12/04/2012 Marlins at Phillies - Game 3

From Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, USA

Miami Marlins

(2-4)

Manager:  Ozzie Guillen
Joey Cora

@

Philadelphia Phillies

(2-3)

Manager:  Charlie Manuel

Game 3 of 3

First pitch: 7:05 pm EST

Starting Pitchers

Miami Marlins:  Mark Buehrle (0-1, 3.00 ERA)
Philadelphia Phillies:  Joe Blanton (0-1, 13.50 ERA)



Umpires
Home - Jeff Nelson, 

First Base - Bill Welke, 

Second Base - Chris Guccione, 

Third Base - Tim Tschida

Weather
Windy, Partly cloudy,
Cold, 43°F - 7°C .


News item: April 10, 2012

"Miami Marlins suspend manager over Castro comments"

(Reuters) - The Miami Marlins baseball team suspended manager Ozzie Guillen for five games after he praised Cuba's Fidel Castro in a magazine interview, the team said on Tuesday.

The outspoken Guillen held a bilingual news conference on Tuesday in Miami - home to a large Cuban exile community - to apologize for a second time and said there were translation problems with the interview.

Guillen, who is in his first season as manager of the Marlins, has come under attack after saying he had "respect" for Cuba's ailing former leader.

"I love Fidel Castro," the Venezuelan-born Guillen told Time magazine's online edition. "You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years but that mother- - is still here."

He later apologized for the comments from Philadelphia, where the Marlins are playing the Phillies, saying he was deeply embarrassed by having offended Miami's large Cuban exile community.

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..article continues at the link...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/us-baseball-marlins-manager-idUSBRE8390SL20120411


Guillen is serving a 5 game MLB suspension now. He returns to the helm for the start of the Cubs series in Miami on Tuesday, April 17th - after he misses an at-home series with Houston.

Miami Marlins' Logo (image via mlb.com)

My kind of manager.

What messed up marketing division came up with "Miami Marlins"? And their new logo looks like a sign for the Paris Metro.





Line-ups and Pitching Totals help from ESPN - Boxscore - http://espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=320412122&refresh=OFF

Colour Legend (as of this date)

Neon Green is a Base Hit Forest Green is a runner advanced by a Base Hit or a Sacrifice Yellow is Intentional Base on Balls, Defensive Indifference, a Sacrafice or Fielder's Choice Red is an out Pink are un-earned bases - Wild Pitch, Passed Ball or an Error Neon Blue is a Stolen Base Navy Blue is a base earned via a Hit or a Sacrifice, that results in a Run Scored

The Scoring Notations

BB Base on Balls - Batter to first base because the umpire ruled that pitched ball was the forth pitch of the at-bat out of the strike zone HBP Hit By Pitch - Batter is ruled by the umpire to have been hit by pitch - awarded one base BH Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at first base via a hit ball 2BH Two Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at second base via a hit ball 3BH Three Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at third base via a hit ball HR Home Run - Batter-runner safe at home plate via a hit ball RBI Run Batted In - via a SAC, a BH or a BB - a run scores RS Run Scored. SAC Sacrifice - With less than two outs the batter causes a base runner to advance but in the process, is put out FC Ball hit on the ground, fielded and a put-out made of any base runner other than the batter-runner DI Defensive Indifference - A baserunner advances because the defence, for strategic reasons, does nothing IBB Intentional Base on Balls - The defences decides to walk a batter for strategic reasons

SB Stolen Base - Base runner advances on a pitched ball despite the defence's best efforts CS Caught Stealing - A baserunner is put out while tring to advance on a pitch K Called third strike - Batter out because the umpire ruled that with two strikes in an at-bat, a pitched ball was in the strike zone Ks Batter out, swinging third strike IFR Infield Fly Rule - A ball popped up on the infield that an umpire rules is easily catch-able - batter-runner is out, the ball is dead LO Ball caught that was hit so hard it appears like the vector was a straight line GO Ball hit on the ground, fielded and the batter-runner is put out at 1B FO A high arching hit ball caught on the fly by a fielder E The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar play Eth The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar throw WP Wild Pitch - a pitched ball that bounces in and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing PB Passed Ball - a pitched ball that doesn't bounce and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing

pop A ball hit in a high arch such that the distance travelled up is greater than the distance travelled from the plate GR To prevent injury, "Ground Rules" define what hit or thrown balls are in, and out of play - announced before each game by the home team manager f Hit ball caught in foul territory - for example "FO3f" - Fly Ball caught by First Base, foul op Out of Play - for example "FO5op", Fly ball caught by Third Base across the railing in the stands, or in the camera bay... BRIF Base runner is out for interfering with the defence while they're making a play on a batted ball Ks2f Foul tip with 2 strikes, caught by catcher - strike three - - - - - - - - - - - -

Box Score - Final	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Miami Marlins	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	-	-	1	6	0	7
Philadelphia Phillies	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	x	-	-	3	8	1	4

Miami Marlins	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th
1.  J Reyes SS	4-3		FO9 /			fc GB4 E4-9		5-3				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
2.  E Bonifacio CF	6-3			3UA		gb 2nd FC 6-3 #1 out		ifBH4				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
3.  H Ramirez 3B	FO8 /			FO8 deep!		BB		BB #2 1,2				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
4.  G Stanton RF		6-3		gb3/4 3-4-1 /		LO4 4-3! #3 safe		K /				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
5.  L Morrison LF		FO7			FO8	1-3 /			BH8			AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
6.  G Sanchez 1B		K /			pop FO6		pop FO5f		pop FO2f			AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
7.  O Infante 2B			FO8		RS 2BH7		pop FO2f		dp BH8 #5 1,2			AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
8.  J Buck C			2BH7 line		RBI BH9 #7 2,H		Ks2f /		DP 6-4-3 #7 out ///			AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
9.  M Buehrle P B7th - Randy Choate P B7th - Steve Cishek P T8th - PH -G Dobbs B8th - E Mujica			4-3 #8 2,3		K /			Chad Qualls P ph 1-3				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 1	0 0 0 0	1 2 0 1	0 0 0 2	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 2	0 2 x 1			1 6 0 7

Marlins' Bench

Fielders

Bullpen

Starters

Infielders

Greg Dobbs 3B
Donnie Murphy SS



Outfielders

Chris Coghlan CF
Austin Kearns LF



Catchers
Brett Hayes C

Heath Bell
Randy Choate
Steve Cishek
Mike Dunn
Chad Gaudin
Edward Mujica
Ryan Webb

Josh Johnson
Ricky Nolasco
Anibal Sanchez
Carlos Zambrano

Marlins' Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Mark Buehrle	6.1	8	3	3	0	2	2	92/64	3.65
Randy Choate	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4-3	0.00
Steve Cishek	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0.00
Edward Mujica	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9-7	4.50

Philadelphia Phillies	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th
1.  S Victorino CF	5-3			RS RBI HR7		bunt 5-3 !	Steve Cishek P FO7 /	Edward MujicaP				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
2.  P Polanco 3B	5-3			FO9		BH8/9 short		Ball hit foul off 9's glove - 1 foot well in- bounds! Triple. 6-3				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
3.  J Rollins SS	Ks /			cut off throw tipped 5's glove 4 got it & threw home BH7		pop FO4		3UA				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
4.  H Pence RF		5-3		RS 2BH7 7-5-4-2#3 out		BH #2 1,2		6-3 /				AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
5.  J Mayberry Jr. LF		Ks		RBI BH7 #4 2,H		FO6f /						AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
6.  T Wigginton 1B		pop FO3 /		FO7 /			foul not caught:  2 - 1B dugout RS RBI HR7					AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
7.  C Ruiz C			1-3		FO7		6-3					AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
8.  F Galvis 2B			5-3		FO7		bunt5 BH Buehrle-					AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
9.  J Blanton P 7th PH J Thome 8th - Chad Qualls P			6-3 /		5-3 /		Randy ChoateP Ks Choate -					AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0	2 4 0 1	0 0 0 0	0 2 1 2	1 2 0 1	0 0 0 0	x x 0 x			3 8 1 4

Phillies' Bench

Fielders

Bullpen

Starters

Infielders

Pete Orr 3B
Jim Thome 1B



Outfielders

Laynce Nix LF
Juan Pierre LF



Catchers
Brian Schneider C

Antonio Bastardo
David Herndon
Kyle Kendrick
Jonathan Papelbon
Chad Qualls
Michael Stutes

Roy Halladay
Cole Hamels
Cliff Lee
Vance Worley

Phillies' Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Joe Blanton	7.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	85/57	2.35
Chad Qualls	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	22/13	0.00
Jonathan Papelbon	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12/9	3.00