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Surprising Marlins, Rays clash again
Jun 24, 2008 - 12:37 PM Tampa Bay Rays (44-31) at Florida Marlins (40-35), 7:10 pm EDTMIAMI (Ticker) -- The Sunshine State's interleague battle is a bit hotter than people would've thought coming into the season.
The Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays will look to show off their surprising assets as the two contenders square off for a three-game set at Dolphins Stadium beginning Tuesday.
The Marlins had their hands full with Justin Duchscherer in a loss to the Oakland Athletics on Sunday, and things won't get any easier against another surprising pitcher, Andy Sonnanstine (8-3,4.92 ERA).
The righthander will take the ball for the Rays, who lead the American League Wild Card race and have stunned many with their success after posting the worst record in the AL last season.
Sonnanstine has thrown at least five innings in every start but one, which came on April 14 against the New York Yankees. He also hasn't surrendered more than three runs in an outing since May 24.
Florida, which had the second-worst mark in the National League in 2007, will hand Scott Olsen (4-4, 3.51) the ball with hopes of maintaining its solid position in both the Wild Card and National League East Division races.
On June 13, the teams met at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg and the Marlins dropped the first two games before Ricky Nolasco threw 8 2/3 brilliant innings to help them defeat the Rays in the third.
Florida's Hanley Ramirez is 9-for-25 in the past six games and has 16 home runs and 19 stolen bases this season.
Tampa Bay's offense is paced by Carl Crawford, who is 10-for-23 during his current six-game hitting streak.
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FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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TAMPA BAY 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 9 0
FLORIDA 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 8 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE, J.P. HOWELL (6TH), DAN WHEELER (8TH), TROY
PERCIVAL (9TH) AND DIONER NAVARRO
FLA - SCOTT OLSEN, RENYEL PINTO (8TH), JOE NELSON
(8TH), JUSTI
Jun 24 10:29 PM - ML
AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
FIELDER'S CHOICE BY JOSH WILLINGHAM SCORED HANLEY RAMIREZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J WILLINGHAM ON FIRST, J HERMIDA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 6
FLORIDA 4 BOTTOM, 9TH
DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: D UGGLA (.290, 0-FOR-4)
Rays 6, Marlins 4 Bot 9, 0 OutsJun 24 10:24 PM - ML
AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY EVAN LONGORIA SCORED AKINORI IWAMURA AND CARL
CRAWFORD.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, E LONGORIA ON SECOND, B UPTON ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 6
FLORIDA 3 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D NAVARRO (.324, 1-FOR-2, 2 BB, RBI)
Rays 6, Marlins 3 Top 9, 0 OutsJun 24 10:08 PM - ML
AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
BASES LOADED WALK TO ERIC HINSKE SCORED B.J. UPTON.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, E HINSKE ON FIRST, D NAVARRO ON SECOND, E
LONGORIA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 4
FLORIDA 3 TOP, 8TH
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J BARTLETT (.247, 1-FOR-3)
Rays 4, Marlins 3 Top 8, 0 OutsJun 24 9:43 PM - ML
AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
BASES LOADED WALK TO DIONER NAVARRO SCORED CARL CRAWFORD.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D NAVARRO ON FIRST, E LONGORIA ON SECOND, B
UPTON ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 3
FLORIDA 3 TOP, 8TH
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J GOMES (.212, 0-FOR-3)
Rays 3, Marlins 3 Top 8, 0 OutsJun 24 9:39 PM - ML
AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JORGE CANTU SCORED JEREMY HERMIDA.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J CANTU ON SECOND, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2
FLORIDA 3 BOTTOM, 7TH
DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: J WILLINGHAM (.340, 1-FOR-3)
Rays 2, Marlins 3 Bot 7, 0 OutsJun 24 9:15 PM - ML
AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY SCOTT OLSEN SCORED MIKE JACOBS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S OLSEN ON FIRST, P HOOVER ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2
FLORIDA 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H RAMIREZ (.296, 1-FOR-2)
Rays 2, Marlins 2 Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 24 8:22 PM - ML
AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY AKINORI IWAMURA (5) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT
IN THE 3RD OFF SCOTT OLSEN SCORED ANDY SONNANSTINE.
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 2, FLORIDA 1
DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: W AYBAR (.253, 0-FOR-1)
Rays 2, Marlins 1 Top 3, 0 OutsJun 24 7:48 PM - ML
AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JEREMY HERMIDA SCORED HANLEY RAMIREZ.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J HERMIDA ON FIRST, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 0
FLORIDA 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: J CANTU (.281, 14 HR, 43 RBI)
Rays 0, Marlins 1 Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 24 7:20 PM
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