Marlins Drop Rubber Game to the Mets

I can't say I'm surprised.

We who live in Miami are beginning to get used to the fact that our teams are good at one thing—losing.

The Marlins were playing the Mets, who were being led on the mound by Oliver Perez.

Andew Miller, prize prospect involved in the Cabrera trade, made his first start in a Marlins uniform. The one thing I can say about his performance was that it was brief. Miller went four innings, giving up eight hits and five runs.

The Mets jumped on him in the second, third, and fifth innings. Miller definitely made some good pitches, especially with six strikeouts, but just couldn't get his off-speed pitches under control.

The big blow given up by Miller was a two-run homerun off the bat of Ryan Church.

Although Miller pitched poorly, there are no words for how bad the bullpen pitched.

After the pen pitched magnificently in the first two games, they definitely didn't show up today. Lee Gardner, Taylor Tankersley, and Kevin Gregg gave up a total of eight runs and eight hits in just three innings.

But as bad as the bullpen pitched, the blame needs to be put on the starting pitching. Not one starter in the first three games has pitched into the sixth inning. Plain and simple, you can't have your bullpen pitch five innings every game.

The final result was a 13-0 thumping by the Mets. Luckily for the Marlins there are still another 159 games left and they are only going to get better.

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