Miami Marlins Index: Braves Blow Marlins Out

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Apr 7, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Marlins shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria (3) throws over to first base during the fifth inning against the Atlanta Braves at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports

The Miami Marlins are off to an 0-2 start, after dropping their second straight to their division rival Atlanta Braves. Mat Latos did not make it out of the first inning in this one, as the Braves ran away with the game.

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The 2015 season has not gotten off to the start that the Miami Marlins and their front office had hoped for. The team dropped their second straight game and fell to 0-2 for the season.

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So far in 2015, the Marlins offense has mustered just 3 runs in the first two games of the season, while surrendering 8 runs. The team has a talented offense, especially with Giancarlo Stanton and Christian Yelich, so they’ll get going eventually. This is not a huge worry at this stage.

Their pitching staff is a different story though. Without Jose Fernandez, Henderson Alvarez and Mat Latos don’t have a ton of depth behind them. They need to be strong each time out and that was not the case with Latos tonight. Hopefully he can shake this off and improve moving forward.

Marlins pitching surrendered 7 walks, 14 hits, and 12 runs in this one. Meanwhile, the Marlins mustered two runs on five hits and walked 5 times. The Marlins pitching staff struck out just 5, while the Marlins struck out 10 times.

Three Atlanta Braves relievers were making their MLB debuts tonight, making the Marlins hitting performance seem even worse.

On to the grades now.

Next: Pitching Grades

F-. Stats: 0.2 IP, 6 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO A game to forget for Mat Latos in his Miami Marlins debut. Latos threw 38 pitches to get just two hitters out and allow 7 earned runs on six hits. After walking 26 in 102 1/3 innings last season, Latos walked two in his first inning of work in 2015. Hopefully this start was an anomoly, but Latos did not seem to have his best stuff Tuesday night.. SP. Miami Marlins. MAT LATOS

BRAD HAND. A+. Stats: 4.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO This is why <a href=. RP. Miami Marlins

C. Stats: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO Dyson did nothing particular to stand out in this game. His two innings of relief were decent, but he allowed a lot of base runners and escaped a huge jam in the 6th inning with the bases loaded and just one out. One of his two walks were of the intentional variety.. RP. Miami Marlins. SAM DYSON

F. Stats: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO The Marlins closer got his first opportunity of the season in the ninth for the Marlins. It was apparent he did not have his best stuff, walking two hitters and allowing a hit on a ball scorched off the glove of <a href=. CL. Miami Marlins. STEVE CISHEK

Next: Hitter Grades

Stats: 1/1 3B (1), 1 RBI <a href=. PH. Miami Marlins. DONOVAN SOLANO. A

Stats: 0/1 3 BB We are not the Cinncinatti Reds organization, so we won’t bash Giancarlo Stanton for having a <a href=. RF. Miami Marlins. GIANCARLO STANTON. B+

1B. Miami Marlins. MICHAEL MORSE. D. Stats: 0/4 3 SO, 6 LOB Stanton got on base 3 times. Unfortunately, Morse did nothing behind him. This includes a strikeout in his first at bat with the bases loaded and none out.

A down game for the Marlins, as after a 7 inning first, the air was taken out of Marlins Park and the Marlins. A 10-run loss looks bad no matter when the game takes place, especially against a team that’s supposed to struggle. The team plays its rubber game tomorrow against the Braves, hoping to avoid an embarrassing 3-game sweep to star their season. . . Miami Marlins. . F

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