Marlins notebook
NL West parks provide power surge for Miami Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton
Giancarlo Stanton is swinging a hot bat, and now he awaits games in Arizona and California, where his home run frequency is high.
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Giancarlo Stanton saw enough of Heath Bell last year to know what to expect.
Giancarlo Stanton is swinging a hot bat, and now he awaits games in Arizona and California, where his home run frequency is high.
Ricky Nolasco went seven innings in his 80th career win, and Miami’s hitters continued to produce in taking two of three from St. Louis.
When St. Louis loaded the bases in the ninth inning Sunday and sent Matt Holliday up as a pinch-hitter, the Marlins didnt mess around: Steve Cishek got the call. Five pitches later, Holliday was wincing over a third-strike call.
Tom Koehler gave up five runs in the first, and although the Marlins rallied, the Cardinals kept scoring.
The Marlins put catcher Miguel Olivo on the restricted list Saturday after he left the team after the first inning of Fridays 5-4 win against St. Louis. Olivo, for his part, just wants to be somewhere other than the Marlins bench.
Jose Fernandez gave up three runs, two earned, and struck out 10 in seven innings as Miami beat St. Louis.
After a strong spring, Nathan Eovaldi was ready to start his season with the Marlins.
Lacking the national attention focused on Yasiel Puig and Shelby Miller, Jose Fernandez to Marcell Ozuna are building their cases in Miami.
Derek Dietrich isnt one bit surprised that hes showing just as much home run pop in the majors as he did in the minors.
Kevin Slowey started on three days rest for the first time in his major-league career and was battered by the Brewers.
Giancarlo Stanton hit a go-ahead, two-run shot in the eighth as the Marlins rallied to beat the Brewers.
Ricky Nolasco said hell try to ignore the trade rumors and speculation as best as he possibly can between now and the July 31 nonwaiver trade deadline.
The Marlins finally had Giancarlo Stanton and Logan Morrison playing together for the first time this year but still fell to the Brewers.
Like pretty much everyone else, Giancarlo Stanton grew tired of watching the Marlins lose during his stint on the disabled list. With his return from the DL, he now has a chance to improve matters.
Miami used timely hitting in the eighth and 10th innings to rally from a 4-1 deficit and beat New York in extra innings for the second consecutive day.
Logan Morrison was all smiles Sunday morning sitting in the Marlins dugout.
Adeiny Hechavarria’s hit in the 20th got the Marlins past the Mets in a matinee that stretched into the night and took 6 hours 25 minutes.
Marlins rookie second baseman Derek Dietrich had one of those once-in-a-lifetime encounters in the Big Apple last week when he and agent David Meter bumped into three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis in Greenwich Village.
University of North Carolina All-American Colin Moran has an explosive quality that the Marlins believe will be a perfect fit within their organization