GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: FLORIDA (39-46) at SAN DIEGO (48-35)

NL: FLORIDA at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN DIEGO - PITCHING CHANGE
FLA: KEVIN GREGG (0-3, 3.14) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 3, SAN DIEGO 2

DUE UP FOR SANDIEGO: M BARRETT (.255, 1-FOR-3, RBI)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN DIEGO - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: K Gregg relieved A Benitez.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 3
SAN DIEGO 2 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: M Barrett (.255, 1-FOR-3, RBI)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at SAN DIEGO

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

BATTERIES: FLA - BYUNG-HYUN KIM, ERASMO RAMIREZ (7TH), JUSTIN MILLER (7TH),
ARMANDO BENITEZ (8TH), KEVIN GREGG (9TH) AND MATT TREANOR

SDG - JAKE PEAVY, CLA MEREDITH (8TH), ROYCE RING (9TH),
KEVIN CAMERON (9TH) AND MICHAEL BARRETT

HOME RUNS: FLA - JEREMY HERMIDA (8) OFF JAKE PEAVY IN THE 4TH, 0 ON

SDG - NONE</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at SAN DIEGO

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

BATTERIES: FLA - BYUNG-HYUN KIM, ERASMO RAMIREZ (7TH), JUSTIN MILLER (7TH),
ARMANDO BENITEZ (8TH), KEVIN GREGG (9TH) AND MATT TREANOR

SDG - JAKE PEAVY, CLA MEREDITH (8TH), ROYCE RING (9TH),
KEVIN CAMERON (9TH) AND MICHAEL BARRETT


WP - BYUNG-HYUN KIM (4-4)
LP - JAKE PEAVY (9-3)
SAVE - KEVIN GREGG (17)

HOME RUNS: FLA - JEREMY HERMIDA (8) OFF JAKE PEAVY IN THE 4TH, 0 ON

SDG - NONE


TIME: 2:33 ATT: 32,496

PROBABLES: ATL - BUDDY CARLYLE (2-2, 4.74)
SDG - JUSTIN GERMANO (5-2, 3.12)

PROBABLES: FLA - DONTRELLE WILLIS (7-7, 4.65)
LOS - CHAD BILLINGSLEY (5-0, 3.44)</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">FLORIDA (3) VS SAN DIEGO (2) - FINAL

FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 .319
D Uggla 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .249
M Cabrera 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .321
M Jacobs 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .246
J Wood 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
J Willingham lf 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 .265
J Hermida rf 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 .230
M Treanor c 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 .290
A Amezaga cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .267
B Kim p 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000
E Ramirez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
A Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-T Linden ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .221
K Gregg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 32 3 6 3 4 9 15

a-walked for A Benitez in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - J Hermida (9, J Peavy); H Ramirez (21, J Peavy). HR - J Hermida
(8, 4th inning off J Peavy 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - M Treanor 2 (5), J Hermida (27).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Uggla 2, H Ramirez 3. GIDP - M
Cabrera, J Hermida. Team LOB - 7.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (H Ramirez-D Uggla-M Jacobs).


SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Giles rf 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 .277
M Giles 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .252
A Gonzalez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .265
M Cameron cf 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 .261
K Greene ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .243
M Barrett c 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .254
R Branyan 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .196
a-K Kouzmanoff ph-3b 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .221
J Cruz Jr lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .251
J Peavy p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .189
b-J Bard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .263
C Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Ring p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
K Cameron p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 28 2 3 2 5 11 13

a-walked for R Branyan in the 7th; b-flied out to left for J Peavy in the
7th.

BATTING: 2B - J Cruz Jr (12, B Kim); M Barrett (11, B Kim). 3B - M Giles (1, B
Kim). S - M Giles. RBI - M Giles (31), M Barrett (32). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - J Bard 1, J Peavy 1, K Greene 2. GIDP - M Giles. Team LOB -
6.

FIELDING: E - M Giles (5, throw). DP: 2 (R Branyan-M Giles-A Gonzalez, M
Giles-K Greene-A Gonzalez).


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FLORIDA - 020 100 000 -- 3
SAN DIEGO - 100 000 100 -- 2
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FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
B Kim (W, 4-4) 6 1/3 3 2 2 2 7 0 4.94
E Ramirez (H, 1) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
J Miller (H, 6) 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.52
A Benitez (H, 6) 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 4.83
K Gregg (S, 17) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.08

SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Peavy (L, 9-3) 7 5 3 3 3 6 1 2.19
C Meredith 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.60
R Ring 2/3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.04
K Cameron 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.33

E Ramirez pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

BALK - B Kim. HBP - D Uggla (by J Peavy); M Cameron (by B Kim).
Pitches-strikes: B Kim 77-50; E Ramirez 7-3; J Miller 5-5; A Benitez 27-14; K
Gregg 9-6; J Peavy 110-74; C Meredith 13-8; R Ring 18-10; K Cameron 1-1. Ground
balls-fly balls: B Kim 5-7; E Ramirez 0-0; J Miller 0-1; A Benitez 1-0; K Gregg
0-2; J Peavy 11-5; C Meredith 0-1; R Ring 1-0; K Cameron 0-1. Batters faced: B
Kim 24; E Ramirez 1; J Miller 2; A Benitez 5; K Gregg 3; J Peavy 29; C Meredith
3; R Ring 4; K Cameron 1.

UMPIRES: HP--Brian Runge. 1B--Randy Marsh. 2B--Mike Muchlinski. 3B--Bob
Davidson.

T--2:33. Att--32,496.
Weather: 69 degrees, overcast. Wind: 7 mph, left to
right.</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
FLORIDA 3
SAN DIEGO 2 FINAL</div>

 

NL: FLORIDA at SAN DIEGO

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FLORIDA (3) AT SAN DIEGO (2) - HOW THEY SCORED
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SAN DIEGO 1ST: B Giles walked. M Giles tripled to right, B Giles scored.
A Gonzalez struck out swinging. M Cameron struck out swinging. K Greene flied
out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, SAN DIEGO 1.

FLORIDA 2ND: M Jacobs grounded out to second. J Willingham walked.
J Hermida doubled to left, J Willingham to third. M Treanor singled to center,
J Willingham and J Hermida scored, M Treanor to second advancing on throw.
A Amezaga grounded into fielder's choice to second, M Treanor to third, A Amezaga
to second on throwing error by second baseman M Giles. B Kim grounded out to
second. H Ramirez grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
FLORIDA 2, SAN DIEGO 1.

FLORIDA 4TH: J Willingham struck out looking. J Hermida homered to center.
M Treanor flied out to left. A Amezaga walked. B Kim grounded out to third.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 7TH: M Cameron hit by pitch. K Greene popped out to first.
M Barrett doubled to deep right, M Cameron scored. E Ramirez relieved B Kim.
K Kouzmanoff hit for R Branyan. K Kouzmanoff walked. J Miller relieved
E Ramirez. J Cruz Jr struck out swinging. J Bard hit for J Peavy. J Bard flied
out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, SAN DIEGO 2.</div>

 

Kim, Hermida help Marlins edge Padres

<h3>FLORIDA 3, SAN DIEGO 2</h3>SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Byung-Hyun Kim collected his firstvictory in over a month and Jeremy Hermida homered to lead theFlorida Marlins to a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres onThursday.

Kim (4-4) tossed 6 1/3 solid innings, yielding two runs andthree hits while recording a season-high seven strikeouts. The28-year-old, who walked two, had not won a start since May 28and was 0-2 with a 5.22 ERA in his last six outings.

Erasmo Ramirez faced one batter in the seventh before JustinMiller worked out of a one-out jam with runners on first andsecond to end the threat.

Armando Benitez worked around a leadoff walk to pitch ascoreless eighth before Kevin Gregg retired the side in theninth for his 17th save in 18 chances.

After Kim yielded an RBI triple to Marcus Giles in the bottom ofthe first, the native of South Korea settled in, not allowinganother hit until a Jose Cruz Jr. doubled in the fifth.

Kim ran into trouble in the seventh. He led off the frame byhitting Mike Cameron with a pitch, and one out later a double byMichael Barrett cut the Padres' deficit to 3-2. Kim then wasreplaced by Ramirez.

Florida got on the board against San Diego starter Jake Peavy inthe second when Matt Treanor singled to score Josh Willinghamand Hermida and give the Marlins a 2-0 lead.

Hermida increased the lead in the fourth when he blasted an 0-2pitch from Peavy over the center field wall to make it 3-1. Itwas Hermida's eighth home run.

Peavy (9-3) allowed three runs, five hits and three walks inseven innings. He struck out six.

In his final outing prior to a potential start in the All-Stargame, the right-hander failed to become the fifth pitcher in theNational League to record at least 10 victories.

Brian Giles walked three times for the Padres, who managed justthree hits for the second time in the series.

Treanor added two hits for the Marlins, who have won three offive.

 

NL: FLORIDA at SAN DIEGO

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FLORIDA (3) AT SAN DIEGO (2) - EVENT LOG
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Florida Starting Lineups -- H Ramirez SS, D Uggla 2B, M Cabrera 3B, M Jacobs 1B,
J Willingham LF, J Hermida RF, M Treanor C, A Amezaga CF, B Kim RHP.

San Diego Starting Lineups -- B Giles RF, M Giles 2B, A Gonzalez 1B, M Cameron CF,
K Greene SS, M Barrett C, R Branyan 3B, J Cruz Jr LF, J Peavy RHP.

Umpires -- Brian Runge (HP), Randy Marsh (1B), Mike Muchlinski (2B), Bob Davidson (3B).

Gametime Weather: 69 degrees, Overcast, wind left to right at 7 mph.


FLORIDA 1ST: H Ramirez fouled out to first. D Uggla struck out swinging.
M Cabrera struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, SAN DIEGO 0.

SAN DIEGO 1ST: B Giles walked. M Giles tripled to right, B Giles scored.
A Gonzalez struck out swinging. M Cameron struck out swinging. K Greene flied
out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, SAN DIEGO 1.

FLORIDA 2ND: M Jacobs grounded out to second. J Willingham walked.
J Hermida doubled to left, J Willingham to third. M Treanor singled to center,
J Willingham and J Hermida scored, M Treanor to second advancing on throw.
A Amezaga grounded into fielder's choice to second, M Treanor to third, A Amezaga
to second on throwing error by second baseman M Giles. B Kim grounded out to
second. H Ramirez grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
FLORIDA 2, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 2ND: M Barrett lined out to third. R Branyan struck out
swinging. J Cruz Jr grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 2,
SAN DIEGO 1.

FLORIDA 3RD: D Uggla hit by pitch. M Cabrera grounded into double play,
third to second to first, D Uggla out at second. M Jacobs popped out to
shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 2, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 3RD: J Peavy struck out looking. B Giles walked. M Giles
grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, B Giles out at
second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 2, SAN DIEGO 1.

FLORIDA 4TH: J Willingham struck out looking. J Hermida homered to center.
M Treanor flied out to left. A Amezaga walked. B Kim grounded out to third.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 4TH: A Gonzalez struck out swinging. M Cameron struck out
swinging. K Greene struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3,
SAN DIEGO 1.

FLORIDA 5TH: H Ramirez grounded out to shortstop. D Uggla popped out to
shortstop. M Cabrera fouled out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3,
SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 5TH: M Barrett lined out to center. R Branyan popped out to
shortstop. J Cruz Jr doubled to deep right center. J Cruz Jr to third on balk
by B Kim. J Peavy lined out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3,
SAN DIEGO 1.

FLORIDA 6TH: M Jacobs walked. J Willingham struck out looking. J Hermida
grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, M Jacobs out at
second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 6TH: B Giles flied out to center. M Giles grounded out to
second. A Gonzalez grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3,
SAN DIEGO 1.

FLORIDA 7TH: M Treanor singled to left center. A Amezaga struck out
looking. B Kim bunted into fielder's choice to first, M Treanor out at second.
H Ramirez doubled to right, B Kim to third. D Uggla struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 7TH: M Cameron hit by pitch. K Greene popped out to first.
M Barrett doubled to deep right, M Cameron scored. E Ramirez relieved B Kim.
K Kouzmanoff hit for R Branyan. K Kouzmanoff walked. J Miller relieved
E Ramirez. J Cruz Jr struck out swinging. J Bard hit for J Peavy. J Bard flied
out to left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, SAN DIEGO 2.

FLORIDA 8TH: K Kouzmanoff at third base. C Meredith relieved J Peavy.
M Cabrera flied out to center. M Jacobs struck out swinging. J Willingham
struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, SAN DIEGO 2.

SAN DIEGO 8TH: A Benitez relieved J Miller. B Giles walked. M Giles
sacrificed to third, B Giles to second. A Gonzalez struck out swinging.
M Cameron walked. K Greene struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
FLORIDA 3, SAN DIEGO 2.

FLORIDA 9TH: R Ring relieved C Meredith. J Hermida struck out swinging.
M Treanor grounded out to third. A Amezaga singled to left. T Linden hit for
A Benitez. T Linden walked, A Amezaga to second. K Cameron relieved R Ring.
H Ramirez flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, SAN DIEGO 2.

SAN DIEGO 9TH: K Gregg relieved A Benitez. J Wood at first base. M Barrett
flied out to right. K Kouzmanoff struck out swinging. J Cruz Jr flied out to
right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, SAN DIEGO 2.</div>

 

Kim, Hermida help Marlins edge Padres

<h3>FLORIDA 3, SAN DIEGO 2</h3>SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Byung-Hyun Kim collected his firstvictory in over a month and Jeremy Hermida homered to lead theFlorida Marlins to a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres onThursday.

Kim (4-4) tossed 6 1/3 solid innings, yielding two runs andthree hits while recording a season-high seven strikeouts. The28-year-old, who walked two, had not won a start since May 28and was 0-2 with a 5.22 ERA in his last six outings.

"I've been kind of struggling but I won the game, so I am veryhappy about that," Kim said through an interpreter. "The moundwas a little higher than I expected. My control was a littlebit off, but I kind of settled down."

Erasmo Ramirez faced one batter in the seventh before JustinMiller worked out of a one-out jam with runners on first andsecond to end the threat.

Armando Benitez worked around a leadoff walk to pitch ascoreless eighth before Kevin Gregg retired the side in theninth for his 17th save in 18 chances.

"Kim threw the ball well, and their bullpen did enough to holdus down," Padres manager Bud Black said.

After Kim yielded an RBI triple to Marcus Giles in the bottom ofthe first, the native of South Korea settled in, not allowinganother hit until a Jose Cruz Jr. doubled in the fifth.

"In his last couple of outings, Kim has taken to what (pitchingcoach Rick Kranitz) has asked of him," Marlins manager FrediGonzalez said. "Pound the strike zone, and he did that. He dida nice job getting out of that, a veteran-type (effort)."

Kim ran into trouble in the seventh. He led off the frame byhitting Mike Cameron with a pitch, and one out later a double byMichael Barrett cut the Padres' deficit to 3-2. Kim then wasreplaced by Ramirez.

Florida got on the board against San Diego starter Jake Peavy inthe second when Matt Treanor singled to score Josh Willinghamand Hermida and give the Marlins a 2-0 lead.

"Treanor came up with a big hit, and it just takes those bighits against a guy like Peavy," Hermida said.

Hermida increased the lead in the fourth when he blasted an 0-2pitch from Peavy over the center field wall to make it 3-1. Itwas Hermida's eighth home run.

"Peavy is tough," Hermida said. "He is one of the better guysin the league, day in and day out. Hopefully, he leaves acouple up for you, which I got one today."

Peavy (9-3) allowed three runs, five hits and three walks inseven innings. He struck out six.

"It was just one of those things where I've got to be betterthan I was to win," Peavy said. "That's all there is to it. Alot of times, you'll take those kinds of outings, and sometimesthat's good enough to win. Obviously, it wasn't today."

In his final outing prior to a potential start in the All-Stargame, the right-hander failed to become the fifth pitcher in theNational League to record at least 10 victories.

Brian Giles walked three times for the Padres, who managed justthree hits for the second time in the series.

"We have won our share of (close) games, but today it didn'thappen," Black said. "I think the potential is there. It's nothappening right now, but I do think we're seeing some signs ofguys swinging the bats better. We're hoping to turn it around."

Treanor added two hits for the Marlins, who have won three offive.