The All-Star Break is a good time for teams to rest up and reform themselves during such a long regular season. For the Tampa Bay Rays, the All-Star Break came too late to help. The Rays were on the worst stretch in the league leading up to last weekend. Now …
Read More »MLB All Star Game Preview: Ortiz, Stanton, Arrieta
The best of Major League Baseball will showcase their skills at tonight’s 2016 All Star Game. The American League-National League matchup, also known as the “Midsummer Classic”, will take place this year at San Diego’s Petco Park. https://twitter.com/AllStarGame/status/743470101064613888 Each team is made up of players from the respective league. The rosters for each …
Read More »Giancarlo Stanton Breaks Home Run Derby Record
To kick off the All-Star break week, Giancarlo Stanton really hit it out of the park during Monday night’s home run derby—61 times to be exact. The Miami Marlins slugger and highest paid player in the MLB broke Bobby Abreu’s measly 41, set back in 2005, by a landslide. Stanton hit 20 homers in the final …
Read More »Marlins and Braves Heat Up, Rays Continue to Still Struggle
The Miami Marlins (47-41) are starting to heat up going into the MLB All-Star break. The Marlins completed a home sweep Sunday night when they destroyed the Cincinnati Reds 7-3 with help from Giancarlo Stanton. Stanton hit his 20th home run to give the Marlins the lead for good, 4-3 in the fifth. Miami Marlins …
Read More »Marlins Blow 6-Run Lead, Look for Improvement from Stanton Against Mets
This past week has been peppered with both wins and losses for the Miami Marlins, but they sit third in the National League East standings, behind the New York Mets and the Washington Nationals. In the first game of the series against the Mets, the Marlins blew an early six-run …
Read More »Miami Marlins Begin Series With Rays
After losing to the Washington Nationals Sunday 8-2, the Miami Marlins host the beginning of a four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Marlins (22-21) are fourth in the NL East having lost four of their last five games, and lack of offense is a big reason why as …
Read More »Marlins Lose Rubber Match to Phillies
The Miami Marlins ended their three-game series yesterday against the Phillies losing 4-2 and losing the series 2-1. The Marlins began strong taking an early 2-0 lead on RBI doubles from Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuna. Things began to go down hill for the Marlins in the third when an error …
Read More »Stanton Home Run Helps Marlins Take Down Kershaw, Dodgers 6-3
His reaction said it all. The moment Giancarlo Stanton made contact with a 1-0 fastball from Clayton Kershaw in the sixth inning, Kershaw turned around, dropped to a knee and looked at the ground before following the flight of the ball. Kershaw knew the end result as soon the ball …
Read More »Giancarlo Stanton and Co. beat the Dodgers, 3-2
The Miami Marlins beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Monday night with the help of Giancarlo Stanton’s bat. The right fielder went 2-3 on the night with a home run and a double batting in two runs on the night. Stanton’s solo home run came in the top of the 4th-inning …
Read More »Preview: Marlins Open Up Series Against Braves in Miami
The Miami Marlins face off against the Atlanta Braves in Miami on Friday night at 7:10 p.m. in the first game of a three-game series between the division rivals. Wei-Yin Chen (0-0, 9.00 ERA) will square off against Williams Perez (0-0, 7.71 ERA) in a matchup of pitchers who both …
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