Saturday, August 2, 2008

The Streak Contines...

In tonight's Marlins win against the Rockies, starting pitcher Ricky Nolasco was dominating. He struck out a career high 13 batters, and except for two mistakes to Matt Holliday, was exceptional.

Yet he was taken out after 8 innings, and Kevin Gregg picked up the save. Good for Gregg, bad for the longest streak without a complete game in the Majors. The Marlins' last complete game pitched came 287 games ago, on September 16, 2006. Yes, the top of the order was coming up, but Ricky had only thrown 93 pitches. Except for Chris Volstad's starting debut, where he fell just one out short of snapping the streak himself, the Marlins have been relying heavily on the bullpen this season. Gregg has been solid as of late, and hopefully he will stay that way.

The good news from tonight is that with the win, the Marlins jump a half game ahead of the Mets, and remain a game and a half back of the Phillies. The Marlins make a trip northeast next week, where they will visit both New York and Philadelphia. That should be fun...

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