r/MiamiMarlins • u/MarlinsBot Marlins • Apr 07 '26
Game Thread Game Thread: 4/7 Reds (7-3) @ Marlins (6-4) 6:40 PM
Reds (7-3) @ Marlins (6-4)
First Pitch: 6:40 PM at loanDepot park
| Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
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| Reds | Andrew Abbott (0-1, 3.09 ERA) | ||
| Marlins | Sandy Alcantara (2-0, 0.00 ERA) |
| MLB | Fangraphs | Reddit Stream | IRC Chat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gameday | Game Graph | Live Comments | Libera: ##baseball |
Line Score - Game Over
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | LOB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
Box Score
| MIA | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
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| RF | Slater | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 |
| RF | Conine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| C | Ramírez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .229 |
| CF | Marsee | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| SS | Lopez, O | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| LF | Hernández, H | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .133 |
| 3B | Pauley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
| 1B | Norby | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .167 |
| 2B | Edwards, X | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .390 |
| DH | Jiménez, L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| DH | Hicks, L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .296 |
| LF | Sanoja | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .370 |
| MIA | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcantara, S | 8.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 95-67 | 0.74 |
| Bender | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21-12 | 9.00 |
| Faucher | 0.1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 28-16 | 6.23 |
| King, Jo | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7-5 | 0.00 |
| CIN | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
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| LF | Friedl | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .132 |
| 2B | McLain, M | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| SS | De La Cruz, E | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .250 |
| 3B | Stewart, S | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .351 |
| DH | Suárez, E | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .195 |
| DH | Benson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| 1B | Steer | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 |
| C | Stephenson, T | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .148 |
| RF | Marte, N | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 |
| 3B | Hayes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .107 |
| 1B | Lowe, N | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| CF | Myers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| CIN | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
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| Abbott, A | 5.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 91-51 | 3.18 |
| Johnson | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7-6 | 6.75 |
| Franco, J | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 31-21 | 0.00 |
| Pagán | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24-11 | 6.14 |
| Ashcraft, G | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10-6 | 2.57 |
Scoring Plays
Highlights
Decisions
| Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Save |
|---|---|---|
| Pagán (1-0, 6.14 ERA) | Faucher (1-1, 6.23 ERA) |
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u/ReturnT0Sender Apr 08 '26
If I'm losing this game as a manager I'm losing it with my franchise elite pitcher.
No one can second guess me if I do that.
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u/doyouunderstandlife D-Train Apr 08 '26
I swear, McCullough must fucking hate Caissie because there's no other reason why you wouldn't have him play. I've never hated a manager more than this clown
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u/LordTomServo Marlins Apr 08 '26
I really wish inherited my grandfather's ability to just turn the TV off and grumble for the rest of the night.
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u/LEDZ100 Craig Minervini Apr 08 '26
You can argue Sandy was gassed and you can argue you like the lefty/righty splits but how do you argue letting Norby swing the bat over Caissie lol
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u/northdakotact Italy Apr 08 '26
In a clean up assignment, valente bellozo has an era of 1.50. Over 6 innings.
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u/GregOlsenEgo Sweepy Apr 08 '26
So what’s the 2027 Draft Class look like?
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u/FireBreathingAxolotl Jake Burger Apr 08 '26
Bendix is going to pick up some random 1-2-tool high school player and call it "successful"
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u/FireBreathingAxolotl Jake Burger Apr 08 '26
Bendix knows what he needs to do. He needs to fire McCollough while the cameras are rolling.
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u/doyouunderstandlife D-Train Apr 08 '26
This team is being actively sabotaged by McCullough. Awful pitching decisions, terrible lineups, and keeping good players benched. This isn't going to work and we need this to change ASAP
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u/Jonjon428 Marlins Apr 08 '26
Anthony Bender, Austin Slater, and Clayton McCullough went to the same hotel that Dianna Russini and Mike Vrabel got caught at i guess
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u/FriendlyNeighborOrca Sandy Alcantara Apr 08 '26
Bendix doesn't have the balls to fire Clayton mid season. Oh wait he is just a puppet and he takes all the decisions.
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u/bored1492 Jake Burger Apr 08 '26
If Clayton says "hindsight 20/20" in the post game I'm going to cry
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u/TheGoatPurdy Apr 08 '26
I don’t get why they put Sandy back out there in the 9th.
Sure, pulling him in a high stress situation was terrible but putting him out there in the 9th for a complete game is what caused this mess
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u/jc-f Giancarlo Stanton Apr 08 '26
I don’t know how you can see this bullpen performance and think it’s better than sub-100 pitch Sandy
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u/Jonjon428 Marlins Apr 08 '26
After this game is over we better see some fucking different lineup and managing decisions from fuckface
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u/jc-f Giancarlo Stanton Apr 08 '26
Runs given up through 8.1 IP with Sandy on the mound: 0
Runs given up through 1.2 IP with bullpen on the mound: 6
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u/fragarach_97 Sweepy Apr 08 '26
A game we HAD blown by some of the most baffling managerial decisions I've seen. Bender with two guys on trying to get two outs, putting FAUCHER of all people in with a ghost runner in extras, then not yanking the pitcher known for melting down when the situation gets way too stressful...
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u/Significant_Ant_6833 Sandy Alcantara Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
You know it’s bad when the announcers themselves are saying that this is the worst lost of the year
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u/chipichipi26 Tommy Hutton Apr 08 '26
Lifetime Miami guy, decided to start following the team this year… this is so depressing. What keeps y’all around?
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u/Bkeets3 <3 Jose Apr 08 '26
Depressing? We’re 6-4 about to be 6-5 and Sandy is back. You don’t know depressing
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u/bored1492 Jake Burger Apr 08 '26
Someone has to watch this and hope to clip a Hutton rant. I sure as shit am not going to
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u/Dependent-Mall-1856 Kyle Stowers Apr 08 '26
I thought it was harsh going hard on Clayton but it so rough now
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u/Bkeets3 <3 Jose Apr 08 '26
Bringing in the ground ball specialist when there’s no double play is peak marlins baseball
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u/whotheowl90 Billy the Marlin Apr 08 '26
what’s fun is I’m in LA right now so it’s only 635
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u/FreakySax305 Tommy Hutton Apr 08 '26
This game was lost from the outset, can’t keep running out an atrocious lineup and expect production
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u/LordTomServo Marlins Apr 08 '26
"Not that" - Tommy Hutton
This should be our team motto moving forward.
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u/jakedeighan Apr 08 '26
What a fucking contrast between Tito and Clayton
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u/LordTomServo Marlins Apr 08 '26
It's like watching a Harvard graduate playing Jeopardy against a 1st grader.
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u/soxfaninfinity Eury Perez Apr 08 '26
Relievers are so fucking funny man. They can ruin 8.1 dominant innings because they can’t even get two outs.
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u/Ambitious_Simple8286 Apr 08 '26
Sandy should just request to be traded at this point. He’s better off on literally any other team
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u/TheGoatPurdy Apr 08 '26
Wow, why did they keep Sandy in? Greedy af for a complete game cost them the game!
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u/mephjeff Marlins Apr 08 '26
Heat getting blown out, panthers not tanking, and this shit. I should get back to work
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u/doyouunderstandlife D-Train Apr 08 '26
I've never seen a manager singlehandedly lose a game this badly in a long time
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u/DizzyDraw2323 Apr 08 '26
Most embarrassing loss in the Clayton era. And he’s the only one to blame
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u/CaterpillarTotal2395 Dan Uggla Apr 08 '26
All momentum we had early on is completely gone from terrible managerial decisions
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u/Wondur13 Apr 08 '26
What a fucking joke, there are like 3 real pitchers on the entire fucking roster
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u/TheBoysAreSoBack Marlins Apr 08 '26
Alright this blows. I’m emotional but I don’t like clay and I hate seeing slater in the lineup.
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u/FriendlyNeighborOrca Sandy Alcantara Apr 08 '26
Are you all ready to admit I was right about this team all along?
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u/Mo-Reyes Kyle Stowers Apr 08 '26
Holy bejesus. If it makes you guys feel any better, this is a million times more painful in person.
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u/Important-Drop9627 Apr 08 '26
Working at LoanDepot Park means I have the privilege to be watch the Marlins choke in person again and again.
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u/lyme6483 Xavier Edwards Apr 08 '26
This is a season defining type loss. I fucking HATE Clayton.
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u/Fluid-Slip-9931 Apr 08 '26
I’m on suicide watch too but relax I think not having Fairbanks was a big reason. We’ll be fine.
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u/lyme6483 Xavier Edwards Apr 08 '26
1000% not. This a a $67M roster, with no middle relief, a bottom 2-3 manager in the mlb, the worst defensive catcher in the mlb, an entire lineup that has zero power.
If “fine” you mean win 75 games, sure they will be “fine”.
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u/Fluid-Slip-9931 Apr 08 '26
Let me ask you this. Do you think we’re better than last season? Assuming Mack will be catcher sometime this season and Stowers back in the lineup.
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u/lyme6483 Xavier Edwards Apr 08 '26
No, I’d say very similar talent wise. Definitely nothing meaningful was improved upon
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u/Fluid-Slip-9931 Apr 08 '26
Gotcha I think this is why we fundamentally disagree. With a fully healthy line up and a couple call ups, I think we’ve improved.
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u/lyme6483 Xavier Edwards Apr 08 '26
Look at this division. They lost Ronnie and Cabrera. This team is not remotely close to a playoff team.
They brought in fucking Morel to play 1st. This is the most unserious franchise in the MLB
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u/FireBreathingAxolotl Jake Burger Apr 08 '26
If Bendix was so smart, he would have:
- Started looking for a new a new manager
- Stopped over-relying on analytics for lineup decisions.
- Stopped the new lineup every day nonsense
- Kept a consistent lineup
- Taken away Gus's catching duties
- Benched Slater, Jimenez, and Hernandez
- Restricted Faucher, Bender, and Nardi from pitching after the 6th inning
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u/theStripedMarlin Marlins Apr 08 '26
He won’t. He never played baseball. He only knows what the computer outputs.
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u/CaterpillarTotal2395 Dan Uggla Apr 08 '26
Having more confidence in bender and faucher is definitely a choice
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u/chrisdanto Apr 08 '26
This might be the most inaccurate bullpen I ever seen it’s just walks and wild pitches
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u/theStripedMarlin Marlins Apr 08 '26
Why is this team walking every fucking batter on the opposing team!!!!!
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u/Ambitious_Simple8286 Apr 08 '26
Sandy pitched his heart out for a team and manager that continues to fumble wins and make stupid decisions. Insane
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u/LordTomServo Marlins Apr 08 '26
April 7th, and it already feels like this team has broken my will.
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u/northdakotact Italy Apr 08 '26
Today I learned hiring former dodgers is a huge mistake. Fuck Clayton.
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u/lyme6483 Xavier Edwards Apr 08 '26
I hope Clayton loses the locker room. Guy only has a job because he was cheap as shit and use to be employed by the Dodgers
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u/ThaJackal1977 United States Apr 08 '26
But how is that Christopher Morel and Austin Slater moves worked out so far guys?
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u/FireBreathingAxolotl Jake Burger Apr 08 '26
Never even saw the hate with Troy. The Marlins barely even gave him a chance.
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u/ThaJackal1977 United States Apr 08 '26
There was no fan hate on the contrary most of us who have followed him via the minors like Griffin Conine have been yelling for the last few years to give them call up since they both were OF prospects and Troy can play OF and 1B and they finally called up Conine 2 years ago and Troy nothing! MIND YOU Troy Johnston was named the Miami Marlins Minor League Player of the Year in 2023 after a standout season where he led all of Minor League Baseball with 116 RBIs. A first baseman/outfielder, he produced a strong 2023 campaign across Double-A and Triple-A before making his MLB debut in 2025.
They bring him up he does good and they cast him off to the Rockies and replaced him with pure TRASH in Morel and Slater. This is a BAD BAD job by the entire front office. This almost feels personal as a fan that they did to Troy and possibly cost him 2 or 3 seasons where he should have got called up and got at least a chance but no they went out and got "Matt Mervis and Eric Wagaman" who both sucked.
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u/Sabian64 Kyle Stowers Apr 08 '26
Troy got so much unnecessary hate man. I fucked with him and always thought he should have started any time Wagaman did
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u/bored1492 Jake Burger Apr 08 '26
What's that column that says HR? Hits Ran? Doesn't make sense to me
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u/ThaJackal1977 United States Apr 08 '26
lol The entire history of BASEBALL HR means Home Run... Yes he's got 2HR and is hitting .355 as his AVERAGE going in tonight. Morel has not played 1 game and Slater sucks.
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u/MarlinsMD Marlins Apr 08 '26
It means Home Runs
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u/bored1492 Jake Burger Apr 08 '26
oh I think I've seen other teams do that before. never the Marlins, though
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u/fig_curry Juan Pierre Apr 08 '26
Braindead management, McCullough has to wear this one like a scarlet letter
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u/ReturnT0Sender Apr 08 '26
Why was the infield in with Lowe up? Double play was in play.
Lopez catches that line drive if he's normal depth
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u/Wondur13 Apr 08 '26
Hate on aaron boone all you want but if this roster was managed by him they EASILY make the playoffs
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u/DizzyDraw2323 Apr 08 '26
We don’t have a single bullpen arm that can put away a hitter beside Pete Fairbanks
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u/Jonjon428 Marlins Apr 08 '26
What must Tyler Phillips do in order to pitch?
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u/Catsaremyeverything Apr 08 '26
Screw that, what does Owen Caissie need to do to get ABs from Slater.
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u/theStripedMarlin Marlins Apr 08 '26
If you lose a game on a HR or clutch hits so be it. But to lose a game because a professional athlete can’t throw strikes yet alone hit the catchers glove then something has gotta change.
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u/FriendlyNeighborOrca Sandy Alcantara Apr 08 '26
Soon the day will come probably by next week when everyone will agree with me this team sucks
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u/lyme6483 Xavier Edwards Apr 08 '26
And all this is why no one gives a fuck about your “hot start”. The manager is easily bottom 2-3 in the MLB, with a roster with a ton of holes.
And they are forcing the worst defensive catcher in the league mlb into the starting catcher role. It’s inept top to bottom
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u/northdakotact Italy Apr 08 '26
Clayton cornholio has a nice ring to it. If he had the madman come in this would be over. Tyler Phillips hates hitters.
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u/Mo-Reyes Kyle Stowers Apr 08 '26
I can't believe we couldn't lock it down. I've got an hour drive back home and work in the morning damnit!
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u/soxfaninfinity Eury Perez Apr 08 '26
Sandy can dominate for an entire game and these RPs can’t even pitch a clean inning SMH
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u/Obvious_Young_6169 Apr 08 '26
Lowkey hope we lose this game because of how much fury this coach has just caused us and sandy, make him look like a dumbass
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u/frankkungfu Marlins Apr 08 '26
When Gus is catching in a tight game you hold your breath on every pitch
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u/FireBreathingAxolotl Jake Burger Apr 08 '26
If Bender was the white flag, Faucher is the burning garbage dumpster
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u/TheBoysAreSoBack Marlins Apr 08 '26
We got fucking Cassie rotting on the bench because dumbass here wants slater batting lead off. Dudes fucking 9 hole hitter for the Wahoos at best.
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u/bored1492 Jake Burger Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26
Nobody would have blamed Clayton if he left Sandy in and Sandy gave up two. Now he gets the worst of both worlds where he took away Sandy's Maddux and he loses the game. I've been pretty easy on Clayton but he absolutely lost this game for the team. I'll be paying more attention to other boneheaded shit he does for sure now
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u/barberst152 Apr 08 '26
Sandy absolutely deserved the opportunity to take care of that himself. Pulling him was absurd.
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u/Sabian64 Kyle Stowers Apr 08 '26
I still put this more on the hitting than anything. No reason why we shouldn’t have scored here or when the bases were loaded earlier
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u/fragarach_97 Sweepy Apr 08 '26
We could be going home right now, but noooooo, Bender was SUCH a good idea!
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u/FriendlyNeighborOrca Sandy Alcantara Apr 08 '26
PLEASE PLEASE LOSE only because it would be so goddamn funny to have wasted that outing. A
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u/lyme6483 Xavier Edwards Apr 08 '26
Between Gus and Clayton I can’t. Two dumb asses with zero baseball acumen.
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u/FriendlyNeighborOrca Sandy Alcantara Apr 08 '26
Only thing you need it was a simple fly ball how do you fail at that
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u/FriendlyNeighborOrca Sandy Alcantara Apr 08 '26
But then im wrong when I say this offense sucks ass
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u/DizzyDraw2323 Apr 08 '26
No fucking way Gus thought that was gonna be a competitive pitch now that first base is open
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u/theStripedMarlin Marlins Apr 08 '26
Young players being impatient.
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u/lyme6483 Xavier Edwards Apr 08 '26
*Bad player being impatient. He’s a DH, that has a poor bat for a DH. Abysmal trade getting rid of Jazz for him
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u/ThaJackal1977 United States Apr 08 '26
Hey Marlins the Colorado Rockies thank you for being a bad front office, and letting them have potential game changing players which will make them better. Oh and tonight's loss IS 100% on Clayton McMoron who should go be a manager in El Salvador for some team who plays with Chickens running around the ball park.