{"id":16231,"date":"2011-06-26T16:42:51","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T21:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=16231"},"modified":"2011-08-01T12:51:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T17:51:45","slug":"last-home-game-away-from-home-visiting-marlins-finish-off-3-game-set-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/last-home-game-away-from-home-visiting-marlins-finish-off-3-game-set-in-seattle-16231\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Home Game Away From Home: “Visiting” Marlins Finish off 3 Game Set in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seattle Mariners (38-39) AT Florida Marlins (34-43)<\/strong>
\nJune 26, 2011 at 10:10 PM EST<\/strong>
\nOpening Line:\u00a0 FLA -115, SEA -105<\/strong>
\nCurrent Line:\u00a0 FLA -114, SEA -105<\/strong>
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 6.5<\/strong>
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 6.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

SP:\u00a0 SEA- Doug Fister; FLA- Anibal Sanchez<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staff ace Anibal Sanchez will take the mound for the Marlins tonight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the first time in a month, the Marlins have another rare chance to win back to back games.\u00a0 Saturday’s game, which is actually considered a home series despite being played in Seattle, was dominated by the Marlins, who have outscored the run-challenged Mariners who despite splitting games have been outscored 7 to 5 so far in total runs in this series.<\/p>\n

They have the chance to sweep this series with a win today, which would be a huge moral victory to a Marlins team that is nearly 10 games under .500<\/p>\n

Since May 26th, the Marlins have gone 5-24 and manager Edwin Rodriguez resigned over the debacle, though it was never fully his fault to begin with.<\/p>\n

Last night the Marlins won while pitching Chris Volstad.\u00a0 He threw into the seventh inning and picked up his first victory since April 26th.\u00a0 Also, for a non-batter in the NL, he came in and hit an RBI single, which had to feel good for a pitcher who has received so little run support from his teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe went right after them tonight and showed us; this is the way I want him to pitch,\u201d Marlins manager Jack McKeon said. \u201cHopefully the six innings will translate into eight innings and maybe complete games.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Marlins still aren’t really hitting the ball, though.\u00a0 At home this year, they are .251 BA and on this trip in Seattle, they are hitting .183.\u00a0 It may not matter if Anibal Sanchez works his typical magic though.<\/p>\n

Sanchez is 6-1 with a 2.90 ERA and has pitched 7+ innings in both of his last two starts, though he didn’t receive a decision for either.\u00a0 Monday night, Sanchez gave up only one run and eight hits, but it wasn’t enough since the Marlins only gave him one run of support, as they lost 2-1.<\/p>\n

This is Sanchez’ first matchup against Seattle but he is 3-1 in interleague starts.<\/p>\n

Doug Fister will take the mound for Seattle.\u00a0 While his ERA is a respectable 3.34, the Mariners don’t offer him a lot of run support which has hurt his record (he’s 3-8 so far).\u00a0 Tuesday against the Nationals, he didn’t get a decision despite giving up only one run in 8 innings.\u00a0 The Nats scored 5 runs in the 9th inning, however, and the Mariners lost again, 6-5.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe even debated sending him back out for the eighth inning because it was so hot and he had been on base a couple of times,\u201d Seattle manager Eric Wedge said. \u201cHe had worked so hard, and so that was enough for him today. We felt like we pushed him through the eighth inning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, after his first ten starts, Fister had a 2.45 ERA, which was odd since it was 2 runs a game better than what he did in the minor leagues.\u00a0 After the hot start last year, his shoulder wore down and he posted a 5.24 ERA.\u00a0 Whether that happens this season remains to be seen.\u00a0 The end was an “average” season, and his 3.34 ERA doesn’t indicate he will have long term success.<\/p>\n

Some betting trends:<\/p>\n

The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Seattle’s last 10 games and the Mariners are 1-4 SU In their last 5 games.\u00a0 They are also 1-4 SU In their last 5 on the road while the total has gone UNDER in 4 of their last 5 on the road.<\/p>\n

The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the Marlins’ last 6 games and they are 3-21 SU in their last 24.\u00a0 They are 3-14 SU in their last 7 at home and the total has gone UNDER in 4 of their last 5 at home.<\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0 This is not a TRUE home game, so these trends are a bit irrelevant with regard to home\/away.<\/p>\n

With the way the Marlins have struggled, just getting one win last night was\u00a0 a big step forward.\u00a0 Winning back to back games may get them back on track.\u00a0 Having their ace pitch this game will be a confidence builder and if they can provide him with any kind of run support at all, the Marlins should win this one.\u00a0 Fister has been good, but he’s not the pitcher Sanchez is, when it comes right down to it.\u00a0 While the betting lines are pretty much even at this point, I do favor the Marlins in this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seattle Mariners (38-39) AT Florida Marlins (34-43) June 26, 2011 at 10:10 PM EST Opening Line:\u00a0 FLA -115, SEA -105 Current Line:\u00a0 FLA -114, SEA -105 Opening Total:\u00a0 6.5 Current Total:\u00a0 6.5 SP:\u00a0 SEA- Doug Fister; FLA- Anibal Sanchez For the first time in a month, the Marlins have another rare chance to win back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40250,"featured_media":4490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444],"tags":[130,220],"class_list":["post-16231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-florida-marlins","tag-seattle-mariners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16231"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16234,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16231\/revisions\/16234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}