Marlins fans woke up to good news Thursday morning.
The Colorado Rockies lost their fourth game in a row, and the Arizona Diamondbacks also lost Wednesday night, which means the Marlins lost no ground in the National League Wild Card race, despite an 8-0 thumping by the Phillies.
Miami, which wraps up a four-game divisional series at Philadelphia at 1:05 p.m. Thursday, remains five-and-a-half games back in the wild card race behind Arizona, Colorado, Milwaukee and St. Louis.
Vince Worley, the 29-year-old right-hander, take the mound for the Marlins against 23-year-old right-hander Jake Thompson (4.