CAN'T TAKE A PIRATES TEAM THAT WON'T MATCH-UP WITH LEFT-HANDED STARTER REDMAN THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE THIS YEAR, NOT TO MENTION ALL THE NO NAMES THEY'RE PUTTING OUT IN THE FIELD. MARLINS LINE-UP LOADED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND IF THEY GET TO D'AMICO EARLY THERE IS ABSOLUTLY NOTHING IN THE PIRATES BULLPEN TO GO TO. THIS ONE COULD GET UGLY IF MARLINS CHASE D'AMICO. D'AMICO HAD A STELLAR EFFORT IN HIS LAST START VS. CARDS, BUT THIS HASN'T BEEN THE NORM THIS YEAR. HE HAS STUGGLED FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE PLATE GIVING UP MORE HITS THAN INNINGS PITCHED AND WITH RIGHT-HANDED POWER GIVING UP 14 HR'S IN JUST 83.2IP WHICH COULD BE A PROBLEM FACING A MARLINS SQUAD WITH VERY GOOD RIGHT-HANDED POWER HITTERS FROM ALMOST TOP TO BOTTOM. I LOOK FOR THE MARLINS TO TAKE OVER WILD CARD TONIGHT AFTER THEIR WIN AND A PHILLIES LOSS. I MIGHT EVEN BE TEMPTED TO LAY RUN LINE HERE,BUT I TRY AND STAY OUT OF THE HABIT OF LAYING RL ESPECIALLY IN THE NL, EVEN THOUGH I DID IT LAST NIGHT WITH THE D'BACKS. THAT WAS A SITUATIONAL OUT OF THE NORM.
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