The Pro Football Hall of Fame will issue refunds to ticket buyers who went home from the NFLs annual preseason kickoff without having watched any football.The competitors for roster spots with the Colts and the Packers wont get the game back, though.I can tell you this: Every one of those young players are upset, Buffalo Bills coach Rex Ryan said.After Brett Favre stole the show with a humorous, insightful and moving speech during the induction ceremony for his class on Saturday, the talk of league turned the next night to the field. Thats because part of it was congealed, rendering the Indianapolis-Green Bay game unplayable.The traditional exhibition in Canton, Ohio, an extra preseason contest for each team and source of local pride, was canceled when NFL and team officials deemed the turf unsafe due to hardened paint and loosened rubber pellets.Neither the Colts nor the Packers were available for comment on Monday, but both coaches expressed disappointment on Sunday night about the lost opportunity to evaluate, even though four more games remain before the regular season.These exhibitions often become yawners for fans, with most starters standing on the sideline, but theyre serious business for the undrafted and unproven guys trying to make an impression.Nothing is guaranteed in this league. Those types of games, you dont want to miss reps, especially in game-type situations, New York Giants safety Cooper Taylor, himself a roster-bubble player.You dont go live in practice any more. You just cant do that with the way the NFL has been set up.He was referring to the attempt to protect the health of the players in a dangerous sport, which is exactly why the game was called off.As frustrated as the second, third and fourth-stringers must have been by the cancellation, nobody would have wanted to put bones, joints or muscles at greater risk.If something happens to somebody, then its like `Oh, they shouldnt have played the game, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones said.Something did happen on that same field last year, to Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham. He tore the ACL in his left knee in the Hall of Fame game against the Minnesota Vikings, and his career could be over.The NFL Players Association has made field conditions a priority of its members.There is a standard, said Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich, the teams union rep. People havent held everything to that standard. So I think that is what the focus is, and the NFL is saying we are committed to this, too, the safety of our players. I think that is why it happened.Baltimore and Philadelphia had a preseason game called off in 2001 when a new artificial turf at Veterans Stadium, the former home of the Eagles, was deemed unsafe for playing on. Ryan was the defensive line coach for the Ravens that year, so the news on Sunday night resonated with him.I get it. Everybody involved in the NFL wants to have that game played, Ryan said. I know everybody was excited about it, and you get a chance to see two teams play when nobody else is playing.Certainly, as a fan, everybody was excited about it. But the NFL, to their credit, did the right thing. If the fields not suitable to play, then you dont play.The Hall of Fame announced Monday the refund procedure for fans who had tickets, though no extras were offered for the inconvenience. The league offered little insight beyond what was announced about the conditions the night before.We are working with the Hall and the field supplier to determine what caused this issue, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said.This is a detail-oriented league that, for example, fines players for uniform violations. So the condition of the playing surface is a serious matter.The NFL now has a separate website solely for information about its football operations , which includes a detailed page describing procedures and standards for preparing and certifying playing fields around the league.Surfaces are tested for hardness up to 72 hours before each game. The depth and evenness of the infill is measured. Even the color of the tarp is prescribed.Few things play a more important role in the quality, integrity and safety of an NFL game than the playing field, the leagues mission statement reads. 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You can get a hit at any time, but the big hits are the ones that really matter.David Phelps pitched six scoreless innings, Miguel Rojas scored on an error in the third and Ichiro Suzuki doubled down the right field line in the fourth -- for his 3,008th hit in the majors to move into 28th place on the career list -- before Scruggs went deep.Phelps (7-6) allowed two hits and two walks with nine strikeouts while throwing 96 pitches in six scoreless innings in his fourth start of the season. He had not gone more than 5 1/3 innings or thrown more than 90 pitches in his previous three starts.To give us six there, and obviously the zeroes, hes been great, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. Hes pitched great. Now, hes to the point where hes saying he felt like he could have gone back out. 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So, whether you like it or not, their pitcher was better than our offense tonight.Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen inadvertently helped give the Marlins their 1-0 lead in the third when Dee Gordons fly ball clanked out of McCutchens glove for an error that allowed Rojas to score from second base.Harrison, who had three hits, drove in Jordy Mercer with a single to left field in the eighth inning to pull the Pirates to 3-1.TRAINERS ROOMPirates: Pittsburgh placed 3B Jung Ho Kang on the 15-day disabled list with a left shoulder injury sustained in Friday nights game. The Pirates recalled 1B-OF Josh Bell from Triple-A Indianapolis to take Kangs place on the 25-man active roster.UP NEXTMarlins: Jose Urena (1-4, 6.40) will look for his first win since July 19 when he faces the Pirates on Sunday. Urena has allowed a combined 13 earned runs over his past two starts.Pirates: Ryan Vogelsong (2-2, 3.20) will attempt to pick up a second consecutive win after allowing four earned runs in his last outing. He has allowed five earned runs in three starts since returning from an eye injury on Aug. 4. ' ' '