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Mattingly: Stanton may be ready to start on Friday
- Updated: September 15, 2016
ATLANTA — Not ready to surrender their National Leauge Wild Card hopes just yet, the Marlins instead are going all in the final two weeks. So much so that they appear ready to unleash Giancarlo Stanton.
Manager Don Mattingly said after Miami’s 7-5 win over the Braves at Turner Field on Wednesday that Stanton could be ready to return to the starting lineup as early as this weekend in Philadelphia.
Miami is off on Thursday before opening a three-game set at Citizens Bank Park on Friday.
“We’re close to getting Giancarlo back,” Mattingly said. “We’re hoping he can play Friday. We were missing that for about 45 days and that hurt us.”
Stanton has made a remarkable recovery from a Grade 3 left groin strain suffered on Aug. 13. Initially, the fear was he would be out for …
