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Marlins aim for back-to-back home wins

Jul 15, 2007 - 2:15 PM Washington (37-53) at Florida (43-48) 1:05 pm EDT

MIAMI (Ticker) - The Florida Marlins are in search of their first pair of home wins since late May when they face the Washington Nationals in the series finale on Sunday.

Sergio Mitre pitched effectively into the eighth inning and Miguel Cabrera, Jeremy Hermida and Josh Willingham all homered for Florida in Saturday's 5-2 victory.

Cabrera's homer helped him moved into sole possession of third place on the franchise all-time list with 123, surpassing Gary Sheffield.

Scott Olsen (6-7, 5.23 ERA) takes the mound for Florida, which has not won consecutive games at Dolphin Stadium since May. He hopes to bounce back after leaving his last outing with a stiff back against the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 8.

In his last home outing against Washington, Olsen gave up five runs and 10 hits in five frames in a no-decision on April 20. He is 1-1 in three meetings in the series this season.

The Nationals counter with John Simontacchi (6-6, 6.11), who has won his last three road starts. The righthander gave up three runs through six innings of a 5-4 win vs. Milwaukee on July 7.

In three career appearances against Florida, Simontacchi has posted a 1-0 record with a 3.29 ERA, with his lone win coming on May 13 here.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 9 0
    FLORIDA 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 x 5 10 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: WAS - JASON SIMONTACCHI, RAY KING (5TH), CHRIS SCHRODER (6TH), LUIS
    AYALA (7TH), SAUL RIVERA (8TH) AND JESUS FLORES
    FLA - SCOTT OLSEN, RENYEL PINTO (6TH), MATT LIND

    Jul 15 3:56 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DMITRI YOUNG SCORED RONNIE BELLIARD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D YOUNG ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 3
    FLORIDA 5 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A KEARNS (.252, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsJul 15 3:20 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIGUEL OLIVO SCORED MIKE JACOBS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M OLIVO ON FIRST, J HERMIDA ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 2
    FLORIDA 5 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: A AMEZAGA (.277, 2-FOR-2)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsJul 15 2:49 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MIGUEL CABRERA (21) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF JASON SIMONTACCHI.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 2, FLORIDA 4
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M JACOBS (.273, 1-FOR-2)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsJul 15 2:39 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY FELIPE LOPEZ SCORED NOOK LOGAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, 2 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 2
    FLORIDA 3 END TOP, 5TH

    Nationals vs. MarlinsJul 15 2:34 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY HANLEY RAMIREZ SCORED ALFREDO AMEZAGA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, H RAMIREZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    FLORIDA 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: D UGGLA (.243, 0-FOR-2)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsJul 15 2:20 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MIGUEL CABRERA (20) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF JASON SIMONTACCHI.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1, FLORIDA 2
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M JACOBS (.268, 0-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsJul 15 2:00 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY DMITRI YOUNG SCORED JASON SIMONTACCHI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R ZIMMERMAN ON FIRST, R BELLIARD ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    FLORIDA 1 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A KEARNS (.252, 0-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsJul 15 1:56 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JOSH WILLINGHAM (14) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 2ND OFF JASON SIMONTACCHI.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 0, FLORIDA 1
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: J HERMIDA (.242, 9 HR, 29 RBI)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsJul 15 1:31 PM

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