Final
Buehrle tries again for first win in middle tilt with Cubs
Apr 18, 2012 - 2:48 PMVideo
On Tuesday, Hanley Ramirez hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning and the Marlins downed the Cubs, 5-2, in manager Ozzie Guillen's return to the dugout.
The game was played in Miami, a city and community which generally focused its ire on Guillen after he spoke favorably of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in an interview with Time magazine. The club suspended their first-year manager five games as a result and the Marlins lost two in a row to the Phillies before taking two of three from the Astros over that span.
Josh Johnson allowed two runs in a seven-inning start on Tuesday, Steve Cishek (1-0) tossed a scoreless eighth for the win and Heath Bell picked up his first save of the season.
Alfonso Soriano and Bryan LaHair had an RBI apiece for the Cubs, losers of three straight. Ryan Dempster gave up two unearned runs in a six-inning start and Rafael Dolis (0-1) took the loss, giving up three runs - two earned - in the eighth.
Buehrle, a 33-year-old from St. Charles, Mo., was a 13-game winner last season and won 161 games overall with the Chicago White Sox since debuting with them in 2000.
He made 390 appearances and 365 starts and won double-digit games for 11 straight seasons - including a career-high 19 in 2002.
He signed a four-year contract worth $54 million in the offseason and debuted for Miami on April 5 in Cincinnati, allowing two runs on seven hits in six innings of a 4-0 loss.
He gave up three runs on eight hits in 6 1/3 innings seven days later in Philadelphia while dropping a 3-1 verdict.
Buehrle is 5-4 in 13 career starts against the Cubs.
Chicago counters with 28-year-old righty Matt Garza, who starts for the third time this season and the first time in his career against Miami.
The former Tampa Bay Rays standout got a no-decision while allowing two runs on five hits in six innings against Washington on April 7, then allowed three hits in 8 2/3 scoreless innings in an 8-0 defeat of Milwaukee on April 12.
Garza, who won 15 games for the Rays in 2010, won 10 times for the Cubs last season while trimming his earned run average from 3.91 to 3.32.
In 14 2/3 innings so far this season, he's walked three batters and struck out 14.
Chicago has dropped each of its three series to open the season.
- CHICAGO: 1
MIAMI: 9
Final
Apr 18 9:50 PM - Giancarlo Stanton singled to left. On the play, Chris Coghlan advances to second. Runners on first and second with two outs and Gaby Sanchez due up.
Cubs 1, Marlins 9 Bot 8, 2 OutsApr 18 9:41 PM - Donnie Murphy sacrifice fly to center scored Chris Coghlan. On the play, Gaby Sanchez advances to third. Runners on first and third and with two outs and Mark Buehrle due up.
Cubs 1, Marlins 8 Bot 7, 2 OutsApr 18 9:25 PM - Ian Stewart grounded out to first scored Jeff Baker. None on with one out and Geovany Soto due up.
Cubs 1, Marlins 7 Top 7, 1 OutApr 18 9:11 PM - Jose Reyes sacrifice fly to center scored Donnie Murphy. Runner on first with two outs and Emilio Bonifacio due up.
Cubs 0, Marlins 7 Bot 6, 2 OutsApr 18 8:59 PM - Mark Buehrle singled to right scoring Gaby Sanchez. On the play, Donnie Murphy advances to third. Runners on first and third with one out and Jose Reyes due up.
Cubs 0, Marlins 6 Bot 6, 1 OutApr 18 8:58 PM - Lendy Castillo enters the game for the Cubs with a runner on second and none out.
Cubs 0, Marlins 5 Bot 6, 0 OutsApr 18 8:50 PM - Hanley Ramirez two-out, two-run Home Run (4) to left-center scored Emilio Bonifacio. Logan Morrison is due up.
Cubs 0, Marlins 4 Bot 5, 2 OutsApr 18 8:34 PM - Donnie Murphy none-out, two-run Home Run (1) to left scored John Buck. Mark Buehrle is due up.
Cubs 0, Marlins 2 Bot 3, 0 OutsApr 18 7:50 PM - CHICAGO: 0
MIAMI: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Apr 18 7:11 PM
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