Giants Vs. Marlins Recap: Matt Cain Stellar In 3-2 San Francisco Win

Matt Cain did his part to shut down the Miami Marlins Sunday afternoon, and received just enough offensive help to salvage a 3-2 win on Sunday at Marlins Park.

Cain allowed one earned run in 6.2 innings on five hits and striking out four.

Melky Cabrera would be the difference for the Giants, going 4-for-4 including a first inning home run that gave the Giants an early lead.

Ricky Nolasco did his best to contain the rest of the Giants hitters, pitching seven solid innings, allowing three runs on five hits. The Marlins offense was only able to pick up six hits on the afternoon.

Miami will now welcome the first-place Washington Nationals to Marlins Park Monday afternoon for the beginning of a crucial series.

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Giants Vs. Marlins Game Preview: Miami Goes For Sweep Of San Francisco

Marlins Vs. Giants: Miami Goes For Another Win Against San Francisco

The Miami Marlins were able to escape the San Francisco Giants' comeback on Friday and are looking for their second straight win when the two teams face each other again Saturday.

Miami is 25-31 sitting in third place in the National League East Division, behind the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves. San Francisco holds a 24-22 record, putting them at second place in the National League West Division standings.

If the Marlins are going to win their second consecutive game, they are going to need closer Heath Bell to pull himself together. Bell, who is struggling with a 2-3 record, 8.10 ERA and four blown saves out of 11, was pulled against the Giants on Friday after allowing two runs and three hits in one-third of an inning when he had been spotted a three-run advantage.

Mark Buehrle will get the start for Miami, while Madison Bumgarner holds it down for San Francisco. Take a look at the game schedule and broadcast information:

Date/Time: Saturday, May 26, 4:10 p.m. ET

Location: Marlins Park - Miami, Florida

TV: CSBA, FSFL

Online streaming: MLB.TV

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Giants Vs. Marlins Recap: Fish Rough Up Tim Lincecum For 7-6 Win

The Miami Marlins bounced back from and ugly series opener against the Giants on Thursday to take the second game against Tim Lincecum. San Francisco took an early lead against Josh Johnson, but a couple home runs and huge sixth-inning rally would convert the win. Johnson gave up nine hits and three runs in five innings, giving way to the bullpen which watched the offense come alive.

Miami's first run came on yet another bomb by Giancarlo Stanton, who hammered one to center field that went high off the top of the home-run sculpture. The Marlins would take the lead for good in the 6th, chasing Lincecum with a five-run rally. Chris Coghlan did most of the damage, lacing a three-run homer to right for the 6-2 lead. One inning later, Hanley Ramirez singled off Shane Loux to bring home Omar Infante for what proved to be the winning run.

With a 7-5 lead, Heath Bell came on for the save in the 9th but managed to record only one out. Bell was credited with giving up two more runs, while Steve Cishek came on to clean things up and record the save. He stranded the tying run at second to close it out.

Game 3 will be a late afternoon matinee matchup between Mark Buerhle and Madison Bumgarner.

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Giancarlo Stanton Homers Off The Marlins Centerfield Home-Run Sculpture

Marlins Vs. Giants Preview: Miami Hopes To Keep San Francisco Starter Tim Lincecum Struggling

The Miami Marlins play the second of four games against the San Francisco Giants on Friday night at Marlins Park. They match up against Giants starting pitcher Tim Lincecum, who has been struggling this season with a 2-4 record with a 6.04 ERA. He hopes that starting against the Marlins, whom he is 2-0 with a 2.11 career ERA in three starts against Miami. However, all three of those games were in San Francisco.

The Marlins counter with Josh Johnson, who has a 2-3 record with a 4.82 ERA. However, he has won 2 consecutive starts, including his last one against the Cleveland Indians on May 20 where he went seven innings and allowed one run on five hits with four strikeouts.

Melky Cabrera could be a big factor in this game and Johnson needs to shut him down. Over his last 22 games, the left fielder has batted .440, but faces a stiff challenge against Johnson, whom he is only 2-for-10 against in his career.

The game is scheduled for a 7:10 start with television coverage provided by Fox Sports Florida. Radio coverage will be provided by WAXY 790 AM and WAQI 710 AM.

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VIDEO: Giancarlo Stanton Almost Kills Logan Morrison

Giants Vs. Marlins Recap: San Francisco Scores 13 Runs In 4 Inning Stretch To Take Game 1

The Miami Marlins dropped the first game of a four-game set against the San Francisco Giants on Thursday night. The Giants doubled up Miami to win 14-7, finishing the game with four multi-run innings. Miami's bullpen was simply overmatched on this night as the Giants scored 13 runs from the 6th inning onward.

Amazingly, the Giants scored all 14 runs without hitting a homer. The racked up 15 hits and capitalized on two late Miami errors to finish it off. Anibal Sanchez gave up five runs on seven hits. Ryan Webb gave up three runs in 1.2 innings pitched and Mike Dunn was shellacked for four runs in just one inning of work.

Giancarlo Stanton continued his hot streak, hitting his 10th homer of the season -- and 9th this month. He was listed as day-to-day after tweaking his shoulder on Wednesday, but he showed no signs of it in a three-hit, three-RBI game. Unfortunately for the offense, which put up 7 runs, the pitching simply did not hold up their end against a below average San Francisco lineup. The Marlins will try to even up the series on Friday night when Josh Johnson will square off against Tim Lincecum.

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Marlins Vs. Giants: Thursday Starting Lineups

Anibal Sanchez has had four career starts against the San Francisco Giants. Suffice to say, he's fared well, going 3-0 with a combined 0.87 ERA. The right-hander takes the mound on Thursday, as the Miami Marlins begin a four-game weekend set against the Giants in south Florida

Though he's just 2-2 thus far in 2012, Sanchez has managed to post a 2.32 ERA, along with 55 strikeouts. Miami will need a similar effort tonight, as it looks to bounce back from an 8-5 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.

First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. EST and will be televised by FS Florida. Here are tonight's starting lineups.

Giants (23-21)

Gregor Blanco RF
Brandon Crawford SS
Melky Cabrera LF
Buster Posey C
Angel Pagan CF
Brandon Belt 1B
Joaquin Arias 3B
Emmanuel Burriss 2B
Ryan Vogelsong P

Marlins (24-20)

Jose Reyes SS
Omar Infante 2B
Hanley Ramirez 3B
Greg Dobbs LF
Giancarlo Stanton RF
Logan Morrison 1B
Brett Hayes C
Chris Coghlan CF
Anibal Sanchez P

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Marlins Vs. Giants: Miami Heads to San Francisco To Open A Four-Game Series

The Marlins head to San Francisco as they look to cap off a franchise-best May.