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| Josh Johnson named NL Player of the Week |
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04/13/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Florida Marlins pitcher Josh Johnson, who has won both of his starts his season, has been honored as the National League Player of the Week for the period ending April 12. Johnson recorded an earned run average of 0.57 in his two starts, giving up just one earned run in 15 2/3 innings in victories over Washington and the New York Mets. On April 7, Johnson threw 6 2/3 scoreless frames against the Nationals, and this past Sunday he took a shutout into the ninth inning as the Marl |
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| Johnson goes the distance as Marlins edge Mets |
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04/13/2009 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - Josh Johnson tossed his second career complete game, overshadowing an equally dominant performance by New York's Johan Santana, as the Florida Marlins held on to down the Mets, 2-1, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Dolphin Stadium. Johnson (2-0), who came within one out of his first career shutout, gave up one run on five hits with a walk and seven strikeouts. Jeremy Hermida doubled, walked and scored a run for Florida, which improved to 5-1 on the young season. "We're j |
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| Johnson goes the distance as Fish edge Mets in pitchers duel |
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04/12/2009 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - Josh Johnson tossed his second career complete game, overshadowing an equally dominant performance by New York's Johan Santana, as the Florida Marlins held on to down the Mets, 2-1, in the rubber match of a three-game set at Dolphin Stadium. Johnson (2-0), who came within one out of his first career shutout, gave up one run on five hits with a walk and seven strikeouts. Jeremy Hermida doubled, walked and scored a run for Florida, which improved to 5-1 on the young season. Santana |
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| Jurrjens attempts to keep Nationals winless |
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04/12/2009 |
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| 23-year-old righty has faced the Nats four times and is 1-1 with a 3.70 ERA. As good as Jurrjens was in his first game, Washington's Scott Olsen was just as bad in his. Olsen, in his first start with the Nationals, was lit up by his former team, the Florida Marlins, for eight runs and eight hits in three innings. Olsen is just 2-4 lifetime against the Braves with a 6.71 ERA in 11 games (10 starts). Atlanta kept the Nationals out of the win column on Saturday, as Kenshin Kawakami tossed six solid innings in his |
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| Aces Wild: Santana, Johnson square off in South Beach finale |
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04/12/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A terrific pitching matchup is on tap this afternoon at Dolphin Stadium when Johan Santana and the New York Mets play the rubber match of their three-game series against Josh Johnson and the Florida Marlins. After a rough first inning on Opening Day, Santana settled down and delivered a fantastic effort to beat the Cincinnati Reds, as he surrendered just one run and three hits in 5 2/3 innings. He also struck out seven and walked four batters. Santana, who led the majors with a 2.53 ERA in |
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| Kawakami makes big league debut against winless Nationals |
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04/11/2009 |
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| wamura Award -- Japan's equivalent to the Cy Young -- in 2004 after going 17-7 with a 3.32 ERA. Opposing Kawakami will be left-hander John Lannan, who was roughed up in his initial start of 2009. Lannan was tagged with the loss on Monday against the Florida Marlins, as he was rocked for six runs and six hits in just three innings. Lannan, though, is 2-1 lifetime against the Braves with a 3.71 ERA in three starts. On Friday, Kelly Johnson had three hits, including the single that scored Jordan Schafer in the 10 |
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| Marlins attempt to continue best start in team history against Mets |
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04/11/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Florida Marlins try to continue their best start in team history when they play the middle contest of their three-game set with the New York Mets at Dolphin Stadium. On Friday, Florida moved to 4-0 for the first time since entering the league in 1993 as Jorge Cantu's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Marlins to a 5-4 win. Emilio Bonifacio began the rally with a one-out infield single off Pedro Feliciano (0-1). John Baker fanned, then Darren O'Day entered and issued a walk |
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| Braves' Lowe tries for repeat showing against Nationals |
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04/10/2009 |
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| a win, imploding for nine runs, six hits and six walks in two innings. Brian McCann and Jordan Schafer both hit their second home runs of the season for Atlanta in the loss. Matt Diaz also went deep in defeat. Washington, meanwhile, was swept by the Florida Marlins in its season-opening three-game series, falling 6-4 in the finale of the set Wednesday at Dolphin Stadium. The Nationals' 0-3 start is the team's worst since opening with seven consecutive losses in 1998, when the franchise was based in Montreal. H |
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| Mets visit Marlins club aiming for historic start |
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04/10/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Florida Marlins take aim at their first 4-0 start in team history this evening, when they open a three-game set against the New York Mets at Dolphin Stadium. New York would love nothing more than to hang the first loss on the Marlins, the team that has knocked it out of playoff contention in each of the last two seasons by taking two of three in Flushing to close the year. Florida, though, scored 26 runs in sweeping the Washington Nationals to open the season, as it moved to 3-0 for the |
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| Marlins continue domination of Nats with sweep |
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04/09/2009 |
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| Miami, FL (MySportsbook) - Dan Uggla drove in three runs as part of a four- run fifth inning, as the Florida Marlins earned their seventh straight win over the Washington Nationals and a three-game sweep of the club with a 6-4 victory at Dolphin Stadium. The Marlins began a season with a three-game sweep for just the second time in club history, first doing so to begin their 1997 championship season. Florida also swept Washington for the fourth time in the last seven series and picked up its 19th win in the |
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