Kevin Slowey

MIAMI -- Since the beginning of the 2012 season, Cliff Lee has received the third-lowest run support average of any MLB starter, receiving an average of 3.34 runs per start. He needed minimal support Wednesday at Marlins Park -- just one run would've...

MIAMI Manager Mike Redmond has been relying on a cheat sheet of sorts during his pregame press gatherings. It’s a list of the Marlins’ injured players and where they stand in their rehab programs. It might have gotten lengthier. Starter...

MIAMI — Manager Mike Redmond was counting on Jordan Brown bringing home the tying run when he pinch-hit for Jose Fernandez in the bottom of the fifth. What Redmond didn’t foresee was the bullpen giving it right back and then some. The...

Wednesday: Phillies at Marlins 7:10 p.m., Marlins Park, Miami On the mound LHP Cliff Lee (4-2, 2.83) vs. RHP Kevin Slowey (1-4, 3.44): Facing the Marlins for the first time this season, Lee through nine starts has allowed a .324 average (11-for-34) and...

Tuesday: Phillies at Marlins 7:10 p.m., Marlins Park, Miami On the mound RHP Tyler Cloyd (0-0, 2.84) vs. RHP Jose Fernandez (2-2, 3.48): Making his second start of 2013 in place of the sidelined Roy Halladay, Cloyd on May 10 in Arizona took the loss...

7:10 p.m., Marlins Park, Miami On the mound LHP Cole Hamels (1-6, 4.61) vs. RHP Alex Sanabia (2-6, 5.00): In two 2013 starts against the Marlins, Hamels is 0-1 with a 1.93 ERA, three walks and 11 strikeouts in 14 innings. Sanabia with a loss to the...

1:10 p.m., Marlins Park, Miami On the mound LHP Wade Miley (3-2, 3.75) vs. RHP Ricky Nolasco (2-5, 4.39): Opponents have logged a .790 on-base plus slugging percentage at Chase Field off Miley compared to .709 OPS outside Arizona. Trying to avoid a...

MIAMI — The journeys were different, but the destination was the same: 11-31. After dropping their sixth straight and ninth in 10 games, the 2013 Marlins matched the rookie-laden 2006 team for the worst record in franchise history after 42 games...

7:10 p.m., Marlins Park, Miami On the mound RHP Trevor Cahill (2-4, 2.70) vs. RHP Kevin Slowey (1-3, 2.55): Making just his third road start, Cahill has held opposing cleanup hitters to a .190 batting average (4-for-21) and .478 on-base plus slugging...

7:10 p.m., Marlins Park, Miami On the mound RHP Alex Sanabia (2-5, 4.85) vs. RHP Mike Leake (2-2, 4.32): Sanabia's start was pushed back a day as a precaution after he exited his last outing with tightness in his right groin. He has lost his past four...

With his team scoring 2.8 runs a game, Marlins manager Mike Redmond is concerned about the added pressure on pitchers who are well aware they have little margin for error. "You can tell those guys, 'Don't worry about that stuff, go out and pitch your...

7:10 p.m., Marlins Park, Miami On the mound RHP Jose Fernandez (2-2, 3.65) vs. RHP Mat Latos (4-0, 3.04): Fernandez has won his past two starts, striking out 16 in 13 innings. Only runs allowed in those outings came on a three-run homer by the Dodgers'...