Marlins 3 - 5 Cardinals
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Marlins seek rare three-game winning streak

Sep 6, 2008 - 10:21 AM Florida (72-69) at St. Louis (75-66) 7:15 p.m. EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- If the Florida Marlins want to make a playoff push, they are going to have to string together some wins.

The Marlins aim for their third straight victory on Saturday when they play the St. Louis Cardinals, who are also desperate to gain ground in the playoff race.

Florida, which pulled out a 4-1 victory in 11 innings over the Cardinals on Friday, sits in third place in the National League East and is seven games behind the division-leading New York Mets (79-62).

Losers in six of its last seven, St. Louis remains 10 games back of the Chicago Cubs (85-56) in the National League Central and six games behind the Milwaukee Brewers (81-60) in the wild-card race.

The Cardinals hope righthander Todd Wellemeyer (11-6, 3.76 ERA) can reverse their fortunes.

Wellemeyer is trying to avoid his third straight loss, hoping to get more run support than his last two starts. St. Louis did not score in either of Wellemeyer's previous two starts.

The Marlins will counter with Scott Olsen (6-9, 4.35), who is hoping to avoid fifth straight loss. Florida has not won in Olsen's last eight starts.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    FLORIDA 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
    ST LOUIS 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 x 5 6 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: FLA - SCOTT OLSEN, LOGAN KENSING (7TH), ANDREW MILLER (8TH) AND JOHN
    BAKER
    STL - TODD WELLEMEYER, RANDY FLORES (9TH), RYAN
    FRANKLIN (9TH) AND YADIER MOLINA

    HOME

    Sep 6 9:37 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY FELIPE LOPEZ SCORED RYAN LUDWICK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 3
    ST LOUIS 5 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S SCHUMAKER (.305, 8 HR, 43 RBI)

    Marlins 3, Cardinals 5  Bot 8, 0 OutsSep 6 9:22 PM
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    RUWTbot Took away 35 roots

    Marlins 3, Cardinals 5  Bot 8, 0 OutsSep 6 9:22 PM
  • 40
    roots
    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Marlins 3, Cardinals 4  Bot 7, 0 OutsSep 6 8:59 PM
  • 5
    roots
    RUWTbot Took away 33 roots

    Marlins 3, Cardinals 4  Top 7, 0 OutsSep 6 8:47 PM
  • 33
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    RUWTbot Added 33 roots

    Marlins 3, Cardinals 3  Bot 5, 0 OutsSep 6 8:18 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY FELIPE LOPEZ SCORED RYAN LUDWICK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, F LOPEZ ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 3
    ST LOUIS 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: N STAVINOHA (.200, 0-FOR-1)

    Marlins 3, Cardinals 3  Bot 4, 0 OutsSep 6 8:09 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DAN UGGLA (30) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF TODD WELLEMEYER SCORED JORGE CANTU.
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 3, ST LOUIS 2
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: C ROSS (.263, 0-FOR-1)

    Marlins 3, Cardinals 2  Top 4, 0 OutsSep 6 7:59 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JOSH WILLINGHAM (11) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 3RD OFF TODD WELLEMEYER.
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 1, ST LOUIS 2
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: J BAKER (.286, 5 HR, 22 RBI)

    Marlins 1, Cardinals 2  Top 3, 0 OutsSep 6 7:42 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ALBERT PUJOLS (31) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 1ST OFF SCOTT OLSEN SCORED TROY GLAUS.
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 0, ST LOUIS 2
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: R LUDWICK (.298, 32 HR, 99 RBI)

    Marlins 0, Cardinals 2  Bot 1, 0 OutsSep 6 7:24 PM

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