Postgame: Cishek Redeems Himself As Marlins Even Series with Mets After 4-3 Victory

[MiamiHomer]

Now beat that fat man Bartolo Colon tomorrow and take the series.

[HUGG]

he's coming for us.

[Fighting Fish]

Great job by Morse scoring Prado to go ahead after the Mets tied it up 3-3. Cishek's location was much better tonight.

Latos needs a good start tomorrow night to take the series.

[Jay]

I still don't get how that happened

[BigGameFish]

Wow someone really got run down by Colon like that? Embarrassing

[Fighting Fish]

Colon conditioning

If we get down by a few tomorrow night, not a bad idea to let Colon chase down a few base runners . . . I'm betting he'll begin to tire quite quickly.

[BigGameFish]

Barry Jackson's Sports Buzz for Miami Herald:

"### Though it wasn’t the overriding decision in parting ways with catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, the Marlins had some concern about how gracefully he would deal with being a backup, according to a team official. One friend said he's pleased to be moving on, hopeful of getting more playing time elsewhere.

### Marlins pitchers love throwing to rookie J.T. Realmuto. “J.T. has done a great job of blocking the ball; his knowledge of the game is special; and he has a lot of talent and upside,” Mat Latos said. Dan Haren said Realmuto deserves some credit for the team’s recent drop in ERA.

### Among the reasons the Marlins should be concerned about their closer: Steve Cishek’s velocity is at a career-low: He’s averaging 89.1 mph on his fastball, down from a career mark of 92.0, and 79.0 on his slider (down from 82.2), according to fangraphs.com.

Cishek rebounded from last night's blown lead with a save in tonight's 4-3 win against the Mets.

### First baseman Michael Morse, who entered Tuesday hitting .222, reminded me that his best season in the majors (.303, 31 homers, 95 RBI for Washington in 2011), “started the same way [hitting .224 in April]. So I’m excited. I know it will turn. I know I’m a good player.”

Though Justin Bour has hit .368 in 16 career starts, Mike Redmond understandably said he's committed to Morse because "we want to get his bat going." Morse's body of work warrants patience.

And Morse's eighth-inning RBI single tonight delivered the game-winning run for Miami."

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If this JT behind the plate magic is true, I can't wait to see him paired up with Jose Fernandez. 0.00 ERA anyone?

[HUGG]

Jose Fernandez

With Jeff Mathis: 109.1ip 1.56era
Without Jeff Mathis: 115.0ip 2.89era

[BigGameFish]

Without Jeff Mathis = Saltysituation

[HUGG]

Was it Paul Bako that Greg Maddux kept employed for years as his personal catcher?

[Nick]

Wasn't it just whoever wasn't Javy Lopez?

[nny]

Starters have lowest BABIP in the majors (.239) but still only 7th in the NL in ERA.

I'm still worried about our rotation (mostly Koehler and Haren)

[geemoney]

Was it Paul Bako that Greg Maddux kept employed for years as his personal catcher?

Eddie Perez, I think.

[HUGG]

That's it. He was the main one.

[MiamiHomer]

Starters have lowest BABIP in the majors (.239) but still only 7th in the NL in ERA.

I'm still worried about our rotation (mostly Koehler and Haren)

I hear the Dodgers need a SP again! Trade him back!