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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Kyle Shurmur is happy doing whatever it takes to help Vanderbilt win whether that is handing the ball off or throwing down the field.The way the quarterback has grown this season, coach Derek Mason believes the best is yet to come.He wants to be great, he doesnt want to be good, Mason said Tuesday. He challenges himself every day. We talk about football, ball handling, every opportunity to create the balance thats needed as a leader of this group and being able to make sure he gets done the work he needs.Shurmur is getting extra work with Vanderbilt (6-6) preparing to play North Carolina State (6-6) on Monday in the Independence Bowl, and the timing couldnt be better. Shurmur did not throw for even 90 yards in two games this season and topped 150 yards only once through the Commodores first eight games with Vandy leaning heavily on running back Ralph Webb.Yet the 6-foot-4, 223-pound Shurmur could not have finished the season stronger.Shurmur threw for 221 yards in a 23-16 loss at Auburn and only got better each game through the rest of the regular season. He threw for 273 yards and two touchdowns in a 38-17 win over Mississippi and finished with a career-high 416 yards and two TDs in an upset of No. 24 Tennessee that was the highest passing day at Vanderbilt since Chris Nickson threw for 446 in 2006.He wound up throwing for 1,162 yards over the final four games -- nearly half of his 2,251 yards for the season.Whatever we need to do to win the game, thats what Im going to do, Shurmur said.Shurmur got plenty of help from wide receivers catching the ball much better than they did in September and October. The Commodores put up 608 yards of total offense against Tennessee and their 45 points were the most scored in a Southeastern Conference came since 1971.Mason said Shurmur is growing up and has faced new challenges each week. Vanderbilt coaches dont want to overload Shurmur as they work with him to master the nuances of playing quarterback, something Shurmur has embraced during these bowl practices.By the same token, hes still a sophomore, Mason said. Hes still a guy thats got a lot of football in front of him. We just think that hes got a high ceiling with what were going to try to do is hold him responsible for getting there.This will be the Commodores first bowl game since the 2013 season, and Vanderbilt has won its last two bowl games. 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CINCINNATI -- The Miami Marlins were missing slugger Giancarlo Stanton, and the Cincinnati Reds still had trouble keeping them in the ballpark.Chris Johnson drove in two runs with a homer and a double, former reliever David Phelps pitched into the sixth inning in his third start of the season and the Marlins opened the four-game series with a 6-3 victory Monday night.Marcell Ozuna also homered and Dee Gordon beat Joey Vottos high toss to pitcher Blake Wood covering first base for a bases-loaded, two-run infield single for Miami, which has won two straight games after a three-game losing streak. Both wins have come since Stanton was lost on Saturday for what is expected to be at least six weeks with a groin injury.They took advantage of some elevation pitches, Reds manager Bryan Price said. I bet they are tickled to death to be hitting here instead of their own ballpark.The Marlins went into Monday one-half game behind St. Louis for the National Leagues second wild-card slot.Phelps (6-6) struck out a season-high eight -- one short of matching his career high -- while allowing two runs in 5 1/3 innings. He gave up four hits with one walk.Scott Schebler drove in two of Cincinnatis runs with a homer and a bases-loaded walk. His solo homer in the second snapped an 0-for-28 slump.Gordon led off the game with a double to right and scored on Martin Prados single on the 12th pitch of his at-bat against Brandon Finnegan. Johnson snapped a 1-1 tie with his solo home run into the visitors bullpen in right, his fifth of the season and first since July 20.Ozuna stretched the lead with a homer to lead off the sixth, his 20th of the season and first since July 30.Finnegan (7-9), 2-0 in his last three starts and 4-1 over his last six, allowed seven hits and four runs with three walks and three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.I made a lot of good pitches today, Finnegan said. I had bad luck on two routine fly balls that carried out. Ive been going deep into games all year. There were just a few gammes that I didnt.ddddddddddddhe Marlins added two insurance runs in the eighth on Gordons bases-loaded chopper. Aden Hechavarria scored all the way from second on the play.We got into a bind in that inning, Price said. We had a bang-bang play at first and they had some speed on the bases.Fernando Rodney pitched the ninth for his 21st save.REED REGROUPING: The Reds optioned winless LHP Cody Reed to Triple-A Louisville before Tuesdays game. Reed allowed six runs in Cincinnatis 7-3 loss at Milwaukee on Sunday before being pulled in the second inning. He is 0-7 with a 7.36 ERA in 10 starts.EARLY NIGHT: Miami manager Don Mattingly was ejected in the bottom of the third inning by plate umpire Bill Welke after complaining to the third base umpire about a ruling that Tucker Barnhart didnt swing at a pitch. The ejection was Mattinglys third of the season.HITLESS IN CINCY: Ichiro Suzuki went 0 for 4 on Monday to fall to 0 for 7 in his career at Great American Ball Park, the only existing stadium in which hes failed to record a hit.TRAINING ROOMMarlins: RHP A.J. Ramos threw on Monday for the first time since going on the DL on Aug. 6 with a fractured finger on his right hand. Depending on how he feels, the next step would be a bullpen on Tuesday, Mattingly said.Reds: CF Billy Hamilton left Mondays game after five innings with a right knee contusion. Hamilton banged into the center field wall and the left-center field chain-link fence going after balls in the first three innings.UP NEXTMarlins: Miami announced after the game that RHP Jose Urena (1-3) will be recalled from Triple-A New Orleans to start Tuesdays second game of the series against the Reds.Reds: Ex-Marlin RHP Anthony DeSclafani (6-1) is scheduled to make his second career start against his former team on Tuesday. DeSclafani is coming off his first loss of the season, 3-2 last Wednesday at St Louis. ' ' '