The present day Mets rolling into town is never a good thing and the end result was a two game beatdown sweep that extended the Marlins losing streak to five games. Dontrelle Willis lost the opener and he did it in grand fashion, giving up eight runs on ten hits and two walks with four strikeouts in five innings. In the meantime, John Maine was no-hitting the Marlins. While that was broken up in the seventh, the end result was still a 9-2 loss. Joe Borchard drove in both runs with a two run homer.
Last night’s game was even worse as Rick Vanden Hurk was bombed for eight runs in four innings. The Marlins racked up just four hits in this one too. Miguel Oliva singled and drove in a run and the Marlins struck out 15 times in the game.
Just what the doctored ordered, the Marlins play three against the last place Nationals at home. A sweep would be nice, and it would put them right back at .500. Scott Olsen throws in the opener tonight and I like the pitching matchups in all three of these games.
