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MLB: Florida 9, Washington 6

Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:33 by preet_20

Washington, Sept. 4: John Baker had two RBI singles and a two-run homer Friday in Florida's 9-6 victory over Washington.

orge Cantu also had a two-run shot for the Marlins, who won their third straight in the opener of a 10-game road trip.

Florida jumped a game in front of Atlanta for second place in the National League East and is 7 1/2 games behind division-leading Philadelphia.

Reliever Burke Badenhop (6-4) got the victory with three scoreless innings after starter Sean West gave up five runs in three innings. Leo Nunez worked the ninth for his 18th save.

MLB: Florida 6, San Diego 4

Mon, 08/31/2009 - 03:08 by surajdogra

Miami -- John Baker's two hits and two RBI Sunday led the Florida Marlins to a 6-4 win over the San Diego Padres. One hit, a two-run single, matched a two-run single by Cody Ross in the big inning.

A run scored on Tony Gwynn's fourth-inning throwing error and Chris Coghlan added one RBI for the Marlins, who averted a three-game sweep.

Winner Sean West (6-5) gave up three runs and seven hits in six innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.

Leo Nunez earned his 17th save.

Gwynn and Kevin Kouzmanoff had one RBI apiece for San Diego.

Two runs scored on errors.

Oscar Salazar had three of the 10 hits, and Will Venable added two hits for the
Padres, who have split their last four games.

MLB: San Diego 9, Florida 5

Sat, 08/29/2009 - 10:10 by preet_20

Miami, Aug. 28: Kyle Blanks and three other San Diego players had two RBI each Friday in the Padres' 9-5 win over the Florida Marlins.

Blanks's two-run homer, his only hit, came during a six-run second.

David Eckstein had three hits and two RBI.

Everth Cabrera and Will Venable had two hits and two RBI apiece.

Chase Headley had three hits and one RBI for the Padres, who have won three of four.

The winner was starter Kevin Correia (9-10).

Florida's Wes Helms had two hits and two RBI.

Chris Coghlan had three hits and one RBI.

Cody Ross had two hits and one RBI.

John Baker drove in a run, and Hanley Ramirez had two hits for the Marlins, who have lost seven of 11.

MLB: Florida 9, Houston 8

Wed, 08/12/2009 - 10:17 by preet_20

Miami, Aug. 11: Dan Uggla hit a bases-loaded two-out single in the bottom of the 11th Tuesday to give the Florida Marlins a 9-8 win over the Houston Astros.

Wesley Wright (2-2) started the 11th for Houston and walked the bases full.

Alberto Arias came on to face Uggla who drove in Chris Coghlan to end the game.

Brian Sanches (3-1) worked the top of the 11th to earn the win.

Uggla and Hanley Ramirez each had three hits and two RBI and John Baker drove in three runs with a pair of hits.

The Astros trailed by a run entering the ninth, but Leo Nunez gave up a one-out double to Miguel Tejada, who moved to third on a Carlos Lee base hit and scored on Geoff Blum's single.

MLB: Florida 8, Houston 6

Tue, 08/11/2009 - 11:09 by preet_20

Miami, Aug. 10: John Baker hit a two-run double Monday to spark the Florida Marlins in an 8-6 victory over the Houston Astros.

Hanley Ramirez added two hits and an RBI and Chris Coghlan scored two runs and drove in another for the Marlins.

Rick VandenHurk (2-1), coming off his first loss of the season, surrendered five hits and two runs while walking three five innings to get the victory.

The Astros have won just four of their last 12 games. Darin Erstad drove in three runs with a two-run homer and an RBI double and Carlos Lee had a two-run double in the ninth for Houston.

Loser Brian Moehler (7-8) allowed four runs and five hits over five innings for Houston.

MLB: Florida 5, Chicago Cubs 2

Sat, 08/01/2009 - 10:56 by preet_20

Miami, July 31: John Baker singled in the go-ahead run as part of a three-run eighth inning Friday, lifting the Florida Marlins to a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.

The Cubs, who began the evening with a half-game lead over St. Louis in the National League Central, had won their previous two games.

Chicago rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the seventh when Jake Fox hit a two-run homer but the Marlins came back in the eighth to break open the contest.

Carlos Marmol (2-2), the fourth Chicago pitcher, walked Jorge Cantu and Dan Uggla to start the eighth. Cantu was out at third on a fielder's choice grounder by Jeremy Hermida and Cody Ross flew out to left, giving the Cubs a good chance to escape the trouble.

MLB: Florida 3, San Diego 2

Wed, 07/22/2009 - 12:53 by surajdogra

San Diego, July 22: Chris Volstad held San Diego to one run and four hits over seven innings Tuesday to send the Florida Marlins past the San Diego Padres 3-2.

Volstad (7-9) struck out two and walked four while the Padres, who have lost five of six games since the All-Star break, mustered only single runs in the first and ninth innings.

Leo Nunez picked up his sixth save despite serving up a solo home run to Kyle Blanks leading off the ninth.

Hanley Ramirez had three hits for the Marlins, and John Baker had two.

Chad Gaudin (4-9) took the loss on three runs and nine hits in six innings.

San Diego scored a run in the bottom of the first on an RBI single by Adrian Gonzalez.

MLB: Florida 5, Pittsburgh 0

Mon, 07/06/2009 - 01:55 by surajdogra

Miami -- Florida's Ricky Nolasco claimed his fourth straight win Sunday, yielding three hits and striking out 12 batters in a 5-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Nolasco (6-6) pitched eight innings and Leo Nunez tossed a scoreless ninth for the Marlins, who completed a homestand with five wins in six games.

Jeremy Hermida, John Baker, Dan Uggla and Chris Coghlan each drove in a run for Florida.

Andrew McCutchen had two hits and Garrett Jones added another for the Pirates.

Ross Ohlendorf (7-7), the loser, gave up five runs and nine hits in five innings.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: Florida 5, LA Dodgers 3

Sun, 05/17/2009 - 12:53 by Salinder Kumar

Miami -- John Baker's two-run fifth-inning homer Saturday helped the Florida Marlins down the LA Dodgers 5-3.

His fifth homer this season snapped a 2-2 tie with two outs in the bottom of the fifth.

Three others drove in one run, while Jeremy Hermida had two of the eight hits for the Marlins, who snapped their five-game losing streak.

Winner Andrew Miller (1-1) yielded two earned runs and four hits in five innings with four walks and four strikeouts.

Closer Matt Lindstrom, the last of five Florida pitchers, recorded his seventh save with a 1-2-3 ninth.

LA's Orlando Hudson knocked in two runs with sacrifice flies in the first and seventh innings.