Bobby “Not Mr. October” Bonilla (continued):The Marlin...

Bobby “Not Mr. October” Bonilla (continued):

The Marlin cleanup hitter is one for 15 in this series (.067).

Over the 1996 and 1997 league championship series, Bonilla is two for 35 (.057).

“I’m ready to try my luck in the World Series,” he joked.

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Bonilla has felt ill from chills. In Game 3, he was replaced at third base in the seventh inning.

Said Leyland: “It wasn’t for a defensive replacement. I was waiting for somebody to ask me that.”

No one asked. Nor did anyone ask if it were an offensive replacement.