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  Saturday, Jul. 8 7:05pm ET
Big leagues? Marlins win ugly one
 
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MIAMI (AP) -- It was a win even the Florida Marlins weren't pleased with.

The Marlins overcame a season-high four errors to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6-5 Saturday night, when Esteban Yan walked Preston Wilson with the bases loaded in the eighth inning.

Both managers called for closed-door meetings after game.

"That's the worse game I've been associated with as a Florida Marlin," manager John Boles said.

"It looked a lot like a Little League game out there," said Bubba Trammell, who hit into a game-ending double play in the ninth inning. "They tried to give it to us, but we didn't take it."

After the Devil Rays came back from a 4-0 deficit to take a 5-4 lead in the eighth, reliever Rick White (3-5) gave up a leadoff single to pinch-hitter Mark Smith which started the Marlins' two-run winning rally.

After Dave Berg and Luis Castillo walked to load the bases, Mark Guthrie came on. Mark Kotsay hit a one-hop smash to third base that Vinny Castilla couldn't handle for an error that tied the game.

"That was ugly," Tampa Bay manager Larry Rothschild said. "It's a hard-hit ball to Vinny that he needed to react to catch it, glove it or not and he didn't."

Antonio Alfonseca picked up his major league-leading 27th save in 30 opportunities.

"It was a Little League game, throwing the ball all over the place, missing signs, everything," Boles said. "It was a nightmare. Hopefully, we'll win tomorrow and rest during the All-Star break -- not going to the beach or shopping malls like people want them to do, I want the guys to pack themselves in ice for three days and get ready for the Yankees."

Tied at 4 in the eighth, Castilla singled off Armando Almanza. Braden Looper (3-1) relieved and John Flaherty singled for his third hit. Castilla was then forced at third but Russ Johnson walked to load the bases. Looper threw a wild pitch, allowing Flaherty to score and give Tampa Bay a 5-4 lead.

"I didn't deserve the win," Looper said. "I had the guy where I wanted and let it slip away, but the guys picked me up."

Castillo had three hits, including two doubles, and scored two runs to help Florida take a 4-0 lead after five innings.

But the four errors and a run-scoring passed ball helped Tampa tie the game at 4 in the seventh.

Marlins left fielder Cliff Floyd made a throwing error and booted a single for back-to-back errors in the sixth, allowing Gerald Williams to score on Miguel Cairo's single.

After consecutive walks loaded the bases, Ricky Bones came on and got Castilla to pop out to third. However, Mike Lowell's throw to Bones, who was covering third, got loose and Cairo scored to make it 4-2.

Felix Martinez singled to start the seventh, and went to third on pinch-hitter Jose Guillen's infield single that Castillo threw away. Cairo's sacrifice fly made it 4-3. Guillen scored the tying run when catcher Mike Redmond mishandled a called-strike three to Vaughn.

Derrek Lee's RBI double in the fifth made it 3-0 and knocked out Tampa starter Steve Trachsel, his shortest outing in his last eight starts. Alex Gonzalez added an RBI single to make it 4-0.

Trachsel allowed 10 hits and four runs in 4 1/3 innings.

Floyd had a sacrifice fly in the first and Wilson added a RBI single in the third to make it 2-0.

"We're always proud of a win," Wilson said. "It wasn't always pretty, but we've lost some games that we played good. For us to win, it can't be all bad. ... Nobody in here quits."

Game notes
The Devil Rays will call up RHP Ryan Rupe (0-4) Sunday to start. ... The Marlins earned their 20th comeback win of the season and 11th in their final at-bat. They improved their record in one-run games to 20-12.... Entering the game, Trachsel had hit four batters in 107 1/3 innings. He hit two in the first two innings Saturday -- Wilson and Redmond. ... Martinez appeared to twist his right ankle when he tripped over the second-base bag while faking a pickoff play. He remained in the game. ... Trachsel allowed a season-high 10 hits for the third time in 19 starts this season.

 


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