Dan Uggla drove in five runs, Andrew Miller allowed two hits in seven innings and the Florida Marlins routed the Washington Nationals 11-0 on Saturday night for their sixth straight win. The Marlins’ winning streak is their longest since they won nine in a row from Aug. 20-29, 2005. Florida (22-14) is eight games over .500 for the first time since Sept.
Posted: May 10th, 2008.
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What a play! Willingham prevents homer, drives in run, helps Marlins beat Nats 4-3 for sweep (AP)
Florida's Josh Willingham went back, back, back and leaped, reaching his glove over the top of the 8-foot fence in left field, hoping to somehow make a catch and prevent Washington's Nick Johnson from delivering a tying homer in the bottom of the nin...
Jacobs hits 2 more homers to lead surging, 1st-place Marlins past slumping Nats 10-4 (AP)
Mike Jacobs is not about to play down the importance of the Florida Marlins' current status as NL East leaders. Sure, it's awfully early in the season, as anyone in baseball will quickly point out, including the Washington Nationals, losers of six ga...
Uggla hits two home runs to lead Marlins over Nationals (AP)
Dan Uggla's second home run on Sunday was a go-ahead drive in the eighth inning that lifted the Florida Marlins to their seventh straight win, 5-4 over the Washington Nationals. Uggala drove in two runs and has seven RBIs and three homers in two game...
Marlins beat Nationals 6-5 in 9th on West Helms’ single (AP)
Wes Helms is beginning to feel at home again in Florida. Helms singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth and the Florida Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 6-5 on Saturday night. Helms' one-out grounder up the middle off reliever Saul ...
1st-place Marlins beat struggling Nationals 10-7 at half-full Nationals Park (AP)
How about those first-place Florida Marlins? Hanley Ramirez, Dan Uggla and Robert Andino homered, four relievers combined for 5 2-3 innings of one-run ball, and Florida beat the Washington Nationals 8-7 Monday night to stay atop the NL East. The Nati...