08/20/2008 - San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ricky Nolasco was dominant, fanning 11 in a two-hit shutout as the Marlins cruised to a 6-0 win over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game set.
Nolasco (12-7) walked one in his first career shutout, and his first career complete game. The 25-year-old nearly threw what could have been a controversial one-hitter, in the process ending the longest complete-game drought for a team in major league history.
A Marlins pitcher had not tossed a complete game since Anibal Sanchez in a 2-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves on September 16, 2006. In the 301 games since no Florida hurler has gone the distance, but that came to an end on Tuesday night, thanks to Nolasco, who also clubbed a two-run double.
Jorge Cantu hit a solo homer for Florida, which had dropped four of five entering this series. The Marlins kept pace in the NL East, where they trail the first-place New York Mets by four games, and the second-place Phillies by 2 1/2 games. Both Philadelphia and New York also won on Tuesday.
Kevin Correia (2-7) gave up five runs -- three earned -- on seven hits with three walks and no strikeouts to take the loss for the Giants, who had won three of four entering play.
Mike Jacobs' RBI groundout in the first and Jeremy Hermida's RBI groundout in the second gave Nolasco an early 2-0 edge. Nolasco cruised on the mound, and helped himself at the plate in the fifth.
After John Baker singled in Dan Uggla with two outs, Nolasco belted a liner to deep left. The two-bagger, Nolasco's first of his career, plated two runs, giving the Marlins a 5-0 lead.
Cantu's leadoff blast to deep left in the sixth, his 22nd of the season, gave Florida a six-run pad.
That was more than enough for Nolasco, who allowed only one hit through eight innings. That hit was a first-inning grounder by Randy Winn that bounced off the glove of Florida first baseman Jacobs and into right field. Jacobs had to slide on the play, but it was routine, and just as easily could have been ruled an error.
Had pinch-hitter Pablo Sandoval not doubled to left with one out in the ninth off Nolasco, the official scorer's decision in the first would have come under fire. But Sandoval's double rendered any argument moot. Nolasco, meanwhile, recovered to get Ivan Ochoa to fly out, and struck out Winn to end the game.
Game Notes
The shutout was the first for the Marlins since former Florida left-hander Dontrelle Willis blanked the Phillies 3-0 on September 10, 2006...San Francisco's four errors were a season-high for a game...The Marlins left 12 runners on base.
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