MIAMI (AP) Catcher Mike Redmond, who bats third every year in the Gonzaga University alumni game, was promoted to the No. 3 slot in the Florida Marlins lineup Monday.

The surprising move made sense, because since trading away Cliff Floyd, the Marlins have hit like the Gonzaga alumni.

"We haven't been generating much," manager Jeff Torborg said. "Things have got to get better for sanity to be maintained."

Not that it helped. The Marlins lost 1-0 to the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.

The Marlins were outscored 32-11 on a six-game trip last week to Houston and Arizona. They hit .192, dropping their average since the All-Star break to .233, lowest in the National League.

Facing Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling last weekend didn't help. Florida went 1-5 on the trip to drop five games below .500, matching a season low.

"It's a little bit of everything," said Redmond, a backup catcher and No. 8 hitter for most of his career. "We haven't been pitching great like we're capable of. We haven't been hitting like we're capable of. It's just not happening for us."

The biggest factor may be the departure of Floyd. The Marlins began the week 11-18 since trading their former No. 3 hitter to the Montreal Expos.

Floyd was Florida's lone left-handed power hitter.

"We don't have balance," Torborg said. "When you took that big left-handed bat out of the lineup ... against a right-handed pitcher who's on, we're in trouble.

"We all knew we were losing a heck of a hitter. He's a presence. But we didn't think we'd struggle like this."

It doesn't help that Juan Encarnacion, acquired as Floyd's replacement in the lineup, began the week batting .214 with one homer for Florida.

But the slump is a team effort. All-Star third baseman Mike Lowell went 0-for-14 on the trip. Kevin Millar went 3-for-20. Luis Castillo, who had a 35-game hitting streak earlier this year, went 3-for-23.

Redmond kept hitting, however. He batted .424 over an 11-game stretch to hike his average to .326.

"He deserves to hit No. 3," Millar said. "He was the only one swinging the bat on the road trip."

Thus the shakeup in the batting order when Florida began a seven-game homestand against Colorado.

"I asked a couple of coaches to give me a lineup, and there it is," Torborg said.

Redmond's reaction?

"We had to give him mouth-to-mouth," Torborg joked.

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