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Speaker 1: Welcome into this edition of Big Fish Small Pod. Today

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Speaker 1: is August twenty seventh. We're talking Miami Marlins. We're talking

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Speaker 1: last night, pretty much all around the major league game,

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Speaker 1: go into the full season's minors. Some you know, look

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Speaker 1: at it, see what's up. It's been a strange year.

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Speaker 1: I didn't think the Marlins would be this far out

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Speaker 1: of it in August. I just didn't.

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Speaker 2: But here we are.

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Speaker 1: There's much more to be said about it than that.

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Speaker 1: The fact of the matter that last night was Eliezer's

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Speaker 1: second start back from the AL is a like moment

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Speaker 1: after he returned earlier in the year and then couldn't

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Speaker 1: make it through that first start in a just a

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Speaker 1: painful afternoon. It's been a rough year all around. It's

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Speaker 1: I don't I don't even want to talk about it.

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Speaker 1: But last night it was glad to have Eliezer back.

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Speaker 2: Really. He was solid for five innings.

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Speaker 1: Struck out four, did like give up a walk, allowed

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Speaker 1: one earned run on a one so though home run,

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Speaker 1: and allowed sixth hits. And that fourth inning he did

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Speaker 1: like I held my breath for a minute, loaded the

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Speaker 1: basis with like three consecutive singles, all like pretty hard

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Speaker 1: hit They were like on him, but Eliezer buckled down,

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Speaker 1: got a strikeout, pop out, got out of the bases,

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Speaker 1: loaded one out jam without allowing a run. Overall eighty

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Speaker 1: three pitches, didn't really get into trouble until the fourth.

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Speaker 1: Stuff you really like that is I don't know, there's

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Speaker 1: even looking just at the bullpen. That's a good pitcher.

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Speaker 1: You certainly want that. It's been difficult to just like,

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Speaker 1: look at this team and just watch this team and

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Speaker 1: enjoy this team while also looking at this team recognizing

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Speaker 1: where they are in the standings and really wanting contention,

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Speaker 1: wanting to get back to the playoffs, wanting that World Series.

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Speaker 1: It's certainly easy to see how Eliezer has a place

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Speaker 1: on a World Series winning team. That said, also on

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Speaker 1: the night, the Marlins offense came from their veteran core

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Speaker 1: that like Brian Anderson, Jorge Alfaro, Miguel Rojas group they

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Speaker 1: combined for the Marlins run production. On the night, Brian

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Speaker 1: Anderson broke the game open in the first with an

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Speaker 1: RBI single, really just jumped on a pitch, hit it

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Speaker 1: the other way to write, brought home Lewis Brinson. Then

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Speaker 1: in the second, Jorge Alfaro had just a monster home

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Speaker 1: run three runs, Marlin's leading early well, Eliezer just kept

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Speaker 1: the Nationals back. Later in the game in the seventh,

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Speaker 1: the named Miguel Rojas had a home run of his

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Speaker 1: own two runs, and really just that moment put the

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Speaker 1: game pretty squarely in the Marlin's hands. It set them

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Speaker 1: up in the ninth to go with Anthony Bass not

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Speaker 1: a safe situation, just a good moment to let the vet.

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Speaker 2: Throw, and his outing wasn't particularly promising.

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Speaker 1: I was really underwhelmed, specifically by his walk to Juan Soto.

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Speaker 1: That moment in the ninth with runners on base, was

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Speaker 1: of chance to at least throw some strikes and try

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Speaker 1: to put away one of the best in the game.

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Speaker 2: But he walked. The inning kept going. It was a

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Speaker 2: moment where like.

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Speaker 1: That like bite in the late innings that was missing

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Speaker 1: earlier in the season was still missing tonight, or rather

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Speaker 1: last night. And I'm talking about it because I don't

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Speaker 1: think that that late inning bite is a thing that's

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Speaker 1: going to be there tonight either against the Reds. But

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Speaker 1: Richard Bleier Dylan Floro came on and they closed out

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Speaker 1: the game, got a hold, got a save, the Marlins

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Speaker 1: won it wasn't pretty, but it happened seven to five.

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Speaker 1: The Marlins beat the Nationals two games in a row,

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Speaker 1: took the series.

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Speaker 2: I'll take it.

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Speaker 1: Looking at the miners, Jacksonville faced the Norfolk Tides.

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Speaker 2: They won four to three.

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Speaker 1: Sean Morimando got the start, and really the only trouble

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Speaker 1: trouble he got into who was a Richie Martin to

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Speaker 1: run home run that like twenty fifteen first round draft

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Speaker 1: contention than they are now. Still hasn't panned out. He's

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Speaker 1: played some in the majors, but he really got into

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Speaker 1: Sean Morimando for one. Dustin Fowler responded in the fourth

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Speaker 1: with a home run of his own. Pitching lines Sean

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Speaker 1: Morimando four innings, two earned runs, five strikeouts, four walks,

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Speaker 1: Jake Fishman three innings, allowed to run. In the sixth,

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Speaker 1: Richie Martin had a leadoff double and then later in

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Speaker 1: the inning and infield single was enough to score him.

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Speaker 1: Leywan Diaz and Dustin Fowler did respond with RBI doubles

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Speaker 1: of their own to win it for Jacksonville. Pensacle of

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Speaker 1: Blue wa who's their series against the Mississippi Braves has

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Speaker 1: now been suspended due to contact tracing for COVID nineteen

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Speaker 1: amongst the Mississippi Braves team. So I'm not sure exactly

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Speaker 1: when we'll see an update from them, but we are

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Speaker 1: approaching September call up month. As something of an advocate

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Speaker 1: for the Miami Marlins, I'm totally fine if Max Meyer

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Speaker 1: Jake Eader have to try to get some innings in

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Speaker 1: in the majors. The Beloit Snappers played a game. MD

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Speaker 1: Johnson got the start. He's been great responding to his

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Speaker 1: mid season promotion to High A. He says eight games

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Speaker 1: started now two to five ERA.

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Speaker 2: Last night.

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Speaker 1: Started out really strong, two strikeouts in the first. Well,

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Speaker 1: the second inning got underway a little bit different with

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Speaker 1: a leadoff single. He did respond with two more strikeouts,

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Speaker 1: but I wonder how your home run set the score.

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Speaker 1: On a first pitch just right down the middle, he

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Speaker 1: took empty Johnson deep. Johnson was able to buckle down

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Speaker 1: and get out of the inning with another strikeout, and

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Speaker 1: in the third he racked up another two strikeouts. Allowed

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Speaker 1: to walk this inning, but as he went into the

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Speaker 1: fourth and got back around to Wander Javier after collecting

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Speaker 1: two outs to start the inning. A walk to Seth

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Speaker 1: Gray opened the door for Wander Javier, who singled, then

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Speaker 1: seven pitches later deep into a Michael Hellman at bat.

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Speaker 1: Another pitch down the ball down the middle was taken

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Speaker 1: out of the ballpark, making the score five to zero.

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Speaker 2: Empty. Johnson's final line with nine.

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Speaker 1: Strikeouts, two walks, five innings, and five earned runs. The

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Speaker 1: offense for the Snappers had nine hits. Victor Victor Mesa

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Speaker 1: had two of those, but with no walks, there were

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Speaker 1: few chances to score as hits were not really strung together.

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Speaker 1: The Bloyd Snappers fell by the final score of.

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Speaker 2: Eight to zero.

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Speaker 1: In Jupiter, Zach Pop got the start on a rehab assignment,

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Speaker 1: all expectations that he'll be up with the major league

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Speaker 1: club his next time out. If that changes, you know,

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Speaker 1: if the stripes will got you covered. But the game

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Speaker 1: didn't go that that well. The first pitch of the game,

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Speaker 1: Mike Anticoat jumped on it, took it for a single,

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Speaker 1: then stole second.

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Speaker 1: Jones brought him in with his single, and Zach Pop

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Speaker 1: did work through that first inning with just the run,

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Speaker 1: struck out Thomas Francisco, then Elijah Cabill to start the

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Speaker 1: second inning before being removed at twenty pitches a rehab assignment.

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Speaker 1: I mean, in my imagination, Michael Antikas like, oh, he's

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Speaker 1: a rehabbing major leaguer. He probably wants to throw a

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Speaker 1: strike on his first pitch. Let me try and jump

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Speaker 1: on something. And that's a different dynamic than like, here's

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Speaker 1: a major league pitcher trying to get you out that

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Speaker 1: you face on just any given day in the major leagues.

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Speaker 1: So for me, Zach pop fully forgiven. Yeah, no real sweat.

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Speaker 1: Interesting approach though, with the handling of the pictures. For

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Speaker 1: the night, Luis Palacios, who's like frequently a starter, he

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Speaker 1: got a four inning save with five strikeouts. Just a

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Speaker 1: cool approach using one of those multi inning guys in

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Speaker 1: the late innings. I like it. For the Marlins, that's

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Speaker 1: we're pretty quiet. Jose Salas had two walks, no hits,

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Speaker 1: but Jupiter one at four to one anyway, thanks to

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Speaker 1: some productive outs. Tonight, the Marlins will face the Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: Reds at lone Depot Park. Zach Thompson is set to

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Speaker 1: face Wade Miley. Both are not to be overlooked. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Wade Miley has a two eighty eight er with one

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Speaker 1: hundred and seven strikeouts to boot Fish Strips Live will

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Speaker 1: be up an hour before the game. First pitch is

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Speaker 1: set for seven to ten. On the podcast, Eli's gotten

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Speaker 1: some Brian de la Cruz excitements, so stay tuned for that.

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Speaker 1: But for big Fish Small Pod, I've been at verdoll

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Speaker 1: and we'll be back with you next week.

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Speaker 2: Thank you,