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Stanton gets day off night after catch mistake

Published Jun. 27, 2010 6:11 p.m. ET

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Florida rookie right fielder Mike Stanton was not in the lineup a day after he cost his team a run by catching a flyball in foul territory.

Marlins interim manager Edwin Gonzalez Stanton says Saturday Stanton is being given a one-day break. It's his first game off since being called up from Double-A Jacksonville earlier this month.

Stanton is batting .213 with one home run and 10 RBIs in 61 at-bats.

Stanton nearly made a spectacular catch on Jerry Hairston Jr.'s triple for San Diego on Saturday night. A batter later, Stanton sprinted into foul ground and leaned over the bullpen wall to catch a pitcher Jon Garland's flyball. The play left himself no chance of throwing out Hairston at the plate. The Padres beat the Marlins 2-1.

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