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- Updated: August 7, 2016
DENVER — The Marlins on Saturday did something they weren’t able to do before Monday’s non-waiver Trade Deadline: acquire another left-handed reliever.
Miami was awarded a waiver claim on the Braves’ Hunter Cervenka and worked out a trade for two prospects — infielder Anfernee Seymour and left-hander Michael Mader.
Cervenka, 26, has a 3.18 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 34 innings this season. He has held left-handed hitters to a .143 batting average, while right-handers are hitting .212 against him.
“What he’s been this year is pretty much a situational guy,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said before Saturday night’s matchup against the Rockies. “He gets lefties out. He’s had a lot of success with that.”
For most of the season, Mike Dunn has been the only left-hander in the Marlins’ bullpen.
“There are times it can be very nice,” Mattingly said of having two left-handers in the ‘pen. “With a team like the Rockies, they’ve got a number of lefties in the lineup. …
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