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Nationals aim for fifth straight win over Marlins

Sep 11, 2007 - 1:02 PM Washington (65-79) at Florida (61-83) 7:05 pm EDT

MIAMI (Ticker) - Wily Mo Pena and the Washington Nationals look for their fifth straight win over the Florida Marlins in the middle game of a three-game series on Tuesday.

Pena homered twice and Shaun Hill threw six solid innings as Washington posted a 5-4 victory in the opener. Pena has flourished since being traded from Boston on August 17, hitting seven home runs in 21 games.

Pena and his teammates will takes their swings against rookie Chris Seddon (0-0, 0.00 ERA), who is making his first career start. Seddon is starting because the Marlins pushed Sergio Mitre's start back to Saturday.

Washington, which has won seven of nine, is aiming for its fifth straight win over Florida for the first time since July 2004.

Mike Bacsik (5-8, 4.65) starts for Washington. The lefthander last started on August 27, allowing five runs and nine hits in five innings of a 5-4 loss to Los Angeles.

Washington leads the season series, 10-6.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 8 13 1
    FLORIDA 1 1 3 1 2 0 3 2 x 13 21 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: WAS - MIKE BACSIK, WINSTON ABREU (3RD), MICAH BOWIE (4TH), SAUL
    RIVERA (4TH), CHRIS SCHRODER (6TH), JONATHAN ALBALADEJO (7TH),
    LUIS AYALA (8TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER

    Sep 11 10:36 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIGUEL CABRERA SCORED DAN UGGLA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M CABRERA ON FIRST, J HERMIDA ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 8
    FLORIDA 13 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: J WILLINGHAM (.272, 3-FOR-5, RBI)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 10:19 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY HANLEY RAMIREZ (28) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF LUIS AYALA.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 8, FLORIDA 12
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: D UGGLA (.245, 2-FOR-4, BB, RBI)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 10:19 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MIKE JACOBS SCORED MIGUEL CABRERA AND JOSH
    WILLINGHAM.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M JACOBS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 8
    FLORIDA 11 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: B CARROLL (.188, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 9:54 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIGUEL CABRERA SCORED DAN UGGLA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M CABRERA ON FIRST, J HERMIDA ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 8
    FLORIDA 9 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: J WILLINGHAM (.272, 3-FOR-4, RBI)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 9:50 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY DMITRI YOUNG SCORED RYAN ZIMMERMAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D YOUNG ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 8
    FLORIDA 8 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A KEARNS (.268, 2-FOR-3)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 9:36 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOSH WILLINGHAM SCORED DAN UGGLA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J WILLINGHAM ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 7
    FLORIDA 8 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M JACOBS (.273, 2-FOR-2, HBP, HR, 3 RBI)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 9:06 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    PASSED BALL BY BRIAN SCHNEIDER ALLOWED HANLEY RAMIREZ TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D UGGLA ON FIRST, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 7
    FLORIDA 7 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: J HERMIDA (.285, 0-FOR-3)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 9:02 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE JACOBS SCORED MIGUEL CABRERA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M JACOBS ON FIRST, J WILLINGHAM ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 7
    FLORIDA 6 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: C ROSS (.336, 1-FOR-2, HR, RBI)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 8:36 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    GRAND SLAM BY JUSTIN MAXWELL (1) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    4TH OFF CHRIS SEDDON SCORED WILY MO PENA, RONNIE BELLIARD AND BRIAN
    SCHNEIDER.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 7, FLORIDA 5
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: N LOGAN (.268, 0-FOR-2)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 8:15 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY WILY MO PENA SCORED AUSTIN KEARNS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, W PENA ON FIRST, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 3
    FLORIDA 5 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R BELLIARD (.282, 0-FOR-0, SF, RBI)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 8:10 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CODY ROSS (11) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
    3RD OFF MIKE BACSIK.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 2, FLORIDA 5
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: P HOOVER (1.000, 1-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 7:56 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MIKE JACOBS (16) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF MIKE BACSIK SCORED JOSH WILLINGHAM.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 2, FLORIDA 4
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: C ROSS (.331, 0-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 7:54 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    FIELDER'S CHOICE BY DAN UGGLA SCORED PAUL HOOVER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D UGGLA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 2
    FLORIDA 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: J HERMIDA (.287, 0-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 7:39 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY RONNIE BELLIARD SCORED WILY MO PENA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 2
    FLORIDA 1 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: B SCHNEIDER (.230, 6 HR, 46 RBI)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 7:30 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY WILY MO PENA SCORED AUSTIN KEARNS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, W PENA ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    FLORIDA 1 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R BELLIARD (.282, 9 HR, 44 RBI)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 7:27 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY HANLEY RAMIREZ (27) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 1ST OFF MIKE BACSIK.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 0, FLORIDA 1
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: D UGGLA (.243, 29 HR, 80 RBI)

    Nationals vs. MarlinsSep 11 7:12 PM

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