Easley does it: Marlins grab opener
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Finding a different hero every night was a trademark of the 2003 World Series championship team. Damion Easley assumed that role Monday night, blasting a two-run home run
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For seven innings the New York Mets couldn't score. Then the Florida Marlins couldn't field. Carlos Gomez scored the go-ahead run on an error in the ninth inning, and Carlos Beltran's two-run double broke the game open to help New York win 6-2 on Friday night.
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CHICAGO Â· The Marlins are beginning to identify with the Montreal Expos as far as playing home games on the road. The Marlins already had to make up one of last weekend&#39;s three postponed
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One night after being outslugged, the Marlins came up on the short end of a splendid pitchers&#39; duel. Carl Pavano was as efficient as he&#39;s been all season, limiting the Braves
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The five innings that Pedro MartÃ­nez were encouraging but inconclusive. He held the Marlins without a hit until the fifth, but then allowed four runs in that inning before departing.
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Although stormy weather has been a tough opponent for the Florida Marlins in their push to make the playoffs, it hasn&#39;t deterred their hopes of catching lightning in a bottle.
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The Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins got strong pitching performances from unlikely sources on Tuesday, resulting in a split doubleheader for the National League East rivals.
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Cody Ross singled in pinch-runner Eric Reed with one out in the 10th inning to lift the Florida Marlins over the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 Saturday night.
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Juan Pierre had three hits and AJ  Burnett pitched eight solid innings to help the Florida Marlins  salvage a split of their four-game series against the Chicago  Cubs with an 11-1 rout in the National League (NL) Sunday.
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Trying to avert a September collapse, the New York Mets stumbled upon a simple solution: Hit the ball to the Florida Marlins.
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Dontrelle Willis pitched a three-hit   shutout to help the Florida Marlins step up their National   League wild card challenge with a 3-0 home win over the   Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
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The Florida Marlins ignored their unusual surroundings to record a 6-3 win over the Montreal Expos on Monday. Hurricane Ivan forced the Marlins to play the match at Chicago White Sox&#39;s home stadium, the first
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The Marlins won the first game featuring two N.L. teams at an A.L. stadium since 1946. The Florida hurricanes forced the game to be relocated from Miami.
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Cody Ross hit a two-run homer, Ricky Nolasco pitched seven strong innings and the Florida Marlins beat the slumping Atlanta Braves 3-2 Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep.
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The Chicago Cubs made sure Florida didn't complete another sweep in the World Series champion Marlins' return to Wrigley Field. Eleven months after the Marlins won the sixth and seventh games of the NL championship series in Chicago, Carl Pavano scattered seven hits in his second shutout of the season, leading Florida over the Cubs 7-0 in the doubleheader opener Friday. But Moises Alou and Aramis Ramirez hit back-to-back homers in the second game to help Chicago win 11-2 and move back into the NL wild-card lead, a percentage point ahead of Houston and San Francisco.
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David Wright and Damion Easley each had two hits, drove in a run and scored a run, and starting pitcher Jorge Sosa allowed two runs in five and two-thirds innings.
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The Marlins have a league-low $15 million payroll thanks to a roster full of rookies, but that hasn't prevented them from competing for the wild card.