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October 1

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"Ricky Nolasco will purge plenty of memories from this season. The 9.07 ERA through his first nine starts. The demotion to Triple-A New Orleans. The 10 runs he allowed over 3 1/3 innings at Houston in August. Yet long after Nolasco hangs up the uniform for good, he'll look back on 2009 with some fondness. He'll remember his last start and that magical 42-pitch stretch at Turner Field. Nolasco flirted with major league history Wednesday, striking out nine consecutive batters as part of a regular-season franchise-record 16-strikeout game. Behind Nolasco's lockdown effort, the Marlins toppled the Braves 5-4. Starting with Adam LaRoche in the third, Nolasco struck out the side in three ..."

Florida Marlins' Ricky Nolasco squanders support as playoff hopes grow dimmer

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September 15

Miami Herald

"When Ricky Nolasco looks back after the season ends in a few weeks, there will be much that won't please him. His bad start. His midseason demotion to the minors. His bloated earned-run average. His so-so record. But Nolasco won't be left unsatisfied with the run support that he received. Or maybe he will, considering he didn't make better use of the runs his teammates generated for him. Monday served as another painful reminder of that. The Marlins scored six runs for Nolasco in four innings, wiped out an early 4-0 deficit to take a 6-4 lead, and watched the pitcher give it all back -- and more -- in next to no time. The St. Louis Cardinals turned the dimmer switch down a notch on the ..."

Florida Marlins' Ricky Nolasco delivers vintage showing

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September 10

Miami Herald

"Depending on one's view, it was a vintage Ricky Nolasco who worked the mound for the Marlins on Wednesday night. Or it wasn't. Nolasco resembled the club ace of a year ago when he stymied the New York Mets in the Marlins' 6-3 victory, not the early-season dud who merited a demotion to the minors at the end of May. Then again, the vintage Nolasco seldom beat the Mets. He did on Wednesday, though, as the Marlins continued to linger as a long-shot playoff hopeful. Cody Ross hit his first home run in a month, and Dan Uggla also went deep. But it was Nolasco who set the tone, delivering six scoreless innings before the Mets were able to get on the board. By then, it was too late. ``I was just ..."

Nolasco's 3-hitter lifts Marlins past Astros

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August 19

Palm Beach Post

"You have to go back to the days of Beau Bell's 1937 St. Louis Browns to find a team that hit at a pace comparable to the way Hanley Ramirez's 2009 Florida Marlins are swinging the bats. The Marlins made it 14 consecutive games with double-digit hits - four games shy of the major-league record - in their 6-2 win Tuesday night over the Houston Astros. But it was a pitching streak of 23 in a row that helped Florida to its ninth win in 11 games. Ricky Nolasco gave up a two-run home run to Carlos Lee with two outs in the first inning, then retired the next 23 straight batters before allowing an infield single with one out in the ninth. He struck out 10 and didn't walk a batter in his second ..."

Ricky Nolasco strikes out 12 in Florida Marlins' 5-0 win over Pirates

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July 6

Palm Beach Post

"Ricky Nolasco just needed to cool down - literally. Nolasco described the first inning Sunday afternoon, in which the first two Pirates batters reached base, "definitely the toughest first inning of my life." The culprit: Heat. "I've never had a first inning like that," he said. "Just trying to warm up with the heat down there, it just kind of carried over into the first inning. That was really tough." But Nolasco recovered, overcame a stifling heat that hit 91 degrees, and then cooled the Pirates' bats with an effective slider. The result was a 5-0 victory at Land Shark Stadium, the Marlins' second shutout of the season. The Marlins improved to three games over .500 (43-40) for the first ..."

Nolasco stays hot in scorcher

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July 6

Palm Beach Post

"Ricky Nolasco just needed to cool down - literally. Nolasco described the first inning Sunday afternoon, in which the first two Pirates batters reached base, "definitely the toughest first inning of my life." The culprit: Heat. "I've never had a first inning like that," he said. "Just trying to warm up with the heat down there, it just kind of carried over into the first inning. That was really tough." But Nolasco recovered, overcame a stifling heat that hit 91 degrees, and then cooled the Pirates' bats with an effective slider. The result was a 5-0 victory at Land Shark Stadium, the Marlins' second shutout of the season. The Marlins improved to three games over .500 (43-40) for the first ..."

Marlins pitcher Ricky Nolasco's delivery won't get makeover

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June 7

Miami Herald

"Don't look for any dramatic changes in Ricky Nolasco's delivery when he returns to the mound Sunday for the Marlins after his two-week banishment to the minors. ''I don't think we're going to see a makeover delivery-wise,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said. Nolasco made two starts for Triple A New Orleans after being optioned to the minor-league club May 23. He went 1-1 with a 2.40 ERA with the Zephyrs. In the two games, Nolasco gave up 12 hits, walked three and struck out 12 in 15 innings. VOLSTAD PITCHING BUT NOT WINNING Chris Volstad is eating up innings for the Marlins. He's just not gaining wins. Volstad, who went six innings but took the loss Friday despite allowing only two runs, now has ..."

Nolasco will focus on throwing more fastballs

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June 7

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"As good a curveball as he throws, as effective as that cutter was for him last season, the Marlins Get your Marlins Tickets now! asked Ricky Nolasco to keep those pitches in his back pocket. Not permanently of course, just long enough for him to re-establish his fastball at Triple-A New Orleans. The Marlins hope that adjustment is evident today when Nolasco returns to face the Giants at Land Shark Stadium. It will mark his first outing since giving up eight runs on eight hits in two innings against the Rays on May 22. "Pitch with his fastball," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "That's what he does best. I think he got away from that a little bit. In a couple of starts he had at Triple-A, he ..."

Marlins are trounced; Nolasco sent to minors

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May 23

Miami Herald

"Shortly after 81-year-old hockey legend Gordie Howe threw out the ceremonial first pitch, Ricky Nolasco took the mound for the Marlins and was slapped around like a hockey puck. Before the night was over, Nolasco was bounced all the way to the minors. The Marlins' optioned their Opening Day starter to Triple-A New Orleans after a season turned upside down hit rock bottom in a 15-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. ''That's not the Ricky Nolasco we saw last season,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said after the crushing setback. ``We've got to get him fixed. Before it gets any worse, let's try to get him better.'' How bad did it get on Friday for Nolasco and the Marlins? This bad: the Tampa Bay Rays ..."

Florida Marlins' Ricky Nolasco pitching into a tailspin

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May 14

Miami Herald

"Ricky Nolasco was the picture of dejection. Hands on hips. Head lowered. His posture told the story of not only a night gone bad, but of a nightmare season. He stood in that pose as manager Fredi Gonzalez made his way from the dugout to remove the ball from his hand, after the Brewers had peppered him for what would add up to eight runs in just under four innings. The Marlins lost 8-6 on Wednesday at Miller Park. They had a home run taken away by video replay, saw their record descend to .500 for the first time this season, and let an early lead slip from their grasp in no time. But of all the story lines that most concerns the Marlins, it's the one involving Nolasco, who last year led ..."

Brewers drub Nolasco, drop Marlins to .500

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May 14

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"Here's everything you need to know about Ricky Nolasco's performance Wednesday night at Miller Park: The first Marlins pitcher to throw a scoreless inning was Hayden Penn in the fifth. Nolasco turned in one of the worst starts of his career in what has been a trying season for the top-of-the-rotation right-hander. The Brewers scored once in each of the first three innings before orchestrating a two-out, five-run rally that propelled them to an 8-6 win over the Marlins. For the first time since Sept. 22, 2006, a Nolasco start ended at 3 2/3 innings. He allowed eight runs on seven hits with two walks and three strikeouts. The bases on balls were inconceivable, considering they came in the ..."

Nolasco takes on drought at Coors

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May 8

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"Thursday's 4-2 loss to the Braves marked the 20th consecutive game that a Marlins Get your Marlins Tickets now! starter failed to record a win. Ricky Nolasco will try to break that streak as the Marlins open a six-game trip tonight at Colorado. Sanchez is 2-0 against the Rockies — a road win in 2006 and a home win in 2008. "The ball carries there, but you're not going to change the way your approach is and what you're going to do to get guys out," Nolasco said of pitching at Coors Field. Nolasco is 1-3 with a 7.03 ERA in six starts, his only win coming against the Nationals on Opening Day. The last starter to win a game was Anibal Sanchez on April 16 at Atlanta. While the Marlins had ..."