I pointed out yesterday how much success our starters for this series have had against the Marlins this season. On top of that, our bullpen has a respectable 3.60 ERA against them. So pitching is something that we should not have to worry too much about over the next 3 days.
Hitting is a completely different story. As good as we have been pitching against the Marlins, they may be better than us. We are batting somewhere around .200 as a team in 6 games against them, and their pitchers have an ERA of 2.04.
Our best hitters against the Marlins are our possible 7 and 8 batters. Chooch is hitting .417, Brian Schneider is hitting .400, Wilson Valdez is hitting .364, and Juan Castro is hitting .294. Here's everyone else from a normal line up:
Victorino - .217
Polanco - .154
Utley - .211
Howard - .182
Werth - .211
Ibanez - .063
So I take back what I said about expecting us to do well in this series. Expect us to pitch well. Hold your breath otherwise.
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