Bronson Arroyo, Reds continue series in Florida
It took 10 innings to complete Monday's series opener in Miami between the Marlins and Reds. Now Cincinnati sends Bronson Arroyo to the mound looking for another victory in Game 2.
Count me among the many who can't figure out what to call the ballpark in Miami. In the last 12 months I've seen it listed as Dolphins Stadium, Land Shark Stadium and the current Sun Life Stadium moniker. Maybe it should be called the Soon To Be Vacant Six Months A Year Park since the Marlins will be moving to their new grounds for the 2012 season.
Of course, that's when we stop calling them the Florida Marlins and change to Miami Marlins.
No matter what you call the park, its the site of Tuesday's battle between the Fish and the Cincinnati Reds as they two teams continue a four-game series. Bronson Arroyo (1-0, 1.13 ERA) is expected to take the mound for the visitors with lefty Nate Robertson (1-0, 1.80) the home hurler.
TheGreek opened early Monday with the Reds as the 115 favorites, but that quickly moved when other shops came out favoring the Marlins slightly. Tuesday morning finds Florida carrying 115-120 chalk. The total is stuck at 8 ½ across the board.
Monday's series opener saw Cincinnati take a 6-5 victory in 10 innings as plus 125-130. Scott Rolen banged a couple of early homers for the Reds and Francisco Cordero picked up his third save of the young season. The outcome left both teams 4-3 on the season, with the Marlins just in the black at 0.7 units and the Reds plus 1.4 units.
The final score was well 'over' the eight-run total, the sixth time in seven Florida games that high-side bettors have cashed. Cincinnati is now 3-3-1 on the totals board.
The teams split their six games in 2009, with just two of the matchups played in Miami. Five of the six games went 'under' a year ago, with one 'push.'
Arroyo pitched well and hung in his first 2010 start on April 8 for eight innings despite getting nailed by a Colby Rasmus liner. Cincinnati won the game on a walk-off, 2-1, in front of the Cincy fans with Arroyo getting a no-decision. The game closed pretty much as a pick 'em, and obviously stayed 'under.'
The righty saw the Marlins once in 2009, losing a tough 3-2 game in Cincinnati. Arroyo chunked eight and allowed all three Florida runs, Ryan Gload's two-run pop in the eighth being the decider. In two starts at Sun Life, Land Shark & Dolphins Stadium since joining the Reds, Arroyo has tossed 10 2/3 innings with eight runs crossing the plate. He's also allowed four homers in that span, with the Reds losing both games.
Jorge Cantu, Dan Uggla and Ronny Paulino are three Florida hitters that have had a lot of success against Arroyo.
Robertson could turn out to be the reclamation project of the 2010 season. After injuries and inconsistency saw his days in Detroit come to an end, the southpaw found a spot with the Marlins, the team he started his MLB career with in 2002. He made a very successful debut with the win last Thursday as a small underdog. Robertson worked five, allowed one and the Marlins topped the Mets, 3-1.
Our crack staff in the 'For What It's Worth Department' came up with the linescore from Robertson's only career start against Cincinnati. At Comerica in Detroit, he worked 7 1/3 scoreless with seven strikeouts and five walks and got a no-decision in a 1-0 Tigers win.
Twenty year veteran arbiter Jeff Kellogg is slated to call the balls and strikes. He called a May 20th game last year with Arroyo in the mound in Cincy, and the Reds won 3-1 behind eight innings of one-run ball from Bronson as an even 100 underdog. Kellogg's last game at what was then Land Shark Stadium in July 2009 saw the Marlins blanked 5-0 by J.A. Happ and the Phils.
The latest weather report calls for a 30 percent chance of rain in the Miami , upper-70s at game time, ENE 15-25 mph (in from left-center towards 1B on-deck circle). First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m. (ET).
NOTE: The W-L records shown for starting pitchers are their team's W-L mark when they started games in the 2009 season. Statistical sources for this article were Retrosheet.org, Baseball-Reference.com, ESPN.com and, of course, S-BEE-R-dot-com!
It took 10 innings to complete Monday's series opener in Miami between the Marlins and Reds. Now Cincinnati sends Bronson Arroyo to the mound looking for another victory in Game 2.
Count me among the many who can't figure out what to call the ballpark in Miami. In the last 12 months I've seen it listed as Dolphins Stadium, Land Shark Stadium and the current Sun Life Stadium moniker. Maybe it should be called the Soon To Be Vacant Six Months A Year Park since the Marlins will be moving to their new grounds for the 2012 season.
Of course, that's when we stop calling them the Florida Marlins and change to Miami Marlins.
No matter what you call the park, its the site of Tuesday's battle between the Fish and the Cincinnati Reds as they two teams continue a four-game series. Bronson Arroyo (1-0, 1.13 ERA) is expected to take the mound for the visitors with lefty Nate Robertson (1-0, 1.80) the home hurler.
TheGreek opened early Monday with the Reds as the 115 favorites, but that quickly moved when other shops came out favoring the Marlins slightly. Tuesday morning finds Florida carrying 115-120 chalk. The total is stuck at 8 ½ across the board.
Monday's series opener saw Cincinnati take a 6-5 victory in 10 innings as plus 125-130. Scott Rolen banged a couple of early homers for the Reds and Francisco Cordero picked up his third save of the young season. The outcome left both teams 4-3 on the season, with the Marlins just in the black at 0.7 units and the Reds plus 1.4 units.
The final score was well 'over' the eight-run total, the sixth time in seven Florida games that high-side bettors have cashed. Cincinnati is now 3-3-1 on the totals board.
The teams split their six games in 2009, with just two of the matchups played in Miami. Five of the six games went 'under' a year ago, with one 'push.'
Arroyo pitched well and hung in his first 2010 start on April 8 for eight innings despite getting nailed by a Colby Rasmus liner. Cincinnati won the game on a walk-off, 2-1, in front of the Cincy fans with Arroyo getting a no-decision. The game closed pretty much as a pick 'em, and obviously stayed 'under.'
The righty saw the Marlins once in 2009, losing a tough 3-2 game in Cincinnati. Arroyo chunked eight and allowed all three Florida runs, Ryan Gload's two-run pop in the eighth being the decider. In two starts at Sun Life, Land Shark & Dolphins Stadium since joining the Reds, Arroyo has tossed 10 2/3 innings with eight runs crossing the plate. He's also allowed four homers in that span, with the Reds losing both games.
Jorge Cantu, Dan Uggla and Ronny Paulino are three Florida hitters that have had a lot of success against Arroyo.
Robertson could turn out to be the reclamation project of the 2010 season. After injuries and inconsistency saw his days in Detroit come to an end, the southpaw found a spot with the Marlins, the team he started his MLB career with in 2002. He made a very successful debut with the win last Thursday as a small underdog. Robertson worked five, allowed one and the Marlins topped the Mets, 3-1.
Our crack staff in the 'For What It's Worth Department' came up with the linescore from Robertson's only career start against Cincinnati. At Comerica in Detroit, he worked 7 1/3 scoreless with seven strikeouts and five walks and got a no-decision in a 1-0 Tigers win.
Twenty year veteran arbiter Jeff Kellogg is slated to call the balls and strikes. He called a May 20th game last year with Arroyo in the mound in Cincy, and the Reds won 3-1 behind eight innings of one-run ball from Bronson as an even 100 underdog. Kellogg's last game at what was then Land Shark Stadium in July 2009 saw the Marlins blanked 5-0 by J.A. Happ and the Phils.
The latest weather report calls for a 30 percent chance of rain in the Miami , upper-70s at game time, ENE 15-25 mph (in from left-center towards 1B on-deck circle). First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m. (ET).
NOTE: The W-L records shown for starting pitchers are their team's W-L mark when they started games in the 2009 season. Statistical sources for this article were Retrosheet.org, Baseball-Reference.com, ESPN.com and, of course, S-BEE-R-dot-com!
