Sep/064
Olsen and Tank Drop The Hammer
Them’s fightin’ words.
Scott Olsen, a rookie lefthander for the Florida Marlins who was ejected Sunday at Citizens Bank Park for hitting Abraham Nuñez with a pitch after he surrendered three home runs and seven runs in the third inning of a 10-7 loss to the Phillies, said he had been happy to learn he wouldn’t be suspended.
“I want to make that start Saturday,” Olsen told the Palm Beach Post on Wednesday. “I want to ruin the Phillies’ season.”
Marlins righthander Brian Moehler is scheduled to face lefthander Jamie Moyer tonight at Dolphin Stadium, where the Phillies open their final series with the National League wild card still to be decided. Olsen will face lefthander Randy Wolf tomorrow afternoon.
There were rumblings that Marlins lefthander Dontrelle Willis might not face righthander Brett Myers in Sunday’s season finale because he had thrown 222 innings this year. But he is expected to pitch. There seemed to be little doubt that Willis would also like a shot at ending the Phillies’ season.
That appeared to be a Marlins theme.
“I don’t like them,” reliever Taylor Tankersley told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “I don’t want to see them get in… . At this point, that’s our only motivation – to not let the Phillies get in.”
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This Philly series this weekend should be interesting to say the least. The Philly board is already talking some serious smack.
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