http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2008 MiamiHerald.com Baseball 60 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:09:30 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/inside/story/655099.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/inside/story/655099.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT It was spring training in 2007, and Greg Maddux was getting another chance -- this time with San Diego. He had finished the season with the Dodgers and pitched well enough to help them reach the playoffs, and well enough to impress everyone in baseball -- again. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/660098.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/660098.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:53 EDT Bengie Molina and Pablo Sandoval hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning and the San Francisco Giants avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/659870.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/659870.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:11 EDT Josh Johnson threw a four-hitter for the first complete game of his career, and the Florida Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Wednesday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/660015.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/660015.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:01 EDT This was a new kind of quiet, a deafening silence, hanging over the Marlins' clubhouse, and their season, like never before. The Marlins sustained another bitter loss in a season that is rapidly unwinding. Tuesday's was the toughest to swallow -- a 10-9 meltdown to the Braves, who got two runs in the eighth and four in the ninth to steal this one from the Marlins, who were left shaking their heads, with only one question to be answered. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/660173.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/660173.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT The Marlins won't have to worry about reliever Renyel Pinto for a while. Pinto was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday because of a strained left hamstring. He is in Jupiter, where he will be pitching for the Single A Hammerheads on Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/657936.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/657936.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:01 EDT Talk of the Marlins' most valuable player this season recently came up in the team's clubhouse at Dolphin Stadium. When 17-year veteran outfielder Luis Gonzalez mentioned who he thought was Florida's MVP this season he pointed from his locker to the right, in the general direction of shortstop Hanley Ramirez's locker. Fair enough. After all, the franchise shortstop is enjoying another great season. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/659859.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/659859.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:29 EDT They hadn't won two games in a row all month, and their starting pitcher Scott Olsen hadn't won since July 19. The last time they scored more than six runs in a game was back on Aug. 5, and they hadn't been in first place since May 31. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/658138.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/658138.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT None of the top three teams vying for the National League East title -- the Mets, Phillies and Marlins -- owns a significant scheduling advantage from here on out. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/656301.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/656301.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:01 EDT The last time the Marlins picked up a full game in the standings, Michael Phelps was sitting on three gold medals, Russia had just invaded Georgia, and Tropical Storm Fay hadn't yet formed in the Caribbean. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/656483.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/656483.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:01 EDT Marlins catcher Matt Treanor would love to win an Olympic gold medal in baseball, just as his wife, Misty May-Treanor, did in beach volleyball. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/655300.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/655300.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:23 EDT Win one day. Lose the next. The Marlins just can't seem to put together back-to-back wins, much less an extended streak that even they concede is necessary to resuscitate their fading hopes for a playoff spot. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/655457.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/655457.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:01 EDT The Marlins ought to be clamoring for instant replay. On Friday, replays showed that Josh Willingham's long fly ball in the eighth inning struck a metal railing above and beyond the yellow, home run line atop the wall at Chase Field. The ball bounced back onto the field of play and Willingham pulled up at third with a triple, where he remained after umpires conferred on the play. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/654415.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/654415.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:48 EDT cspencer@MiamiHerald.com Dying for wins, the Marlins have found at least one opponent that seems to keep them breathing. The Arizona Diamondbacks may be the class of the National League West. But as far as the Marlins are concerned, they're one of the reasons they've kept on kicking for as long as they have. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/654443.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/654443.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:01 EDT Starved for wins, the Marlins have found at least one opponent that seems to keep them breathing. The Arizona Diamondbacks might be the class of the National League West. But as far as the Marlins are concerned, they're one of the reasons they've kept on ticking as long as they have. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/654497.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/654497.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:58 EDT Before they saw their first pitch Friday, the visiting Marlins glanced up at the scoreboard and found to their chagrin that they had lost more ground in the National League East race. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/654490.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/654490.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:01 EDT An injured right hand kept Hanley Ramirez out of the starting lineup Friday for the second game in a row, but the shortstop was able to take infield practice and make throws to first without any apparent difficulty. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/652648.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/652648.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:01 EDT The way John Baker figures it, the Marlins are bound to snap out of their losing funk sooner or later. All they need, the rookie catcher said, is one lucky bounce -- OK, two or three wouldn't hurt -- to go in their favor. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/652896.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/652896.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:01 EDT Hanley Ramirez tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep Wednesday night because he was worried. The reason? ''I knew right away I couldn't play [Thursday],'' Ramirez said Thursday, one day after injuring his right thumb while stealing second base. ``It hurts -- a lot.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/651200.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/651200.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:18 EDT The Marlins tied the game on John Baker's three-run HR in the 9th, but failed to keep the Giants off the scoreboard in the bottom of the inning. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/651147.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/651147.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:01 EDT The Marlins have managed to maintain their playoff hopes because of their starting pitchers, and got another top performance Tuesday when right-hander Ricky Nolasco tossed a two-hit shutout against the Giants. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/651162.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/651162.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:01 EDT Emmanuel Burriss scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/649172.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/649172.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:01 EDT Scott Olsen would like to remain with the Marlins next season, if only to see how the current rotation would perform over the course of an entire campaign. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/649137.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/florida-marlins/story/649137.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:16 EDT An inch here. A foot there. Not a whole lot separated Ricky Nolasco from throwing the fifth no-hitter in Marlins history. As it turned out, Nolasco had to settle for a two-hitter and ending a major-league record streak of 301 consecutive games in which the Marlins failed to deliver a complete game. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/inside/story/653373.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/inside/story/653373.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:53 EDT The Cuban baseball team will go for gold once again, having beaten the United States 10-2 to reach the Olympic championship game. Alexei Bell hit a three-run homer in the eighth to put the punctuation mark on the defending champions' 10-2 victory over the Americans on Friday night that put the Cubans in the title game again. He raised his hand to signal No. 1 while rounding the bases, then Ariel Pestano added his own three-run shot three batters later to seal it. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661873.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661873.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:52 EDT Matt Harrison won for the fourth time in August, pitching the Texas Rangers to a 3-2 win over the crumbling Kansas City Royals. The Royals have lost 10 of their last 11 games and 17 of 20, falling to a season-worst 21 games below .500. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661859.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661859.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:36 EDT Jason Bay finished 2-for-4 with four RBI and Dustin Pedroia added a grand slam as Boston routed the New York Yankees, 11-3, in the middle contest of a three-game set from Yankee Stadium. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661865.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661865.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:32 EDT Ryan Ludwick lacked a triple for the cycle and had two RBIs to lead the St. Louis Cardinals' comeback from a three-run deficit in a 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661861.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661861.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:27 EDT Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim second baseman Howie Kendrick left Wednesday's game against the Oakland Athletics in the fourth inning with an injured leg. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/660049.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/660049.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:01 EDT Ryan Braun and Bill Hall each clubbed two-run homers, and Ben Sheets tossed six solid innings, as the Milwaukee Brewers pounded the St. Louis Cardinals, 12-0, in the opener of a quick two-game set at Busch Stadium with huge playoff implications. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/659990.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/659990.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:51 EDT Geovany Soto drove in seven runs and the Chicago Cubs used a seven-run eighth inning to rally past the Pittsburgh Pirates, 14-9, in the middle test of a three-game series at PNC Park. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/660016.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/660016.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:51 EDT Kevin Millwood went the distance for the second straight time and Milton Bradley drove in a run to lead the Texas Rangers in a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the middle installment of a three-game set. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/660077.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/660077.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:38 EDT Daniel Murphy hit a tiebreaking double after Carlos Delgado's second solo homer had tied the game in the eighth and the New York Mets beat Philadelphia 6-3 on Wednesday night to reclaim first place in the NL East. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661765.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661765.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:33 EDT Melvin Mora, Aubrey Huff and Kevin Millar all homered as Baltimore avoided a sweep by routing Chicago, 11-3, in the finale of a three-game set at Camden Yards. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661747.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661747.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:31 EDT Kelly Shoppach and Shin-Soo Choo each hit a two-run homer to lead Cleveland to its 10th straight victory, as the Indians edged the Tigers, 9-7, in the finale of a three-game set. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661757.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661757.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:27 EDT Roy Oswalt continued his mastery of the Reds with seven strong innings to lead the Houston Astros to a 4-1 win over Cincinnati at Minute Maid Park. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661690.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661690.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:26 EDT Tim Redding pitched six solid innings and Ryan Zimmerman hit his first home run since May 17, as the Washington Nationals held on for a 5-4 win over the reeling Los Angeles Dodgers, in the second installment of a three-game series from Nationals Park. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661724.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661724.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:21 EDT Carlos Pena homered and Matt Garza went 7 2/3 strong innings as Tampa Bay edged Toronto, 1-0, in the second tilt of a three-game series at Tropicana Field. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/659861.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/659861.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:16 EDT Jeff Bailey and Jason Bay drove in two runs apiece to lead the Boston Red Sox past the New York Yankees, 7-3, in the opener of a three-game series that will serve as the final meeting between these two bitter rivals at the current Yankee Stadium. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661674.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661674.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:16 EDT Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was a late scratch from the lineup in Wednesday's game against the Kansas City Royals. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/660080.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/660080.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:11 EDT Chris Coste was 4-for-4 off the bench and drove in the game-winning run with an RBI single in the bottom of the 13th inning to lift the Philadelphia Phillies over the New York Mets, 8-7, in the opener of a pivotal two-game set at Citizens Bank Park. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661701.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/661701.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:53 EDT Tim Redding outpitched Greg Maddux to send the Los Angeles Dodgers to a season-high sixth consecutive loss, 5-4 Wednesday night against the Washington Nationals. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/659845.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/baseball/wires/story/659845.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:48 EDT Jason Bay drove in four runs, Dustin Pedroia hit a grand slam and the Boston Red Sox routed the listless Yankees 11-3 on Wednesday night, putting an emphatic dent in New York's dwindling playoff chances.