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Miami Herald: Fish Bytes (10 unread)

• Marlins lose first 9-inning MLB game in at least 25 years decided on 1st pitch HR

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         Leave it to the Marlins to find a new -- and very rare -- way to lose. They dropped a 1-0 decision to Arizona on Saturday on Gerardo Parra's home run off Tom Koehler on the very first pitch of the game.

         That doesn't happen [...]

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• Jon Rauch sent packing; Marlins call up Duane Below

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        The Marlins designated reliever Jon Rauch for assignment following Friday's loss and called up left-handed pitcher Duane Below from Triple A New Orleans.

         Rauch entered Friday's game in the eighth inning, but  failed to retire any of the four batters he faced in the ninth [...]

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• 11 hits + 0 runs = New Marlins Record

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        The Marlins hit another new low, collecting 11 hits yet failing to score in their 4-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Never before in Marlins history has that happened. In fact, the previous team record for most hits in a game without a run being scored was [...]

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• Lineup is a Ditto for First Time

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        Maybe it's the new digitial display board inside the Marlins clubhouse. Maybe manager Mike Redmond and his staff haven't yet figured out how to play with the lineup using the device, which is hung from a wall just inside the clubhouse door, the same spot where the' [...]

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• Mathis abandons La-Z-Boy, rejoins Marlins

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  Being a catcher, Jeff Mathis is used to pain. He's had his face and wrists broken over the course of his catching career. But nothing quite prepared Mathis for the pain he experienced after having his collarbone broken by a Matt Holliday foul ball on the second day of spring [...]

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• Skipworth sent back down Triple A New Orleans in anticipation of Mathis' arrival Tuesday

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  LOS ANGELES -- Barring a freak injury or step back on Monday, catcher Jeff Mathis will probably make his Marlins debut Tuesday when the team returns back to Miami to open a nine-game homestand against the Reds.

  As expected, sent former first round pick Kyle Skipworth back down to Triple A [...]

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• Mother's Day lineups - Marlins at Dodgers

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  LOS ANGELES -- Happy Mother's Day.

  There is pink everywhere on the field today -- including the ball, first time that's happened in baseball. Aside from the stitching, there’s a small MLB logo in the middle of a pink ribbon, which is the international symbol of breast cancer awareness.

  TODAY'S LINEUPS

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• Coghlan adjusting to pinch-hitter role; Marlins will likely keep 3 catchers when Mathis returns Tuesday

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  LOS ANGELES -- When he was a regular in the Marlins lineup Chris Coghlan liked to fashion himself as a more patient hitter, someone who had to be selective.

  Now locked in as a bench player and pinch hitter more regularly, though, the 27-year old former NL Rookie of the Year [...]

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• Cishek recorded first 1-2-3 save of the season Friday

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  LOS ANGELES -- Closer Steve Cishek has endured his share of struggles this season, but he finally recorded his first 1-2-3 save of the season in Friday night's 5-4 come-from-behind win over the Dodgers.

  Cishek got the benefit of a borderline called strike three on the outside corner on pinch-hitter Scott Van [...]

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• Boras set to watch his client "Joe Fez" face the Dodgers

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  LOS ANGELES -- Super agent Scott Boras will watch one of his newest clients -- Marlins starter Jose Fernandez (or Joe Fez as Boras calls him)-- pitch in a major league game in person for the first time tonight.

  Boras, who inked the Marlins' top prospect at the beginning of spring' [...]

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