• Find team by: Affiliation | Class | Geography
     
09/19/2008 11:20 PM ET
Maybin enters Marlins record book
Former Mudcat reaches base in 10 consecutive at-bats
By Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
Cameron Maybin batted .277 with 13 homers and 49 RBIs at Double-A Carolina this year. (Tony Farlow/MLB.com)

ADVERTISEMENT
• Cameron Maybin's player page

MIAMI -- Cameron Maybin made his second start with the Marlins on Friday night and the 21-year-old already is already rewriting some team records.

With his single off Philadelphia's Les Walrond in the sixth inning, Maybin reached base for the 10th consecutive time, tying a franchise record. Also, with hits in eight straight at-bats, Maybin matched a team mark. The achievement has been done three times in Florida history, with Preston Wilson the last to do so from May 12-15, 2001.

Maybin's single in the fifth inning gave him a share of a team mark for reaching base in nine straight plate appearances, previously set by Gary Sheffield in 1995. That number was bumped up to 10 in the sixth, as he placed his name in the team record books.

Maybin's string ended at 10 straight and eight consecutive hits in the eighth, when he popped out to Ryan Howard at first base. The crowd of 20,202 cheered on Maybin as he reached the dugout.

After being called up from Double-A Carolina, Maybin made his Florida debut on Wednesday night, after Hanley Ramirez left the game with a strained left shoulder.

Maybin's first at-bat with the Marlins came in the fifth inning on Wednesday against the Astros, stroking a single. In his next at-bat, he struck out. But since then, he's walked twice and had eight consecutive singles.

Maybin also has hits in seven straight plate appearances. He was 4-for-4 with a walk against Houston on Thursday, and had four straight singles against the Phillies on Friday night at Dolphin Stadium.

The Marlins envision Maybin as their center fielder of the future, but he is making an immediate impact, getting a taste of pressurized games with playoff implications.

Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.