The Fish Bring Out the Bats

Thank you Ken Macha.
The Marlins, who were baffled most of the day, finally got to Chris Narveson in the sixth as leadoff batter Chris Coghlan opened up the inning with the Marlins trailing 4-0 and set to face Brewers starter Chris Narveson for the third time. Coghlan took the offering into left field for his first hit of the day...and the inning. After a Gaby Sanchez foul out and Hanley Ramirez double, Jorge Cantu started the scoring for the Marlins with a ground out to short. So with two out, two on, and Cody Ross due up Brewers manager Ken Macha had a decision to make. A. Let Narveson, who had struck out Ross in both previous at bats attempt the hat trick or B. Go to the bullpen. Macha went to the mound to discuss this predicament with his hurler and opted for A.

Bad Move. Cody Ross took Narveson over the left field wall. That evened the score at 4-4 but the Marlins weren't done yet. The inning ended with Sanchez making the third out after a Coghlan triple which brought the innings total to 7. A single inning mark for this years Marlins. By days end the offensive explosion would net a total of 13 runs (including a nifty slide by Uggla and an in-the-parker by Maybin) and a whole lot of excitement for a team who had seen their bats go to sleep the past week. Let's hope these bats stay active.