Playing in front of what will probably be the largest crowd of the year last night, the Marlins were shutout by the Braves, 2-0. An announced crowd of 34,439 saw a well-pitched game by Paul Maholm and Kevin Slowey. Maholm gave up only one hit in his seven innings of work, Slowey also went seven innings, and just couldn’t get Justin Upton out. Upton finished 4-4, with a monster home run, his sixth of the year, and scored both runs. The Fish threatened in the ninth against Braves closer Craig Kimbrel, but left runners on first and third when Kimbrel punched out Adeiny Hechavarria. The teams return to the field tonight, again at 7:10. Wade LeBlanc will start for the Marlins, while Kris Medlen takes the hill for the Braves. The Braves improved to 6-1, their best start since 2007. They’re still not running on all cylinders, as Freddie Freeman and Brian McCann on the DL, BJ Upton is hitting only .120, Jason Heyward is at .083, Dan Uggla is hitting .174, and SS Andrelton Simmons is struggling at .143. When they do, watch out.
In the rest of MLB yesterday, first in the National League,
Brewers 7 Cubs 4
Ryan Braun went 3-4 in his return to the lineup, Martin Maldonado drove in three runs.
Reds 13 Cardinals 4
The Reds scored 9 runs in the top of the ninth inning.
Mets 7 Phillies 2
Matt Harvey struck out nine in seven innings of work. John Buck hit a three-run homer. Buck leads the NL with 12 RBI.
Pirates 5 D-Backs 3
Travis Snider and Andrew McCutchen each drove in two runs.
Giants 4 Rockies 2
Hunter Pence connected long distance with two men on.
In the American League,
Red Sox 3 Orioles 1
Daniel Nava hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning. Clay Buchholz threw seven shutout innings in the win.
Yankees 11 Indians 6
Travis Hafner hit a three-run homer in his first at-bat back in Cleveland, Robinson Cano went deep two times.
Royals 3 Twins 1
The Royals rallied with three runs in the eighth inning.
Rangers 5 Rays 4
AJ Pierzynski and Mitch Moreland hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning.
Mariners 3 Astros 0
Kendrys Morales went 2-3, with two RBI.
Today’s games, first in the National League:
Dodgers @ Padres 6:40 pm
Josh Beckett vs Clayton Richard
Mets @ Phillies 7:05 pm
Dillon Gee vs Cliff Lee
White Sox @ Nationals 7:05 pm
Jake Peavy vs Gio Gonzalez
Brewers @ Cubs 8:05 pm
Wily Peralta vs Travis Wood
Reds @ Cardinals 8:15 pm
Bronson Arroyo vs Lance Lynn
Pirates @ D-Backs 9:40 pm
James McDonald vs Brandon McCarthy
Rockies @ Giants 10:15 pm
Juan Nicasio vs Tim Lincecum
In the American League:
Blue Jays @ Tigers 1:08 pm
Brandon Morrow vs Anibal Sanchez
Yankees @ Indians 7:05 pm
Andy Pettitte vs Carlos Carrasco
Rays @ Rangers 8:05 pm
Roberto Hernandez vs Nick Tepesch
Twins @ Royals 8:10 pm
Mike Pelfrey vs Jeremy Guthrie
A’s @ Angels 10:05 pm
Jarrod Parker vs CJ Wilson
Astros @ Mariners 10:10 pm
Erik Bedard vs Brandon Maurer
According to Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post, a couple of fans were ejected from Marlins Park yesterday for “creating a disturbance”. Read all the details here:
Armando Salguero of the Herald rested from his Dolphin duties to attend the Marlins home opener, and he filed this report:
TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: On Sunday, we saw Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez make his ML debut at the age of 20 years, 250 days. Who were the two youngest Marlins to make their debuts? Tell you later, alligator.
In other baseball news, Indians manager Terry Francona got lost walking to the stadium yesterday. Luckily, he lives only two blocks from Progressive Field. Fox Sports has the story:
After a little more than a full week of games, here are the ML individual leaders. Don’t be alarmed. . .there are some unexpected names (JOHN BUCK?!?!?) up among the league leaders:
The Miami Heat return to action tonight at the AAA against the Milwaukee Bucks. Tipoff is at 7:30 pm, and you can watch the game on Sun Sports. Dwyane Wade is not expected to play. The rest of the regular season schedule for Miami is as follows:
Wednesday April 10 @ Washington
Friday April 12 Boston
Sunday April 14 Chicago
Monday April 15 @ Cleveland
Wednesday April 17 Orlando
Tonight’s games in the NBA,
Milwaukee @ Miami 7:30 pm Sun Sports
Cleveland @ Indiana 7:00 pm
Philadelphia @ Brooklyn 7:30 pm
Washington @ New York 7:30 pm
Toronto @ Chicago 8:00 pm
Charlotte @ Memphis 8:00 pm
Phoenix @ Houston 8:00 pm NBA-TV
Oklahoma City @ Utah 9:00 pm
New Orleans @ LA Lakers 10:30 pm NBA-TV
Minnesota @ Golden State 10:30 pm
You would have to say that the last week has been pretty good for Louisville head basketball coach Rick Pitino. His son Richard quit FIU to take the head coaching job at Minnesota, his horse won a big race as he prepares for the Kentucky Derby, it was announced yesterday that he will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and last night, his Louisville team won the national championship, beating Michigan 82-76. The Cardinals rallied from a 12-point deficit in the first half. At least, my totally busted bracket ended OK, as I had the Cardinals winning the championship. Tonight, the Louisville women’s team will try to duplicate the effort as they take on Connecticut in the women’s national championship game.
In local college basketball news, no news yet from Westchester regarding the search for a new basketball head coach at FIU. Athletic Director Pete Garcia said last week that he expects to have a replacement in no later than a week to ten days, so we may have something as early as sometime later in the week.
In Miami Dolphin news, the Dolphins and Miami-Dade County reached a deal on the renovations for the Seven-Names Stadium The Miami Herald is all over this story:
Ben Volin of the Palm Beach Posts thinks that the Dolphins’ biggest need in this upcoming draft is the offensive line:
In college baseball, FIU lost two out of three against South Alabama in Mobile this weekend. Meanwhile, over in Coral Gables, the University of Miami also fell twice in their three-game series against arch-rival Florida State this weekend. FIU hosts Louisiana-Monroe this weekend at FIU Stadium, while the Canes will host Stetson on Wednesday, and travel to College Park, MD this weekend to take on Maryland.
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THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: On Sunday, we saw Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez make his ML debut at the age of 20 years, 250 days. Who were the two youngest Marlins to make their debuts?
Miguel Cabrera was the youngest, making his debut at the age of 20 years, 64 days. The Man-Child, Giancarlo Stanton debuted at 20 years, 212 days.
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