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John Maine allowed three runs in seven innings to defeat the Phillies on Wednesday night. Maine allowed three runs on six hits and two walks while striking out five to get the victory. He was staked to a 2-0 lead in the first but surrendered back-to-back home runs in the second to lose it. After that, he allowed just a run on five hits over his next five innings, showing good movement and life on his fastball and bite on his slider, to improve to 9-7 on the year. Maine hadn’t lasted into the sixth in his last four outings, so it is encouraging to see him have such a solid performance against Philadelphia’s fifth-ranked offense. He’ll get Florida in his next start. (Rotoworld, Rotowire)

UniWatchBlog reader Dan Snider notes that John Maine is once again wearing his cap over his ears, a phenomenon we first discussed a few months ago. Here’s a snap:

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