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Report: Marlins Fire Torborg, Hire McKeon

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From Associated Press

The Florida Marlins fired Manager Jeff Torborg late Saturday night and replaced him with Jack McKeon, the Miami Herald reported on its Web site.

Torborg became the first manager fired this season following a 5-4 loss to Colorado Saturday night, the Herald reported, citing an unidentified high-ranking major league source.

Torborg is 95-105 in two years with Florida. The 72-year-old McKeon would be taking over his fifth team. He has managed Kansas City, Oakland, San Diego and Cincinnati.

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The Marlins (16-22) are off to a poor start this season with their pitching staff decimated by injuries. They have lost seven of their last eight to drop nine games behind Atlanta in the NL East.

Florida has three pitchers on the disabled list. A.J. Burnett recently had Tommy John surgery and is expected to be out from 12 to 18 months. Mark Redman is out with a broken left thumb and Josh Beckett sprained his right elbow Wednesday.

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Pitcher Orlando Hernandez of the Montreal Expos, on the disabled list since spring training, will undergo surgery on his injured right shoulder and is expected to be sidelined for at least three months.

Hernandez will have arthroscopic surgery Monday in Miami to repair what Expo General Manager Omar Minaya said was a “small tear” in his rotator cuff. The decision was made after Hernandez consulted Dr. John Uribe, who will perform the operation.

He made two spring training starts before experiencing pain in his right shoulder. The Expos put him on the 15-day disabled list before the beginning of the season.

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A young boy hit near his left eye by Juan Gonzalez’s foul liner along the third-base line was doing fine Saturday, the Texas Rangers said.

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The boy, who appeared to be 5 or 6 years old, was struck in the ninth inning of the Cleveland-Texas game Friday night in Arlington, Texas, then taken by stadium security personnel to Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth.

Ranger spokesman John Blake said that the boy was examined at the hospital and sent home without being admitted. Blake said the boy still had some swelling but appeared to have no permanent damage.

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