Cain, Peavy to return with back-to-back starts for Giants

The speedy Gordon is 17-for-49 (.347) during his stellar run, highlighted by recording the first inside-the-park homer at Marlins Park in his team’s 5-3 triumph on Tuesday.The offensive outburst was certainly welcome for Miami, which won for the third time in 12 contests while mustering just 11 runs during a 1-6 stretch prior to Wednesday’s victory.

Anibal Sanchez, David Wells and John Smoltz finished in the top four in Cy Young balloting after having the surgery performed. San Francisco opened the scoring with a run in the first.

“He feels like he’s ready”, Bochy said. “I got a dinger”.

These are choppy times for the Marlins.

Then came the wait to return.

The bigger question is this: Will it be the old Fernandez, the dynamic ace who captivated baseball with his fastball, his charisma and his brash self-confidence?

“Bour’s not very graceful”, Gordon said with a laugh, “but it worked”. Cain hasn t pitched this season because of a strained flexor tendon near his elbow that he sustained in his final exhibition start of the spring.

The Giants more or less stood still in June, finishing with a 12-14 record that they were grateful to accept. Bochy acknowledged it could’ve been worse, especially after they lost nine of their first 13 in the month and then lost their two most energetic players – Nori Aoki and Hunter Pence – to the disabled list.

Despite the injuries, the Giants are in second place in the NL West. The Marlins’ Justin Bour also homered, giving a welcome jolt of power to a team without injured slugger Giancarlo Stanton.

“I was just trying to flip the ball to Angel so hopefully he could stop him at third”, Blanco said. Vogelsong is 3-3 with a 1.89 ERA and 37 strikeouts in his career against the Marlins. For both those players, the Miami Marlins have already begun to get multiple trade inquires for their services, according to Jon Morosi of Fox Sports (via Twitter). Home has not been kind to the right- hander, who is 1-3 with a 7.60 ERA across 34 1/3 innings at Marlins Park this season.

Fernandez struck out 34 batters in 24 2/3 innings during his rehab outings, but Thursday will be the first true test. Some scouts see him pitching out of the bullpen, possibly as a closer, but the Marlins might have to be made a notable offer in order to consider dealing Koehler.

“It’s a business”, Latos said. “It’s just about getting over that mental hump and knowing that you can still go out there and compete and not have any issues”.

“He read it”, Jennings said.

“How many pitches did I throw?”

You can t strike lighting every year, but it pays to turn over certain bottles. At this point in his comeback, he said, he realizes the important thing is that he’s healthy and on the mound again.

“Really frustrating”, he said.