Chris Volstad did a great job of keeping trouble at arm's length. The big Florida Marlins right-hander allowed six baserunners through the first three innings Tuesday night, and only one scored. He went on to pitch seven strong innings, leading the Marlins to a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres. "I thought he got stronger as the game went on," Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "The first couple of innings he was struggling with his command and walking guys with two outs, but then he made an adjustment and started throwing his curveball over for strikes and his sinker got better, which is a good sign from a young pitcher, making an adjustment in the course of game.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Mon 7/20	SD	FLA 3 at SD 2	W: VandenHurk L: Burke
Tue 7/21	SD	FLA 3 at SD 2	W: Volstad L: Gaudin
Wed 7/22	SD	FLA 5 at SD 0	W: Nolasco L: Geer
Fri 8/28	Fla	SD 9 at FLA 5	W: Correia L: Volstad
Sat 8/29	Fla	SD 7 at FLA 4	W: Russell L: Ayala
Sun 8/30	Fla	SD 4 at FLA 6	W: West L: Latos

Box Scores

Marlins (48 - 47) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Padres (37 - 57) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. C Coghlan, LF 4 1 2 0 0 1. B Carroll, PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 2. E Bonifacio, 3B 5 1 2 0 0 3. H Ramirez, SS 5 0 3 0 0 4. J Cantu, 1B 5 0 2 1 0 5. J Hermida, RF-LF 3 0 0 1 0 6. C Ross, CF 4 0 0 0 0 7. D Uggla, 2B 3 1 1 0 1 8. J Baker, C 3 0 2 1 1 9. C Volstad, P 1 0 0 0 0 9. D Meyer, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. L Ayala, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. R Gload, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. L Nunez, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 12 3 2		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. E Cabrera, SS 4 1 0 0 1 2. T Gwynn, CF 3 0 1 0 1 3. A Gonzalez, 1B 4 0 1 1 0 4. K Kouzmanoff, 3B 3 0 1 0 1 5. C Headley, LF 3 0 1 0 1 6. K Blanks, RF 4 1 1 1 0 7. E Alfonzo, C 3 0 0 0 0 7. O Salazar, PH 1 0 0 0 0 8. L Rodriguez, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 9. C Gaudin, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. E Mujica, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. D Macias, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. M Ekstrom, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Thatcher, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. G Burke, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. W Venable, PH 1 0 1 0 0 Totals 33 2 7 2 4
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* C Volstad (W, 7-9) 7.0 4 1 1 4 2 4.34 D Meyer (H, 13) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 1.91 L Ayala (H, 1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00 L Nunez (S, 6) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 3.64		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* C Gaudin (L, 4-9) 6.0 9 3 3 2 3 4.82 E Mujica 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2.64 M Ekstrom 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 J Thatcher 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 G Burke 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 3.95
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: D Uggla (13), J Baker (14) BASERUNNING SB: C Coghlan (5)		BATTING HR: K Blanks (1) BASERUNNING SB: W Venable (2)

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Player News

Marlins Josh Johnson (FLA) News: Johnson is not expected to sign a contract extension with the Marlins, the Miami Herald reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Nick Johnson (FLA) News: According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Nick Johnson may be on the Giants wish list this offseason.  (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Josh Johnson (FLA) News: ESPN.com is reporting that the Florida Marlins and ace Josh Johnson are not close to a contract extension. Johnson's agent told ESPN that negotiatons with the team have reached an impasse.   (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)

Padres Henry Blanco (SD) News: The White Sox are among the teams interested in Henry Blanco, according to the Chicago Tribune.   (Fanball - Tue. Nov 17, 2009) Chris Young (SD) News: Young (shoulder) plans to begin throwing this week, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.  (RotoWire - Wed. Nov 11, 2009) Adrian Gonzalez (SD) News: It would take a knockout offer to entice the Padres to trade Adrian Gonzalez this offseason, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.   (Fanball - Sun. Nov 8, 2009)