Marlins Lose Again At Empty Stadium
MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – When Marlins starts Brad Hand made his major league debut, he pitched well replacing Josh Johnson. But, the Marlins couldn't get the offense going in a 1-0 loss. Sunday, Hand and the Marlins played poorly en route to a 5-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Hand gave up five hits, five walks, and four earned runs in the game.
"I just tried to do the same thing and it didn't work out," Hand said. "I fell behind in the count a lot on the batters and then I had to bring it back in the zone. I got out of a few situations, that's the only positive I'll take out of it."
The Marlins lost for the 10th time in 11 games, falling to .500 for the first time since they were 5-5.
Florida had at least one hit in every inning but left 13 runners on base. The Marlins have stranded 98 runners in their past 11 games, batting .149 (14 for 94) with runners in scoring position during that span. They were 0 for 12 on Sunday.
Florida right fielder Mike Stanton, who had homered in the previous three games, came up with runners on first and second in his first four at-bats but popped out three times and struck out.
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