Marlins top Rays
March 13, 2010 6:45 PM
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) - Ricky Nalasco had a solid outing and
the Florida Marlins scored four runs in the seventh inning to
defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-5 on Saturday.
Nalasco scattered four hits over four innings, striking out four
and yielding one run to drop his spring ERA to 2.57.
Marlins catcher Ronny Paulino went 2 for 3 with an RBI single
off of Rays starter Matt Garza in the third inning. Brett Carroll
connected for a home run off of Garza in the fifth inning.
B.J. Upton went 3 for 3 with his first two homers of the spring.
His first homer was an opposite field shot off Nalasco in the
fourth inning and he added a two-run homer to the opposite field in
the sixth inning off of Andrew Miller.
