Arizona Diamondbacks vs Florida Marlins
7:10 PM ET, June 13, 2011
Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida
A miserable start to June has the Florida Marlins in danger of falling below .500. They might have the right pitching matchup to avoid that fate.
The Marlins will try to continue their success against the Arizona Diamondbacks' Zach Duke in Monday night's four-game series finale.
Florida's continued lack of clutch hitting played a big part in Sunday's 5-1 defeat to Arizona, its 10th loss in 11 June games. The Marlins (32-32) went 0 for 12 with runners in scoring position for the first time since July 19, 2009, and are 0 for 18 in their last two games.
"The timely hitting is not there," manager Edwin Rodriguez said. "We're failing with runners in scoring position. But we're battling there. I'm sure if they keep pushing the way they're doing right now that we're going to get out of this.
"There's not too many options. Yeah, I can shuffle the lineup; I already did that. They have to go out there and keep battling and everything else will start going our way."
Rodriguez's team has batted .133 with runners in scoring position during a 2-12 stretch and .119 in RBI situations while dropping four of six to Arizona (36-30) this season. Florida, which earned its only victory of the month in Friday's series opener, is trying to avoid falling below .500 for the first time since starting 1-2.
The Marlins will try to continue their success against the Arizona Diamondbacks' Zach Duke in Monday night's four-game series finale.
Florida's continued lack of clutch hitting played a big part in Sunday's 5-1 defeat to Arizona, its 10th loss in 11 June games. The Marlins (32-32) went 0 for 12 with runners in scoring position for the first time since July 19, 2009, and are 0 for 18 in their last two games.
"The timely hitting is not there," manager Edwin Rodriguez said. "We're failing with runners in scoring position. But we're battling there. I'm sure if they keep pushing the way they're doing right now that we're going to get out of this.
"There's not too many options. Yeah, I can shuffle the lineup; I already did that. They have to go out there and keep battling and everything else will start going our way."
Rodriguez's team has batted .133 with runners in scoring position during a 2-12 stretch and .119 in RBI situations while dropping four of six to Arizona (36-30) this season. Florida, which earned its only victory of the month in Friday's series opener, is trying to avoid falling below .500 for the first time since starting 1-2.
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