Astros @ Marlins

[dgriot]

Cogs LF, Boner CF, Hanley SS, Cantu 3B, Uggla 2B, Paulino C, Gaby 1B, Petersen RF, Nolasco P
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Ross getting action in a minor league game

Top 1st

Bourn - grounder to Hanley, 1 out
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Keppinger - grounder to Cantu, 2 out
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Sullivan - another 6-3, 3 out
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Bot 1st

Paulino on the mound, no relation

Cogs - full count, but a likely ball 4 called strike 3
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Boner - 3-1, 2 out
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Sounds like the ump's strike zone is awfully large - Hanley starts to walk towards 1st, called strike 2...waits for an official call before being walked 2 pitches later

And then, Hanley caught stealing on the first pitch to Cantu

End 1st
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Top 2nd

Michaels 5-3
Blum fly to Petersen on 1st pitch
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Johnson - Boner tracks a deep fly

Mid 2nd
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Cantu - ground rule double as the ball gets caught in the LF corner padding
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Uggla one hopper to the SS, gets Cantu to 3rd, 1 out
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Paulino - lines one past the SS, RBI single

0-1 Fish
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Gaby - 6-3 DP (right after a hit-and-run attempt that went foul)

End 2nd

0 - 1 Fish
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Top 3rd

Maysonett - goes down swinging on 2-2
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Castro - works a full count, Boner grabs the fly to shallow center, 2 out
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Paulino - Uggla w/ a terrific diving play and throw to 1st

9 up, 9 down
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Bot 3rd

Petersen - lines it up the middle, singles
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Nolasco - ground to SS (not ruled a sac bunt, but serves the same purpose...Petersen to 2nd, 1 out)
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Cogs - fly to RF, just deep enough to get Petersen to 3rd, 2 out
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Boner - infield popup fail

End 3rd
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Top 4th

Bourn - 4-3 groundout
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Keppinger - another grounder to Uggla, 2 out
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Sullivan - Boner calls off others on a shallow center-right fly, 3 out
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Bot 4th

Hanley - liner right to the SS, 1 out
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Cantu - walks in 4 pitches
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Uggla - ball low and away called strike 3, Danny discusses it a bit before leaving, 2 out
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Paulino - RF fly short of the track, 3 out

[dgriot]

(note - home plate ump is a young minor league guy getting experience w/ ML umps, slowly ticking off hitters on both sides)
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Top 5th

Michaels - liner to right, caught by Petersen, 1 out
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Blum - Cogs and Cantu brush by one another, Cogs catches the pop up in foul territory
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Johnson - fly out to Petersen, 3 out
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Bot 5th

Gaby - Blum slips and falls on tracking a foul pop, giving Gaby new life...SOLO SHOT

0-2 Fish
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Just cleared the fence, may have been wind-assisted/off the wall or caught otherwise
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Petersen - works a full count, but pops it up, 1 out
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Nolasco - liner to short, 2 out
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Cogs - grounder off of Blum's glove, E3 - Cogs gets to 1st
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Boner - chopper to 3rd, 3 out

0 -2 Fish after 5
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Top 6

Lamb takes over for Gaby
Mattison replaces Cogs
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Maysonett - Ks swinging on a fastball
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Castro - lines it over Uggs for a single, ovation for Ricky for retiring the first 17 straight
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Paulino - bunts to 1st, Lamb with a poor throw that Uggs is able to handle...Castro to 2nd, 2 out
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Bourn - fly to shallow left handled by Mattison, 3 out
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Bot 6th

Barnes takes over for Bourn

Hanley - mile high popup in foul territory, 1 out
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Cantu - deep fly to RF, caught on warning track, 2 out
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Uggla - double to right-center gap

Donnie Murphy pinch runs for Uggla
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Paulino - grounded to SS Maysonet on grass, throw sails over the 1B, E6, run scores

0-3 Fish

That's it for Paulino (the pitcher)
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Daigle comes in to face Lamb

Lamb - bloop to CF, RBI single

0-4 Fish
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Petersen - lined over 2B, Petersen to 1st, Lamb to 3rd
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Nolasco - Ks looking

0-4 Fish on 2 unearned runs

End 6th
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Top 7th

Keppinger - routine fly to RF, 1 out
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Sullivan - Boner drifts to left center for the 2nd out
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Michaels - fly to LF, 3 out

Mid 7th
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Bot 7th

Towels in as catcher
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Mattison - grounder to Keppinger, bang-bang, but 1 out
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Boner - diving catch by Barnes in left-center short of the warning track, 2 out
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Barden (replaced Hanley top of the inning) - lines to left, single
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Pinto warming up
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Cantu - infield popup to SS, 3 out
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Top 8th

Nolasco still in after 82 pitches through 7
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Blum - grounded sharply to 1st, 1 out

[dgriot]

Johnson - he walks after about 9 pitches, which ends Nolasco's day, receives standing O

Pinto in

[Bobbob1313]

So he's at 25.1 inning, 1 BB, 21 K for the Spring?

Decent.

[dgriot]

Maysonett - bloop single to RF, Johnson to 2nd, 1 out
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Towels - 5-4-3 DP

Mid 8th

0 - 4 Fish
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Bot 8th

Mawjeski in, mess of defensive replacements for the Astros I didn't catch

Murphy - broken bat single to left
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Paulino - 6-4-3 DP
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Lamb - uppercut swing = lazy fly to left, 3 out
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Top 9th

VandenHurk in
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Shelden - lined to Petersen, 1 out
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Barnes - K looking
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Keta - strike 3 called ball 2...infield hit when Lamb can't come up with Murphy's remarkable stop and throw
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Cook - one hopper to Murphy, 4-3, 3 out

combined 3 hit shutout

Fish win

[Fish Tank Frenzy]

So he's at 25.1 inning, 1 BB, 21 K for the Spring?

Decent.

Yeah I think he could do better too.

I was at Roger Dean today and Ricky just looked studly.

Happy to see Gaby get a nice homer to left center field.