GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: FLORIDA (48-53) at ARIZONA (54-48)

NL: FLORIDA at ARIZONA

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FLORIDA (0) AT ARIZONA (7) - HOW THEY SCORED
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ARIZONA 1ST: C Young homered to center. O Hudson safe at first on throwing
error by third baseman M Cabrera. E Byrnes fouled out to catcher. C Jackson
flied out to right. M Reynolds grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
1 Error) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 1.

ARIZONA 3RD: C Young struck out looking. O Hudson flied out to center.
E Byrnes singled to right. C Jackson doubled to right, E Byrnes scored.
C Jackson to third on wild pitch by S Olsen. M Reynolds doubled to deep center,
C Jackson scored. C Snyder reached on infield single to pitcher, M Reynolds to
third. S Drew singled to center, M Reynolds scored, C Snyder to second.
S Hairston doubled to deep center, C Snyder and S Drew scored. B Webb flied out
to right. (5 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 6.

ARIZONA 4TH: C Young walked. O Hudson struck out swinging. C Young picked
off first. E Byrnes doubled to left. C Jackson singled to center, E Byrnes
scored. M Reynolds grounded into fielder's choice to third, C Jackson out at
second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at ARIZONA

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FLORIDA (0) AT ARIZONA (7) - EVENT LOG
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Florida Starting Lineups -- A Amezaga SS, D Uggla 2B, M Cabrera 3B, M Jacobs 1B,
J Willingham LF, M Olivo C, C Ross CF, J Hermida RF, S Olsen LHP.

Arizona Starting Lineups -- C Young CF, O Hudson 2B, E Byrnes RF, C Jackson 1B,
M Reynolds 3B, C Snyder C, S Drew SS, S Hairston LF, B Webb RHP.

Umpires -- Ed Montague (HP), Chris Guccione (1B), Bill Miller (2B), Marvin Hudson (3B).

Gametime Weather: INDOORS.


FLORIDA 1ST: A Amezaga grounded out to first. D Uggla walked. M Cabrera
walked, D Uggla to second. M Jacobs struck out swinging. J Willingham walked,
D Uggla to third, M Cabrera to second. M Olivo grounded out to third. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 0.

ARIZONA 1ST: C Young homered to center. O Hudson safe at first on throwing
error by third baseman M Cabrera. E Byrnes fouled out to catcher. C Jackson
flied out to right. M Reynolds grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
1 Error) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 1.

FLORIDA 2ND: C Ross grounded out to pitcher. J Hermida singled to left.
S Olsen struck out bunting foul. A Amezaga doubled to right, J Hermida to third.
D Uggla flied out to right. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 1.

ARIZONA 2ND: C Snyder walked. S Drew singled to right, C Snyder to second.
S Hairston grounded into double play, third to second to first, S Drew out at
second, C Snyder to third. B Webb grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 1.

FLORIDA 3RD: M Cabrera safe at first on error by third baseman M Reynolds.
M Jacobs struck out swinging. J Willingham grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, M Cabrera out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error)
FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 1.

ARIZONA 3RD: C Young struck out looking. O Hudson flied out to center.
E Byrnes singled to right. C Jackson doubled to right, E Byrnes scored.
C Jackson to third on wild pitch by S Olsen. M Reynolds doubled to deep center,
C Jackson scored. C Snyder reached on infield single to pitcher, M Reynolds to
third. S Drew singled to center, M Reynolds scored, C Snyder to second.
S Hairston doubled to deep center, C Snyder and S Drew scored. B Webb flied out
to right. (5 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 6.

FLORIDA 4TH: M Olivo grounded out to shortstop. C Ross struck out looking.
J Hermida grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0,
ARIZONA 6.

ARIZONA 4TH: C Young walked. O Hudson struck out swinging. C Young picked
off first. E Byrnes doubled to left. C Jackson singled to center, E Byrnes
scored. M Reynolds grounded into fielder's choice to third, C Jackson out at
second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

FLORIDA 5TH: S Olsen struck out looking. A Amezaga grounded out to second.
D Uggla reached on infield single to third. M Cabrera doubled to left,
D Uggla to third. M Jacobs grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 5TH: C Snyder walked. S Drew flied out to right. S Hairston
doubled to deep left, C Snyder to third. B Webb struck out swinging. C Young
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

FLORIDA 6TH: J Willingham struck out swinging. M Olivo struck out
swinging. C Ross grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 6TH: J Miller relieved S Olsen. O Hudson flied out to center.
E Byrnes grounded out to pitcher. C Jackson struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

FLORIDA 7TH: J Hermida doubled to deep center. J Borchard hit for
J Miller. J Borchard reached on infield single to catcher. A Amezaga struck out
swinging. D Uggla flied out to left. M Cabrera grounded into fielder's choice
to third, J Hermida out at third. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 7TH: A Benitez relieved J Miller. M Reynolds doubled to deep
center. C Snyder struck out swinging. S Drew fouled out to catcher.
S Hairston struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

FLORIDA 8TH: J Cruz relieved B Webb. M Jacobs singled to center.
J Willingham flied out to right. M Jacobs to second on wild pitch by J Cruz.
M Olivo struck out swinging. C Ross walked. J Hermida grounded out to first.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 8TH: K Gregg relieved A Benitez. T Linden in right field. J DaVanon
hit for J Cruz. J DaVanon struck out swinging. C Young flied out to center.
O Hudson lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

FLORIDA 9TH: D Slaten relieved J Cruz. T Linden flied out to right.
A Amezaga grounded out to shortstop. D Uggla flied out to center. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.</div>

 

Webb shuts down Marlins as Diamondbacks win fifth straight

<h3>ARIZONA 7, FLORIDA 0</h3>By Bob Huhn
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PHOENIX (Ticker) -- Brandon Webb tossed seven shutout innings tohelp the Arizona Diamondbacks to a three-game sweep over the Florida<div class="pre">Marlins with a 7-0 victory on Wednesday.</div>

Conor Jackson and Scott Hairston each had two hits and two RBIfor Arizona, which have won five straight to move within 1 1/2games of the Los Angeles Dodgers for first in the NationalLeague West.


The reigning Cy Young Award winner, Webb pitched in-and-out oftrouble most of the night but got the outs when he needed themfor his first win in since June 27 - a span of four starts. Inthat game he also threw seven shutout innings against the LosAngeles Dodgers.


Webb (9-8) scattered six hits, walked three and struck out eightwhile throwing 72 of 108 pitches for strikes. All but two ofthe 21 outs recorded by the sinkerballer were ground-ball outs.

Florida had opportunities to get to Webb in the first and secondinnings. Webb walked three batters to load the bases in thefirst but induced a ground ball to third off the bat of MiguelOlivo to end the frame. Florida had runners on second and thirdwith two out, but Dan Uggla hit a lazy fly to right for thefinal out.


Juan Cruz threw a scoreless eighth and Doug Slaten worked theninth.


Chris Young ignited the offense in the first with his 16th homerun and his third career leadoff homer off of Florida starterScott Olsen (8-8) for a 1-0 lead.


For the second night in a row Arizona broke open the game in thethird inning this time scoring five runs in the frame.

With Arizona leading, 1-0, Jackson and Mark Reynolds started theonslaught with back-to back doubles to knock in the first tworuns. Stephen Drew contributed with an RBI single and Hairstoncapped the barrage with a two-run double off the wall in center,giving Arizona a 6-0 lead.


The Marlins decided to keep Olsen (8-8) in the rotation despitehis arrest early Saturday morning by Miami police for drivingunder the influence and resisting arrest. The lefthander allowedseason highs in runs and hits. In five innings, Olsen yieldedseven run and 11 hits while walking three and striking out four.

The Marlins stranded 11 runners on base and played withoutHanley Ramirez for the third consecutive game. Ramirez, theteam's leading hitter suffered a partial tear in his leftshoulder last Sunday.

 

Webb shuts down Marlins as Diamondbacks win fifth straight

<h3>ARIZONA 7, FLORIDA 0</h3>By Bob Huhn
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PHOENIX (Ticker) -- Brandon Webb tossed seven shutout innings tohelp the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-0 victory over the FloridaMarlins on Wednesday.


Conor Jackson and Scott Hairston each had two hits and two RBIfor Arizona, which have won five straight to move within 1 1/2games of the Los Angeles Dodgers for first in the NationalLeague West.


The reigning Cy Young Award winner, Webb pitched in-and-out oftrouble most of the night but got the outs when he needed themfor his first win in since June 27 - a span of four starts. Inthat game he also threw seven shutout innings against the LosAngeles Dodgers.


Webb (9-8) scattered six hits, walked three and struck out eightwhile throwing 72 of 108 pitches for strikes. All but two ofthe 21 outs recorded by the sinkerballer were ground-ball outs.

Florida had opportunities to get to Webb in the first and secondinnings. Webb walked three batters to load the bases in thefirst but induced a ground ball to third off the bat of MiguelOlivo to end the frame. Florida had runners on second and thirdwith two out, but Dan Uggla hit a lazy fly to right for thefinal out.


Juan Cruz threw a scoreless eighth and Doug Slaten worked theninth.


Chris Young ignited the offense in the first with his 16th homerun and his third career leadoff homer off of Florida starterScott Olsen (8-8) for a 1-0 lead.


For the second night in a row Arizona broke open the game in thethird inning this time scoring five runs in the frame.

With Arizona leading, 1-0, Jackson and Mark Reynolds started theonslaught with back-to back doubles to knock in the first tworuns. Stephen Drew contributed with an RBI single and Hairstoncapped the barrage with a two-run double off the wall in center,giving Arizona a 6-0 lead.


The Marlins decided to keep Olsen (8-8) in the rotation despitehis arrest early Saturday morning by Miami police for drivingunder the influence and resisting arrest. The lefthander allowedseason highs in runs and hits. In five innings, Olsen yieldedseven run and 11 hits while walking three and striking out four.

The Marlins stranded 11 runners on base and played withoutHanley Ramirez for the third consecutive game. Ramirez, theteam's leading hitter suffered a partial tear in his leftshoulder last Sunday.

 

NL: FLORIDA at ARIZONA

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FLORIDA (0) AT ARIZONA (7) - EVENT LOG
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Florida Starting Lineups -- A Amezaga SS, D Uggla 2B, M Cabrera 3B, M Jacobs 1B,
J Willingham LF, M Olivo C, C Ross CF, J Hermida RF, S Olsen LHP.

Arizona Starting Lineups -- C Young CF, O Hudson 2B, E Byrnes RF, C Jackson 1B,
M Reynolds 3B, C Snyder C, S Drew SS, S Hairston LF, B Webb RHP.

Umpires -- Ed Montague (HP), Chris Guccione (1B), Bill Miller (2B), Marvin Hudson (3B).

Gametime Weather: INDOORS.


FLORIDA 1ST: A Amezaga grounded out to first. D Uggla walked. M Cabrera
walked, D Uggla to second. M Jacobs struck out swinging. J Willingham walked,
D Uggla to third, M Cabrera to second. M Olivo grounded out to third. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 0.

ARIZONA 1ST: C Young homered to center. O Hudson safe at first on throwing
error by third baseman M Cabrera. E Byrnes fouled out to catcher. C Jackson
flied out to right. M Reynolds grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
1 Error) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 1.

FLORIDA 2ND: C Ross grounded out to pitcher. J Hermida singled to left.
S Olsen struck out bunting foul. A Amezaga doubled to right, J Hermida to third.
D Uggla flied out to right. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 1.

ARIZONA 2ND: C Snyder walked. S Drew singled to right, C Snyder to second.
S Hairston grounded into double play, third to second to first, S Drew out at
second, C Snyder to third. B Webb grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 1.

FLORIDA 3RD: M Cabrera safe at first on error by third baseman M Reynolds.
M Jacobs struck out swinging. J Willingham grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, M Cabrera out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error)
FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 1.

ARIZONA 3RD: C Young struck out looking. O Hudson flied out to center.
E Byrnes singled to right. C Jackson doubled to right, E Byrnes scored.
C Jackson to third on wild pitch by S Olsen. M Reynolds doubled to deep center,
C Jackson scored. C Snyder reached on infield single to pitcher, M Reynolds to
third. S Drew singled to center, M Reynolds scored, C Snyder to second.
S Hairston doubled to deep center, C Snyder and S Drew scored. B Webb flied out
to right. (5 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 6.

FLORIDA 4TH: M Olivo grounded out to shortstop. C Ross struck out looking.
J Hermida grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0,
ARIZONA 6.

ARIZONA 4TH: C Young walked. O Hudson struck out swinging. C Young picked
off first. E Byrnes doubled to left. C Jackson singled to center, E Byrnes
scored. M Reynolds grounded into fielder's choice to third, C Jackson out at
second. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

FLORIDA 5TH: S Olsen struck out looking. A Amezaga grounded out to second.
D Uggla reached on infield single to shortstop. M Cabrera doubled to left,
D Uggla to third. M Jacobs grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 5TH: C Snyder walked. S Drew flied out to right. S Hairston
doubled to deep left, C Snyder to third. B Webb struck out swinging. C Young
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

FLORIDA 6TH: J Willingham struck out swinging. M Olivo struck out
swinging. C Ross grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 6TH: J Miller relieved S Olsen. O Hudson flied out to center.
E Byrnes grounded out to pitcher. C Jackson struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

FLORIDA 7TH: J Hermida doubled to deep center. J Borchard hit for
J Miller. J Borchard reached on infield single to catcher. A Amezaga struck out
swinging. D Uggla flied out to left. M Cabrera grounded into fielder's choice
to third, J Hermida out at third, J Borchard to second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 7TH: A Benitez relieved J Miller. M Reynolds doubled to deep
center. C Snyder struck out swinging. S Drew fouled out to catcher.
S Hairston struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

FLORIDA 8TH: J Cruz relieved B Webb. M Jacobs singled to center.
J Willingham flied out to right. M Jacobs to second on wild pitch by J Cruz.
M Olivo struck out swinging. C Ross walked. J Hermida grounded out to first.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

ARIZONA 8TH: K Gregg relieved A Benitez. T Linden in right field. J DaVanon
hit for J Cruz. J DaVanon struck out swinging. C Young flied out to center.
O Hudson lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.

FLORIDA 9TH: D Slaten relieved J Cruz. T Linden flied out to right.
A Amezaga grounded out to shortstop. D Uggla flied out to center. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, ARIZONA 7.</div>

 

Webb shuts down Marlins as Diamondbacks win fifth straight

<h3>ARIZONA 7, FLORIDA 0</h3>By Bob Huhn
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PHOENIX (Ticker) -- Brandon Webb tossed seven shutout inningsto help the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-0 victory over the FloridaMarlins on Wednesday.


Conor Jackson and Scott Hairston each had two hits and two RBIfor Arizona, which have won five straight to move within 1 1/2games of the Los Angeles Dodgers for first in the NationalLeague West.


The reigning Cy Young Award winner, Webb pitched in-and-out oftrouble most of the night but got the outs when he needed themfor his first win in since June 27 - a span of four starts. Inthat game he also threw seven shutout innings against the LosAngeles Dodgers.


"I battled every inning but the sixth," Webb said. "My fastballwas everywhere. I didn't have a good feel for it. Somehow Imade some big pitches when I had to and somehow it ended upworking out."


Webb (9-8) scattered six hits, walked three and struck out eightwhile throwing 72 of 108 pitches for strikes. All but two ofthe 21 outs recorded by the sinkerballer were ground-ball outs.

"He struggled with his command especially his fastball the wholenight," Arizona manager Bob Melvin said. "It is a funny game,you go out there with great stuff and give up three runs andthen you go out there and fight yourself the whole game like hedid and get those results. He found a way to get through it."

Florida had opportunities to get to Webb in the first and secondinnings. Webb walked three batters to load the bases in thefirst but induced a ground ball to third off the bat of MiguelOlivo to end the frame. Florida had runners on second and thirdwith two out, but Dan Uggla hit a lazy fly to right for thefinal out.


"We had chance to put up a couple of runs on the board and maybethe game changed," Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "He(Webb) is the Cy Young award winner and he made some pitches butit seemed like the last two games we had some opportunities toscore but couldn't get it done."


Juan Cruz threw a scoreless eighth and Doug Slaten worked theninth.


Chris Young ignited the offense in the first with his 16th homerun and his third career leadoff homer off of Florida starterScott Olsen (8-8) for a 1-0 lead.


"I was up there just trying to get anything to get thingsstarted," Young said. "I wasn't planning to hit a home run butgot enough of it."


For the second night in a row Arizona broke open the game in thethird inning this time scoring five runs in the frame.

With Arizona leading, 1-0, Jackson and Mark Reynolds started theonslaught with back-to-back doubles to knock in the first tworuns. Stephen Drew contributed with an RBI single and Hairstoncapped the barrage with a two-run double off the wall in center,giving Arizona a 6-0 lead.


The Marlins decided to keep Olsen (8-8) in the rotation despitehis arrest early Saturday morning by Miami police for drivingunder the influence and resisting arrest. The lefthanderallowed season highs in runs and hits. In five innings, Olsenyielded seven run and 11 hits while walking three and strikingout four.


The Marlins stranded 11 runners on base and played withoutHanley Ramirez for the third consecutive game. Ramirez, theteam's leading hitter suffered a partial tear in his leftshoulder last Sunday.