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[May 18, 2015]  May 17 (The Sports Xchange) - The Miami Marlins fired manager Mike Redmond on Sunday after being swept by the Atlanta Braves and nearly being the victims of a no-hitter.

The team announced it had fired Redmond and bench coach Rob Leary shortly after Sunday's 6-0 loss to the Braves in Miami. The Marlins did not get a hit off Braves right-hander Shelby Miller until there were two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Redmond's replacement will be named Monday, the Marlins said.

Redmond was in his third season as the Marlins manager, and he was given an extension after the 2014 season that runs until 2017.

He compiled a 155-207 record with the Marlins going 16-22 this season.

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The Texas Rangers placed left-hander Ross Detwiler on the disabled list with left shoulder inflammation.

Detwiler experienced discomfort in his left shoulder in his start on Thursday against the Kansas City Royals. He gave up three runs on nine hits and a walk in five innings in that game and was charged with the loss.

Detwiler is 0-5 for the season with a 6.95 ERA.

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Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, wanting to finally put his two miserable years in Los Angeles behind him, said the Angels front office prevented him from talking to owner Arte Moreno.

Hamilton hit just .255 with 31 homers and 123 RBIs in two seasons with the Angels before they traded him to the Rangers in April for cash considerations.

"I told everybody from MLB to (manager) Mike Scioscia, even when I was there and wasn't playing in 2013, I wasn't being the guy that I was supposed to be," Hamilton said Saturday before his game with the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders.

"In 2014, same thing. I tried to reach out to the owner, Arte, and talk to him and tell him, 'You know what? I'm working my butt off, and I want to be the guy that played against you for all these years.' I was always turned down by the general manager and team president. They said they would let him know."

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Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez left Sunday's game against the New York Mets after he was hit in the head by a pitch from right-hander Noah Syndergaard in the sixth inning.

The pitch, clocked at 96 mph on the Citi Field scoreboard, hit Gomez flush in the left earflap and knocked him to the ground.

"I got lucky, it hit me right in the helmet," Gomez said after the game. "I feel fine."

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New York Mets right-hander Dillon Gee (right groin strain) made his first rehab start for Class A St. Lucie on Saturday, when he gave up one run and struck out seven over four innings.

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Tampa Bay Rays infielder Nick Franklin, activated off the 15-day disabled list following the game Saturday, was in the lineup at second base and batted eighth Sunday. Franklin missed the first six weeks of the season with an oblique injury.

(Editing by Gene Cherry)

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