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Marlins’ bats silenced by Wolf, Padres

The Marlins jumped out to an early lead on Tuesday night as Jeremy Hermida pulverized the tenth pitch of the game into the center field bleachers but from that point on, it was the Padres who would be doing the pulverizing for the rest of the game as they struck for a 4 runs in their half of the 1st and never looked back. San Diego went on to add 6 more against the Florida bullpen and took the second game of this three game series, 10-1.

After a rough opening frame, Andrew Miller did a marvelous job controlling the damage. All he allowed from the 2nd through the 5th was a pair of singles, a double and a walk. Locating nicely, he struck out 5. However, the 24-year-old’s bad luck continued as the bullpen blew up behind him. Even though Miller has only allowed 16 earned runs over his last six starts, he’s lost three times and hasn’t won since June 16.

Since then, Miller has only received 4 runs of support, including the one he got tonight. After giving up Hermida’s 1st inning homer, Randy Wolf, who has a 2.54 ERA at home this year, dominated the Marlins over the next 6 innings, squandering just four more hits, all singles, one walk and a HBP. The Fish are now 3-6 when Hermida homers.

Rubber match tomorrow. Scott Olsen vs Cha Seung Baek. As of late, Olsen just can’t win. When he pitches well, his offense doesn’t exist and when it does, the Rockies don’t turn the humidor on. In his last start, Olsen was given plenty of run support but he gave up 8 runs in 5 innings and took a no decision. Wednesday seems like the perfect day for the young lefty. Not only has he performed well against the Padres as a whole in his career (3 GS, 1-1, 2.79 ERA), his BAA at the extremely pitcher friendly PETCO Park is a lowly .222. Baek was brilliant his last time out, shutting out the Diamondbacks over 6 innings. He only gave up 2 hits, walked just 1 and struck out 7, lowering his ERA nearly a full point. This will be his first career start against the Fish.

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