Oakland Series Ends With Rout

On Sunday, the Marlins completed a series with the Oakland Athletics by dropping a game 7-1.    The fish fell behind early and never recovered to fall to 40-35 on the season.  The Marlins remained 1 game back of the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East who lost as well on Sunday.

Andrew Miller made the start and struggled while allowing four earned runs in 4 innings of work.   The rookie walked two, allowed seven hits and struck out 1.    Miller was charged with the loss and fell to 5-6 on the season.   Matt Lindstrom was the first reliever out of the pen and allowed two earned runs in 1.1 innings of work.    Logan Kensing pitched next and threw 1.2 scoreless innings.   Doug Waechter was the last Marlin to pitch and had a perfect inning of work.

There was only one run scored in the game for the Marlins and it came in the first inning when Jeremy Hermida hit his 8th home run of the season.    Hermida had a two hit game, as did Mike Jacobs.    Luis Gonzalez and Wes Helms added a hit each of their own as the Marlins totaled 6 hits for the game.

The Marlins are off on Monday and will open a series on Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Rays.  Scott Olsen will make the start for the fish and the Rays will counter with Andy Sonnanstine as the 2nd half of the Citrus series gets underway.