GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: FLORIDA (48-51) at ARIZONA (52-48)

NL: FLORIDA (48-51) at ARIZONA (52-48)

<h3>Willis looks to snap career-worst stretch</h3>



Florida (48-51) at Arizona (52-48) 9:40 pm EDT


<div class="pre">PHOENIX (Ticker) - Dontrelle Willis has had a hard time winning</div>lately. The loss of Hanley Ramirez just made it even harder.

Willis (7-9, 5.13 ERA) takes the mound looking to stop the worstskid of his career as the Florida Marlins visit the ArizonaDiamondbacks in the opener of a four-game series on Monday.

The lefthander is winless in his last nine starts, but it hasn'tbeen all his doing. Willis has received three runs or less inall but one of his six losses during the streak.


In his last start Willis, who has failed to make it out of thefourth inning in his last two outings, allowed six runs and aseason-high 11 hits in a season-low three innings againstCincinnati on Thursday.


The loss of Ramirez, who suffered a partially dislocatedshoulder on his first swing of Sunday's 9-3 win over Cincinnati,could hamper an offense that scored 30 runs in the last fourgames. Ramirez hit .533 (8-for-15) with a homer, three doublesand seven RBI as the Marlins took three of four from the Reds.

Meanwhile, Doug Davis (6-10, 4.13) takes the mound for Arizona,which took two of three from Chicago over the weekend. In hislast start, Davis did not receive a decision despite holding theMilwaukee Brewers to two runs and five hits in six innings onThursday.

 

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<div class="pre">FLORIDA AT ARIZONA -- LINEUPS

FLORIDA ARIZONA
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Alfredo Amezaga SS .282 2 23 Chris Young CF .231 15 34
Dan Uggla 2B .258 19 61 Orlando Hudson 2B .288 7 48
Miguel Cabrera 3B .333 23 71 Eric Byrnes RF .308 14 52
Josh Willingham LF .264 15 63 Conor Jackson 1B .265 6 29
Mike Jacobs 1B .271 7 22 Mark Reynolds 3B .263 8 30
Cody Ross CF .283 4 14 Chris Snyder C .234 8 20
Todd Linden RF .225 1 5 Scott Hairston LF .217 3 13
Matt Treanor C .306 2 8 Augie Ojeda SS .310 1 5
Dontrelle Willis LHP .167 0 1 Doug Davis LHP .091 0 1
(7-9, 5.13) (6-10, 4.13)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA
WARMUPS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS (7-9, 5.13)
ARI - DOUG DAVIS (6-10, 4.13)

UMPIRES: HP - BILL MILLER
1B - MARVIN HUDSON
2B - ED MONTAGUE
3B - CHRIS GUCCIONE

WEATHER: INDOORS</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA
STARTING BATS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS AND MATT TREANOR
ARI - DOUG DAVIS AND CHRIS SNYDER

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: A AMEZAGA (.282, 2 HR, 23 RBI)
D UGGLA (.258, 19 HR, 61 RBI)
M CABRERA (.333, 23 HR, 71 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MIKE JACOBS SCORED DAN UGGLA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M JACOBS ON FIRST, J WILLINGHAM ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 1
ARIZONA 0 TOP, 1ST

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: C ROSS (.283, 4 HR, 14 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CODY ROSS SCORED JOSH WILLINGHAM.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C ROSS ON FIRST, M JACOBS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 2
ARIZONA 0 TOP, 1ST

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: T LINDEN (.225, 1 HR, 5 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
FLORIDA 2 2 3 0
ARIZONA 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS
ARI - DOUG DAVIS

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C YOUNG (.231, 15 HR, 34 RBI)
O HUDSON (.288, 7 HR, 48 RBI)
E BYRNES (.308, 14 HR, 52 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">FLORIDA (2) VS ARIZONA (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Amezaga ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281
D Uggla 2b 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .258
M Cabrera 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .335
J Willingham lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263
M Jacobs 1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .275
C Ross cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .295
T Linden rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .223
M Treanor c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
D Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167

Totals 6 2 3 2 1 1 3

BATTING: RBI - M Jacobs (23), C Ross (15). 2-out RBI - M Jacobs, C Ross.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Linden 1. Team LOB - 2.


ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Young cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
O Hudson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288
E Byrnes rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
C Jackson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
M Reynolds 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
C Snyder c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
S Hairston lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
A Ojeda ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
D Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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FLORIDA - 2 -- 2
ARIZONA - -- 0
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FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Willis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.13

ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Davis 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 4.25

Pitches-strikes: D Davis 31-18. Ground balls-fly balls: D Davis 2-0. Batters
faced: D Davis 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Bill Miller. 1B--Marvin Hudson. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Chris
Guccione.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA
CONFIRMED STARTERS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS
ARI - DOUG DAVIS</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
FLORIDA 2 2 3 0
ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 (TOP 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS
ARI - DOUG DAVIS

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M TREANOR (.306, 2 HR, 8 RBI)
D WILLIS (.167, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
A AMEZAGA (.281, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">FLORIDA (2) VS ARIZONA (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Amezaga ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281
D Uggla 2b 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .258
M Cabrera 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .335
J Willingham lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263
M Jacobs 1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .275
C Ross cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .295
T Linden rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .223
M Treanor c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306
D Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167

Totals 6 2 3 2 1 1 3

BATTING: RBI - M Jacobs (23), C Ross (15). 2-out RBI - M Jacobs, C Ross.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Linden 1. Team LOB - 2.


ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Young cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
O Hudson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
E Byrnes rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .307
C Jackson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
M Reynolds 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
C Snyder c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
S Hairston lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
A Ojeda ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
D Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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FLORIDA - 2 -- 2
ARIZONA - 0 -- 0
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FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Willis 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.09

ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Davis 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 4.25

Pitches-strikes: D Willis 12-9; D Davis 31-18. Ground balls-fly balls: D
Willis 1-1; D Davis 2-0. Batters faced: D Willis 3; D Davis 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Bill Miller. 1B--Marvin Hudson. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Chris
Guccione.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL FLORIDA AT ARIZONA
NOTE: FLORIDA THIRD BASEMAN MIGUEL CABRERA EXTENDED HIS
HITTING STREAK TO 13 GAMES WITH A SINGLE IN THE FIRST INNING.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
FLORIDA 2 0 2 3 0
ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS
ARI - DOUG DAVIS

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C JACKSON (.265, 6 HR, 29 RBI)
M REYNOLDS (.263, 8 HR, 30 RBI)
C SNYDER (.234, 8 HR, 20 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">FLORIDA (2) VS ARIZONA (0) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Amezaga ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .280
D Uggla 2b 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .257
M Cabrera 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .335
J Willingham lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263
M Jacobs 1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .275
C Ross cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .295
T Linden rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .223
M Treanor c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
D Willis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161

Totals 10 2 3 2 1 2 4

BATTING: RBI - M Jacobs (23), C Ross (15). 2-out RBI - M Jacobs, C Ross.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Linden 1. Team LOB - 3.


ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Young cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
O Hudson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
E Byrnes rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .307
C Jackson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
M Reynolds 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
C Snyder c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
S Hairston lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
A Ojeda ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
D Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091

Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


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FLORIDA - 20 -- 2
ARIZONA - 0 -- 0
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FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Willis 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.09

ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Davis 2 3 2 2 1 2 0 4.21

WP - D Davis. Pitches-strikes: D Willis 12-9; D Davis 42-27. Ground balls-fly
balls: D Willis 1-1; D Davis 5-0. Batters faced: D Willis 3; D Davis 11.

UMPIRES: HP--Bill Miller. 1B--Marvin Hudson. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Chris
Guccione.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
FLORIDA 2 0 2 3 0
ARIZONA 0 0 0 1 0 (TOP 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS
ARI - DOUG DAVIS

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M CABRERA (.335, 1-FOR-1)
J WILLINGHAM (.263, 0-FOR-1)
M JACOBS (.275, 1-FOR-1, RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">FLORIDA (2) VS ARIZONA (0) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Amezaga ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .280
D Uggla 2b 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .257
M Cabrera 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .335
J Willingham lf 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .263
M Jacobs 1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .275
C Ross cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .295
T Linden rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .223
M Treanor c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
D Willis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161

Totals 10 2 3 2 1 2 4

BATTING: RBI - M Jacobs (23), C Ross (15). 2-out RBI - M Jacobs, C Ross.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Linden 1. Team LOB - 3.


ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Young cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
O Hudson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
E Byrnes rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .307
C Jackson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
M Reynolds 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
C Snyder c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .238
S Hairston lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .216
A Ojeda ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
D Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091

Totals 7 0 1 0 0 1 1

BATTING: 2B - C Snyder (6, D Willis). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
S Hairston 1. Team LOB - 1.


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FLORIDA - 20 -- 2
ARIZONA - 00 -- 0
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FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Willis 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.05

ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Davis 2 3 2 2 1 2 0 4.21

WP - D Davis. Pitches-strikes: D Willis 28-20; D Davis 42-27. Ground
balls-fly balls: D Willis 3-2; D Davis 5-0. Batters faced: D Willis 7; D Davis
11.

UMPIRES: HP--Bill Miller. 1B--Marvin Hudson. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Chris
Guccione.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
FLORIDA 2 0 0 2 3 0
ARIZONA 0 0 0 1 0 (BOT 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS
ARI - DOUG DAVIS

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: A OJEDA (.310, 1 HR, 5 RBI)
D DAVIS (.091, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
C YOUNG (.230, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">FLORIDA (2) VS ARIZONA (0) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Amezaga ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .280
D Uggla 2b 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .257
M Cabrera 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .334
J Willingham lf 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .262
M Jacobs 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .273
C Ross cf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .295
T Linden rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .223
M Treanor c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
D Willis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .161

Totals 13 2 3 2 1 2 4

BATTING: RBI - M Jacobs (23), C Ross (15). 2-out RBI - M Jacobs, C Ross.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - T Linden 1. Team LOB - 3.


ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Young cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230
O Hudson 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287
E Byrnes rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .307
C Jackson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
M Reynolds 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
C Snyder c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .238
S Hairston lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .216
A Ojeda ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
D Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091

Totals 7 0 1 0 0 1 1

BATTING: 2B - C Snyder (6, D Willis). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
S Hairston 1. Team LOB - 1.


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FLORIDA - 200 -- 2
ARIZONA - 00 -- 0
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FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Willis 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.05

ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
D Davis 3 3 2 2 1 2 0 4.18

WP - D Davis. Pitches-strikes: D Willis 28-20; D Davis 53-34. Ground
balls-fly balls: D Willis 3-2; D Davis 6-2. Batters faced: D Willis 7; D Davis
14.

UMPIRES: HP--Bill Miller. 1B--Marvin Hudson. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Chris
Guccione.

Weather: INDOORS.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ORLANDO HUDSON (8) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 3RD OFF DONTRELLE WILLIS SCORED AUGIE OJEDA.
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 2, ARIZONA 2

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: E BYRNES (.307, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
FLORIDA 2 0 0 2 3 0
ARIZONA 0 0 2 2 4 0 (TOP 4)

CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS
ARI - DOUG DAVIS

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: C ROSS (.295, 1-FOR-1, RBI)
T LINDEN (.223, 0-FOR-1)
M TREANOR (.301, 0-FOR-1)</div>