MIAMI — Some left-handed pitching with big league experience is joining the Marlins’ organization.

On Thursday, Miami claimed lefty Duane Below off waivers from the Tigers, and optioned him to Triple-A New Orleans.

Detroit designated Below on Wednesday to make roster room for Jose Valverde.

Below, 27, threw 46 1/3 innings in 27 games with one start for the Tigers last year.

The 6-foot-3, 220-pounder was 1-2 with a 2.10 ERA in four starts at Triple-A this season. in 25 2/3 innings, he has 15 strikeouts and four walks.

Below spent parts of 2011-12 in the big leagues, logging a total of 75 1/3 innings with a 4.06 ERA.

– Joe Frisaro

MINNEAPOLIS — The Marlins have decided to flip their two starters for Tuesday’s day/night doubleheader.

Jose Fernandez is now getting the Game 1 start, which is set for 2:10 p.m. ET, while Ricky Nolasco will get the nod in the second game, which is slated for 8:10 p.m. ET.

Game 1 will be televised by FS Florida, while the second game is not televised.

MARLINS Game 1

1) Pierre, LF
2) Polanco, 3B
3) Stanton, RF
4) Dobbs, DH
5) Ruggiano, CF
6) Mahoney, 1B
7) Olivo, C
8) Green, SS
9) Solano, 2B

– Joe Frisaro

MINNEAPOLIS — In 30 degree conditions, grounds crew workers at Target Field spent Tuesday morning preparing the park for a day/night doubleheader.

Because Monday’s game was postponed due to inclement weather, the Marlins and Twins are scheduled to play both games of their series on Tuesday.

The high on Tuesday is not expected to reach 40 degrees.

– Joe Frisaro

MINNEAPOLIS — As if the Marlins haven’t already had a chilly reception to their road trip. Now the club must brace for some really blustery conditions.

After losing three of four at Cincinnati, Miami now will take on the elements as well as the Twins at Target Field.

The temperature in Minneapolis was 37 degrees, and it is expected to dip to 34 by game-time.

If the first pitch conditions are indeed 34, it will match the second coldest start to any game in Marlins’ history.

On April 10, 2000 at Milwaukee, the first pitch came at 34 degrees.

The coldest game in club history is 29 degrees, on April 8, 1997 at Wrigley Field.

Getting off the plane, the Marlins were greeted by snow on the ground in the Minneapolis area.

Since 2006, the Marlins only once have started at game below 40 degrees — April 26, 2006 at the Cubs.

Many Marlins’ fans remember the coldest playoff game in club history — at Cleveland during the 1997 World Series. The temperature was 38 degrees that day.

Coldest Games in Marlins History

(based on temperature at game time; includes postseason)

April 8, 1997 at Chicago Cubs 29

April 10, 2000 at Milwaukee 34

April 10, 1997 at Cubs 37

Sept. 24, 2000 at Colorado 37

Oct. 22, 1997 at Cleveland 38 (World Series)

Sept. 22, 2000 at Colorado 38

April 24, 1993 at Colorado 39

April 26, 2006 at Cubs 39

April 13, 1997 at Cincinnati 40

Sept. 23, 2000 at Colorado 40

April 12, 2000 at Milwaukee 41

– Joe Frisaro

The Marlins have designed right-hander John Maine for assignment, and recalled right-hander Tom Koehler from Triple-A New Orleans.

Maine, who made the club as a non-roster invitee, made four relief appearances, posting a 12.27 ERA in 7 1/3 innings.

The 31-year-old threw two innings in Thursday’s 11-1 loss at Cincinnati, allowing six runs on four hits in two innings with five walks and three strikeouts.

Maine broke in with the Orioles in 2004, and from 2006-10, he pitched for the Mets before experiencing shoulder problems.

Koehler made three starts for New Orleans, and in 17 innings he has a 1.06 ERA with 14 strikeouts and 10 walks.

– Joe Frisaro

After missing six games due to a bruised left shoulder, Giancarlo Stanton was back in the Marlins’ lineup, anchoring the No. 3 spot in the order.

The Marlins open a four-game set with the Reds at Great American Ball Park.

The game features two exciting pitching prospects. Jose Fernandez makes his third start for the Marlins, while the Reds will be going with lefty Tony Cingrani.

Chris Valaika will be starting at shortstop in place of Adeiny Hechavarria, who was placed on the 15-day DL with a bruised right elbow.

MARLINS

1) Coghlan, LF
2) Valaika, SS
3) Stanton, RF
4) Polanco, 3B
5) Dobbs, 1B
6) Ruggiano, CF
7) Brantly, C
8) Solano, 2B
9) Fernandez, P

– Joe Frisaro

MIAMI — Injuries continue to pile up for the Marlins.

The club now will be without shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria for at least a couple of weeks. On Thursday, the 24-year-old was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow contusion.

Miami has selected the contract of infielder Nick Green from Triple-A New Orleans. To make 40-man roster space for Green, Nathan Eovaldi was transferred to the 60-day disabled list.

Eovaldi, initially projected to be the No. 2 starter, is out with right shoulder inflammation.

The Marlins are set to open a four-game series at Cincinnati on Thursday. Hechavarria was examined by team doctors in Miami, and tests revealed the elbow bruise.

– Joe Frisaro

MIAMI — Giancarlo Stanton is ready to return to the Marlins lineup. But before he actually does, he will get one more day to rest his bruised left shoulder.

Manager Mike Redmond said on Wednesday afternoon that Stanton is scheduled to be back in the lineup on Thursday for the series opener at the Reds.

“Stanton hit today, and he said things felt good,” Redmond said. “He should be good to go for tomorrow. That’s a good sign, obviously. We all know how important he is to this lineup. That’s good news. He felt better today.”

While Stanton is set to come back to the lineup, the Marlins had yet another starter scratched on Wednesday. Shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria, who belted a key three-run homer in Tuesday’s 8-2 win, was removed from the lineup due to a sore right elbow. Chris Valaika started at shortstop in his place.

Counting Wednesday’s series finale with the Nationals at Marlins Park, Stanton will have missed six straight games.

The All-Star tweaked his shoulder while making a diving catch on April 6 at the Mets. He played through with discomfort, before being scratched from the lineup on April 12.

In nine games, Stanton is batting .167 with no home runs or RBIs. Still, he is one of the most feared hitters in the game, and he is the focal point of Miami’s lineup.

The Marlins on Wednesday reinstated Joe Mahoney off the 15-day disabled list, where he was nursing an intercostal strain.

Also on Wednesday, Henderson Alvarez threw 35 pitches off the mound. Alvarez is on the disabled list with right shoulder inflammation. He is next scheduled to throw about 50 pitches off the mound on Saturday, and a simulated game could follow.

Alvarez may be ready to join the rotation either in late April or early May.

“He’s starting his progression, and he’s feeling good,” Redmond said. “That’s the most important thing.”

– Joe Frisaro

MIAMI — Not that the Marlins have done much hitting period, but they’ve actually been a little better against left-handed pitching.

They will put that to the test on Wednesday night, when they face the Nationals and southpaw Ross Detwiler at Marlins Park.

For the year, the Marlins are batting .220 while facing lefties, compared to a .203 average against right-handers.

The problem is Detwiler has been simply dominanting, posting a 0.69 ERA.

The Marlins wrap up their nine-game homestand on Wednesday, and with a win, they’d take their first series of the season.

Miami is going with a number of right-handed hitters, including Austin Kearns getting the start in right field, and Miguel Olivo catching.

Ricky Nolasco, the franchise’s all-time wins leader with 76, is seeking his first victory.

MARLINS

1) Pierre, LF
2) Solano, 2B
3) Polanco, 3B
4) Ruggiano, CF
5) Dobbs, 1B
6) Kearns, RF
7) Olivo, C
8) Valaika, SS
9) Nolasco, P

– Joe Frisaro

MIAMI — Willing to try just about anything to wake up a slumbering offense, the Marlins on Tuesday afternoon brought out the real heavy lumber.

During early batting practice, Justin Ruggiano created a moment of levity for a team in need of something to smile about.

So as a handful of players were taking their rounds hitting, Ruggiano lugged out an oversized bat with the Marlins’ logo on it.

When you’re last in the league in runs scored, and hadn’t generated much of anything at the plate, you try just about anything. Mostly, the players got a good laugh. Giancarlo Stanton, the club’s towering right fielder, had some fun with the prop.

No one actually took a swing with the bat, but its presence made an impact, even if it only lightened the mood.

“I’m afraid someone might get hurt swinging that thing,” manager Mike Redmond said. “We can’t afford any more injurires.”

As fate would have it, the Marlins went out and defeated the Nationals, 8-2, scoring a season-high run total.

After the game, Redmond noted that bat would be traveling with the team on its road trip, which begins on Thursday at Cincinnati.

Asked about getting the bat through security, Redmond noted, “It could be on the seat next to me on the plane.”

Before the game, Redmond quipped: “That thing is heavy. It’s like my bat felt like at the end of my career.”

Where did the bat come from?

“I have no idea,” Redmond said. “Those things just appear. Maybe it’s someone telling us something, we need bigger bats.”

Actually, there is a story about how the bat mysteriously arrived. It turns out it was more a coincidence. And the bat belongs to Cullen McRae, the Marlins’ video coordinator.

McRae’s friend, Robin Jennings, owns a company called Big Ash Bats. Jennings was a college teammate of McRae, and he spent some time in the big leagues with the Cubs and the Reds.

The 5-foot bat was sent as a birthday gift for McRae.

“It just so happened, when I opened it up, Ruggiano was in my office,” McRae said. “When I opened it up, he grabbed it and ran out on the field with it. It’s real wood.

“It’s a complete coincidence. The box came and Ruggiano was looking at video when I opened the box. And that day we scored a bunch of runs.”

– Joe Frisaro