Florida (32-34) at Boston (39-25)

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Miller seeks to stick to strike zone

Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
The advice Marlins pitching coach Mark Wiley is giving to his young staff is simple -- pitch your game and not to the park. Florida will look to implement that strategy on Wednesday night with Andrew Miller on the mound.
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Marlins probable pitcher

Andrew Miller

  • #23 LHP
  • (2-2) 4.30 ERA 37 SO
Miller struggled some in the first inning his last time out on Thursday, but then found his groove, retiring 14 straight Cardinals before allowing a one out single to Rick Ankiel in the sixth. The 24-year-old allowed three runs on seven hits over 6 1/3 innings while striking out eight. Miller will face the Red Sox in his next start. The big left-hander has had success against them before, allowing one run on three hits over seven innings while striking out six. Of the current group of Red Sox, only Mark Kotsay has ever recorded a hit against him.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 13-18 5.49 227.2 128 188 .277
Season 2-2 4.30 46.0 23 37 .257
June 1-0 3.86 16.1 5 17 .258

Series at a Glance

Standings - 06/17/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Florida Marlins (NL East) 32 34 .485 6.0 15-19 17-15
Boston Red Sox (AL East) 39 25 .609 - 22-8 17-17
Stats - 06/17/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
FLA .255 309 65 294 38 532 4.49 597.1 603 257 505
BOS .273 347 79 330 49 442 4.21 572.1 580 220 499
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Ex-Marlin Lowell relishes shot with Sox

John Barone / MLB.com
Mike Lowell's inclusion in the trade for Josh Beckett was more of an afterthought than added cause for celebration. Three years have passed since the trade, and it's safe to say Lowell's 2005 futility could not have been more of an aberration.
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Red Sox probable pitcher

Brad Penny

  • #36 RHP
  • (5-2) 5.32 ERA 44 SO
Penny tossed six shutout innings against the vaunted Yankees last Thursday at Fenway Park, but a faulty outing by reliever Manny Delcarmen cost the burly right-hander his sixth win of the season. Despite swirling trade rumors and the imminent return of John Smoltz, Boston's No. 5 starter has kept the Red Sox in nearly every game he's pitched this season. A former Marlin, Penny is 1-1 with a 5.00 ERA in three career starts against his former team.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 99-77 4.11 1526.1 495 1076 .267
Season 5-2 5.32 66.0 20 44 .305
June 0-1 3.86 11.2 3 10 .283

Marlins hitters vs Brad Penny

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Amezaga, Alfredo - - - - - - - -
Baker, John - - - - .000 1 0 0
Bonifacio, Emilio - - - - .400 5 0 0
Cantu, Jorge - - - - .000 3 0 0
Carroll, Brett - - - - - - - -
Coghlan, Chris - - - - .000 2 0 0
Cousins, Scott - - - - - - - -
Hayes, Brett - - - - - - - -
Helms, Wes - - - - 1.000 1 0 1
Maybin, Cameron - - - - - - - -
Miller, Jai - - - - - - - -
Paulino, Ronny - - - - .143 7 0 0
Ramirez, Hanley - - - - .200 5 0 0
Ross, Cody - - - - .500 2 0 0
Sanchez, Gaby - - - - - - - -
Uggla, Dan - - - - .250 4 0 0

Red Sox hitters vs Andrew Miller

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Brian - - - - - 0 0 0
Bates, Aaron - - - - - - - -
Brown, Dusty - - - - - - - -
Drew, J.D. - - - - .000 2 0 0
Ellsbury, Jacoby - - - - .000 1 0 0
Hermida, Jeremy - - - - - - - -
Iglesias, Jose - - - - - - - -
Kotchman, Casey .500 2 0 1 .500 2 0 1
Lowell, Mike - - - - .200 5 0 0
Lowrie, Jed - - - - - - - -
Martinez, Victor - - - - - - - -
Ortiz, David - - - - .500 2 0 0
Pedroia, Dustin - - - - .333 6 0 2
Reddick, Josh - - - - - - - -
Varitek, Jason - - - - .000 5 0 0
Wagner, Mark - - - - - - - -
Youkilis, Kevin - - - - .000 3 0 0

Sox win Fenway 500 (32-35) (40-25)

Red Sox 6, Marlins 1

Not much going

Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
Andrew Miller battled through 5 1/3 innings, giving up four runs on seven hits, striking out six and walking four, but the Marlins' lineup could do little with Red Sox pitching, going 0-for-15 with runners in scoring position.

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Monster milestones

Ian Browne / MLB.com
In front of Fenway's 500th straight sellout crowd, Brad Penny picked up his 100th win, giving up three hits and one unearned run in five innings. Jacoby Ellsbury homered in the seventh, but also made the first error of his career in the first.
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Red Sox 6, Marlins 1

Florida AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Coghlan, LF 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 .273
Gload, 1B 5 0 1 0 0 1 6 .299
Ramirez, H, SS 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 .325
Cantu, DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .275
Hermida, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .268
Uggla, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 2 2 .216
Ross, C, CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .266
Baker, Jo, C 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .244
Bonifacio, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 .245
Totals 33 1 6 0 6 8 28  

BATTING
2B: Gload (4, Penny), Baker, Jo (9, Papelbon).
TB: Coghlan; Gload 2; Cantu; Uggla; Ross, C; Baker, Jo 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hermida 2; Coghlan; Gload 2; Ross, C; Ramirez, H 2.
GIDP: Gload.
Team RISP: 0-for-15.
Team LOB: 11.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Ross, C (Varitek at home).
DP: (Ramirez, H-Uggla-Gload).
 
Boston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pedroia, 2B 5 0 3 3 0 0 1 .298
Ellsbury, CF 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 .310
Youkilis, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 5 .322
Bay, LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .281
Lowell, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .294
Ortiz, D, DH 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 .213
Baldelli, RF 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .273
  a-Kotsay, PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263
Varitek, C 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 .227
Green, N, SS 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 .293
Totals 31 6 9 5 7 9 16  

a-Lined out for Baldelli in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Ortiz, D (15, Miller, A).
HR: Ellsbury (3, 7th inning off Sanches, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Pedroia 3; Ellsbury 4; Lowell; Ortiz, D 2; Baldelli 2; Green, N.
RBI: Baldelli (9), Pedroia 3 (27), Ellsbury (21).
2-out RBI: Pedroia 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bay 2; Youkilis 2; Ellsbury.
GIDP: Varitek.
Team RISP: 4-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Pedroia 2 (12, 2nd base off Miller, A/Baker, Jo, 2nd base off Miller, A/Baker, Jo), Ellsbury (28, 2nd base off Miller, A/Baker, Jo).

FIELDING
E: Ellsbury (1, fielding).
DP: (Pedroia-Green, N-Youkilis).
 
Florida IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Miller, A (L, 2-3) 5.1 7 4 4 4 6 0 4.56
Sanches 1.2 1 1 1 0 2 1 0.69
Calero 0.2 1 1 1 3 0 0 2.01
Nunez, L 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.77
 
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Penny (W, 6-2) 5.0 3 1 0 4 3 0 4.94
Masterson (H, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.81
Okajima (H, 12) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.40
Ramirez, R 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.97
Papelbon 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.86

Pitches-strikes: Miller, A 100-54, Sanches 23-15, Calero 22-6, Nunez, L 6-5, Penny 100-66, Masterson 13-9, Okajima 6-5, Ramirez, R 32-19, Papelbon 17-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Miller, A 6-4, Sanches 1-2, Calero 0-1, Nunez, L 0-0, Penny 4-8, Masterson 0-1, Okajima 3-0, Ramirez, R 0-1, Papelbon 2-0.
Batters faced: Miller, A 26, Sanches 6, Calero 5, Nunez, L 1, Penny 23, Masterson 3, Okajima 3, Ramirez, R 5, Papelbon 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Sanches 1-0, Nunez, L 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Jerry Crawford. 1B: Scott Barry. 2B: Phil Cuzzi. 3B: Tom Hallion.
Weather: 70 degrees, clear.
Wind: 14 mph, Out to CF.
T: 3:10.
Att: 38,196.
June 17, 2009

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