Marlins Flip Flop As We Fall Back Behind Braves: Game 3 Today

The Marlins loss to the Atlanta Braves yesterday put them right back behind the Braves in 3rd place in the NL East. The bullpen blew the game for Fish after Hanley got it started with a home-run in the first inning.

Tonight Ricky Nolasco is on the mound for the Fish. Last time he faced the Braves he struck out 16 with 9 of them coming in all in a row. Nolasco is (4-3) coming into tonight's game, he will face Tim Hudson who is an impressive 5-1 on the year with just over a 2.0 era.

Here are some stats on the Atlanta lineup vs Nolasco over the past five years from MLB.com

• AL vs. Nolasco
  
  

  HITTER	AVG	AB	HR	RBI
  Blanco, Gregor	.500	6	0	1
  Cabrera, Melky	-	-	-	-
  Conrad, Brooks	.000	1	0	0
  Escobar, Yunel	.409	22	1	3
  Glaus, Troy	.667	6	0	0
  Heyward, Jason	-	-	-	-
  Hinske, Eric	.250	4	1	1
  Infante, Omar	.200	5	0	1
  Jones, Chipper	.423	26	4	8
  McCann, Brian	.323	31	4	11
  McLouth, Nate	.214	14	0	1
  Prado, Martin	.300	10	0	2
  Ross, David	-	-	-	-