everett....(remember Lugo was demoted for allegedly beating his wife)

 

HOMERUN JUAN ENCARNACION(4)!!!!!

 

you see this alot, a player makes a great defensive play, then they come up to bat in the next inning and nail the ball

 

DLee grounds out to SS....

 

HOMERUN SEA BASS(7)!!!!!!!!!!

that ball was absolutely crushed...not one Astro moved

 

2-0 GOOD GUYS

 

ground rule double for TH(9)....the hits keep coming!!!!

Who told the Marlins they could hit the long ball this year????

 

:w00t :w00t :w00t

i think they changed there plan to Pitching-Speed-Homeruns :mischief2

Kent grounds out to Lowell

 

Berkman grounds out to Sea Bass

 

Merced grounds out to DLee

 

1-2-3 again for Penny :mischief2

 

the tale of 2 innings

 

1st: 3 long popouts

2nd: 3 ground outs

Go Cards....up 5-0 on Montreal in the 1st

Pierre grounds out...

 

Castillo doubles to LF.....14 game hitting streak now...

 

Pudge is up....let's get a base hit here...or a ground rule double down the 1st base line and Luis scores...

 

3-0 Good Guys.....

 

Lowell with a chance at an rbi now....hitter's count...2-0.....2-1 now on a swing and a miss....3-1 now....good eye...called strike...3-2 count...fouled off...3-2 again..nice catch by a fan in the first row....nailed to 3rd but right to Geoff Blum

 

2 outs for Encarnacion now...walks...

 

Pudge steals 3rd, Juan 2nd.....DLee lines out to Blum :angry

TOP 4th

 

Fighting Fish up 3-0

Brad Ausmus...strikes out looking on 3 pitches

 

Adam Everett...in his 98th career AB hits a triple to the left center gap....

 

*look out for a suicide squeeze*

 

Scott Linebrink up now...strikes out swinging...

 

2 outs

 

Craig Biggio up now....walks

 

Geoff Blum up with 2 outs and runners at the corners...got out somehow

after 4 innings still 3-0 Marlins

 

Penny's line: 57 pitches 1hit 1walk 2ks

Pierre pops out to Kent

 

Castillo pops out to LF

 

Pudge grounds out Jeff Kent

Penny struggling in 5th, 2 on 1 out

 

Biggio single 3-2

 

2 on, 1 out

 

C'mon Penny

Merced singles

 

Ausmus singles, Merced to 3rd

 

Everett up now...3-0 count...there's a strike ....3-1...now a swing and a miss...3-2...Hidalgo on deck....foul,foul,foul....groundball to Lowell to Castillo but he bobbles it...no throw to 1st...Merced scores..Everett safe at 1st

 

3-1 Fish...

 

man on 1st for PH Richard Hidalgo...2-2 count....full count now...walks...

 

*start warming up the pen, Torborg...Penny is losing it...*

 

Craig Biggio is the batter with 2 on, 1 out....base hit to left field......Hidalgo to 2nd base

 

3-2 Fish....

 

Geoff Blum is the batter.....Arnsberg out to talk to Penny.....another base hit to right field now...

 

3-3.....dammit Penny, WTF? :banghead

 

Jeff Bagwell is the batter with 2 on, 1 out...pops out to CF...no advancement by runners

 

Jeff Kent is the batter...2 on, 2 out....count is 2-0 right now...cmon Penny buckle down...grounds out to Mike Lowell....

Blum up...

 

Singles

 

Tie game

 

 

 

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Penny falling apart

Now that missed scoring opportunity with 2 in scoring position for D. Lee is now huge

Top 6th

 

3-3 TIE

 

:angry

Blum up...

 

Singles

 

Tie game

 

 

 

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Penny falling apart

seems like Penny has an inning like this in every game....picthes great all around it, but seems to lose it one bad inning a game, and then the Marlins instead of a lead are tied or behind and then lose it because the bullpen blows.

 

Well are we already looking for trades ?