MIAMI - The Colorado Rockies erased a two-run deficit in the early innings Tuesday. Karl Mecklenburg Broncos Jersey . A second comeback bid fell short. Miami relievers retired three batters with the potential tying run in scoring position in the eighth inning, and the Marlins beat Colorado for the second night in a row, 4-3. A.J. Ramos struck out Nolan Arenado with runners at the corners to end the eighth, protecting a one-run lead. Steve Cishek converted his 30th consecutive save opportunity and first of the year by pitching a perfect ninth. "We didnt get the big hit late," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "Bottom line is we have to find a way to tie that game or take the lead." The Rockies trailed 4-2 before Michael Cuddyer and Carlos Gonzalez hit consecutive doubles to start the eighth. Troy Tulowitzki flied out, and Justin Morneau grounded out. Ramos came on to walk Wilin Rosario, and then struck out Arenado looking. Nathan Eovaldi pitched six innings and the Marlins made the most of five hits. Their 2-0 start hints at big improvement from last year, when they began 14-41 en route to a 100-loss season. For the Rockies, the 0-2 start seems like more of the same after they finished last in the NL West in 2013. Miamis rotation — the youngest in the majors — stifled the Rockies for the second game in a row. Eovaldi (1-0) allowed two runs and struck out six after Jose Fernandez limited Colorado to one run in the season opener. Eovaldi gave up six hits, walked one and reached 99 mph on the radar gun. The crowd of 15,906 made for a more subdued atmosphere than Mondays opener, which Miami won 10-1. Brett Anderson (0-1) pitched six innings and allowed four runs, three earned. It was the left-handers first start with the Rockies after he was acquired in a trade with Oakland in December. Miami went ahead for good in Andersons final inning. Reed Johnson pinch-hit for Eovaldi and led off with a double. He advanced on a groundout and scored when Stanton hit into a forceout. Stanton advanced on a throwing error by second baseman D.J. LeMahieu, stole third and scored on Casey McGehees two-out single. "There werent too many pitches that I would take back," Anderson said. "It didnt fall our way tonight. The outing, Ill take it. I felt I gave us a chance to win. We just came up a little short at the end." The Rockies tied the game in the fourth on a run-scoring double by Tulowitzki, a scratch single by Morneau and a sacrifice fly by Rosario. Newcomer Morneau had three hits. With the score 2-all, Anderson reached on a bloop double in the fifth for his first major league hit, but Eovaldi escaped by retiring Drew Stubbs and Cuddyer. "I got to second and I didnt know what to do after that," Anderson joked. NOTES: Tulowitzki went into the hole at shortstop to rob Marcell Ozuna of a hit on a grounder in the fifth. ... Rockies RHP Jordan Lyles will be activated to start Wednesday in place of RHP Tyler Chatwood, who is out with a left hamstring strain. RHP Henderson Alvarez will make his first start for the Marlins since throwing a no-hitter on the final day of the 2013 regular season. ... LHP Franklin Morales will start Thursday at Miami for the Rockies, and RHP Juan Nicasio will start their home opener Friday against Arizona. Aqib Talib . - The Abbotsford Heat hope a last-minute goal keeps their season alive for more than one extra game. Orange DeMarcus Ware Womens Elite Jersey . Howard had 19 points and nine rebounds in his first game since signing a four-year, $88 million deal with the Rockets in the off-season. Howard was 6 of 11 from the field and 7 of 11 from the free-throw line in 27 minutes. UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Everyone in black and gold raved about the play of Marc-Andre Fleury -- everyone except for the humble Pittsburgh Penguins goalie. Fleury sheepishly smiled every time he was asked about how he turned away the New York Islanders again and again, leading the Penguins to a 3-0 victory Tuesday night for his 20th NHL shutout. "There was some pretty good ones," Fleury said of his 33 saves, "but thats just part of being a goalie. It doesnt matter if they are simple or hard, youve just got to try to get out there and make the save and keep your team in the game. I know some other times they save (you)." Pascal Dupuis, Richard Park and Jordan Staal scored for the Penguins, who won their fourth straight and sent the Islanders to their third consecutive loss after three wins in a row. The teams will meet again Thursday in Pittsburgh. "We were very fortunate to come out of that game with two points," Park said of the Penguins, who had 29 shots. "Were going to have to go home and regroup. Flower played a phenomenal game and definitely kept us in it until we found our game." Star centre Evgeni Malkin returned to the Penguins depleted lineup after missing five games because of his sore right knee, but Pittsburgh didnt need any offence from him to win this one. Staal sealed the victory with his sixth goal, scoring into an empty net off an assist from Dupuis, with two minutes left. Malkin sat out seven of the previous eight games, and the Penguins hardly missed him. Pittsburgh is 7-2-2 through an NHL-high 11 games. "His presence alone, I know for a fact, changes the game plan on the other side," Park said. "Hes such a dominant player that even if he isnt on the score sheet he has a very big impact. Tonight was no different." The Penguins were also without captain Sidney Crosby (concussion), fellow forward Tyler Kennedy (concussion) and defencemen Zbynek Michalek (broken finger) and Brian Strait (hyperextended elbow), but didnt miss a beat. The Islanders were the better team in the first period, but trailed 1-0 after 20 minutes despite holding a 13-7 edge in shots. Dupuis nearly got a puck past Evgeni Nabokov late in the period when his shot trickled behind the Islanders goalie, but it was sweppt out of harms way. Derek Wolfe Jersey. Dupuis had another chance moments later and cashed in. Brooks Orpik sent a lead pass that Dupuis corralled with a long reach of his stick and carried in alone on Nabokov, beating him with 2:54 left in the first. Park, a former Islanders forward, pushed the lead to 2-0 at 21 seconds of the middle period. Arron Asham forced a turnover just inside the New York end, and Park grabbed the puck. He made a shifty move around defenceman Steve Staios and fired a shot that bounded in off Nabokovs left shoulder. Nabokov started for the third time in four games, and this time was backed up by Rick DiPietro, who has recovered from a concussion sustained in practice on Oct. 12 when a shot struck his mask. New York returned home after losing both games of a Florida road trip. Fleury shined on this night. His best moments came in the closing seconds of the first period when he turned aside in-close drives by John Tavares and P.A. Parenteau in succession. "Weve got to be better at some of the little things," Tavares said. "We had a lot of chances." Although the Islanders trailed only 2-0 in the second period, the deficit had the feeling of being much greater. There was very little juice in the announced crowd of 10,681, who might have been looking forward to more fighting fireworks like those these teams provided last season. It was nowhere remotely close to the record-setting mayhem from February when the clubs combined for 65 penalties, 346 penalty minutes, 10 ejections, 15 fighting majors and 20 misconducts in the Islanders lopsided victory. "Extremely normal hockey game," said Pittsburghs Dan Bylsma, who coached his 200th NHL game. "The Islanders played a good game. Our goaltender probably had to be the best player on the ice to keep it from being more tilted in their favour." NOTES: The Penguins are 20-4-2 against New York in the last 26 meetings. Fleury is 9-0-2 in that span. ... The Islanders (3-4), shut out for the second time this season, have been outscored 11-3 in their skid. ... There were only five penalties called, including a double high-sticking against Marty Reasoner in the third period. ... Nabokov was 8-1 against the Penguins with a 1.62 goals-against average in nine previous games. ' ' '
