GAME THREAD: NL: WASHINGTON (65-79) at FLORIDA (61-83)

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: A Amezaga hit for J Miller.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 8
FLORIDA 11 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: A Amezaga (.265, 2 HR, 28 RBI)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL 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)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL 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)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
WASHINGTON 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 8 12 1
FLORIDA 1 1 3 1 2 0 3 2 13 21 0 (TOP 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: WAS - LUIS AYALA
FLA - JUSTIN MILLER (OUT)

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: F LOPEZ (.244, 1-FOR-4)
R ZIMMERMAN (.268, 2-FOR-4)
D YOUNG (.327, 1-FOR-3, BB, RBI)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">WASHINGTON (8) VS FLORIDA (13) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Logan cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 .268
F Lopez ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .244
R Zimmerman 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .268
D Young 1b 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 .327
A Kearns rf 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 .268
W Pena lf 4 2 2 2 0 2 3 .276
R Belliard 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 .282
B Schneider c 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .231
M Bacsik p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .107
W Abreu p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-J Maxwell ph 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 .333
M Bowie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091
S Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-R Langerhans ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .164
C Schroder p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Albaladejo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-R Church ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 33 8 12 8 2 8 11

a-homered to left for W Abreu in the 4th; b-struck out swinging for S Rivera
in the 6th; c-grounded to first for J Albaladejo in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - A Kearns 2 (33, C Seddon 2); R Belliard (28, C Seddon); D Young
(38, M Lindstrom). HR - J Maxwell (1, 4th inning off C Seddon 3 on, 0 Out). SF
- R Belliard. RBI - W Pena 2 (15), R Belliard (45), J Maxwell 4 (4), D Young
(73). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1, R Belliard 1. GIDP -
N Logan. Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - W Pena (1, 3rd base off C Seddon/P Hoover). CS - N Logan
(5, 2nd base by D Barone).

FIELDING: E - F Lopez (20, throw). PB - B Schneider.


FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 5 3 4 2 0 1 0 .332
D Uggla 2b 5 3 3 1 1 1 3 .246
J Hermida rf 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 .289
M Cabrera 3b 5 2 3 2 1 1 1 .316
J Willingham lf 6 2 3 1 0 1 5 .271
M Jacobs 1b 3 1 3 5 1 0 0 .275
J Wood 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260
C Ross cf 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 .336
a-B Carroll ph-cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 .182
P Hoover c 5 1 2 0 0 1 4 .400
C Seddon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Barone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
b-T Linden ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .226
L Kensing p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-A De Aza ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225
M Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-A Amezaga ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264

Totals 43 13 21 12 4 6 25

a-walked for C Ross in the 4th; b-grounded to pitcher for D Barone in the 4th;
c-flied out to center for L Kensing in the 6th; d-grounded to first for J
Miller in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - H Ramirez (43, S Rivera); M Jacobs (22, J Albaladejo). HR - H
Ramirez 2 (28, 1st inning off M Bacsik 0 on, 0 Out, 8th inning off L Ayala 0
on, 1 Out), M Jacobs (16, 3rd inning off M Bacsik 1 on, 1 Out), C Ross (11, 3rd
inning off M Bacsik 0 on, 1 Out). S - C Seddon 2. RBI - H Ramirez 2 (72), D
Uggla (81), M Jacobs 5 (49), C Ross (33), J Willingham (88), M Cabrera 2 (98).
2-out RBI - J Willingham. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Hoover 1,
J Wood 1, T Linden 2, C Ross 2, D Uggla 1, B Carroll 1. Team LOB - 14.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (H Ramirez-D Uggla-M Jacobs).


----------------------------------------------------
WASHINGTON - 020 500 10 -- 8
FLORIDA - 113 120 32 -- 13
----------------------------------------------------

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
M Bacsik 2 2/3 8 5 5 1 1 3 4.95
W Abreu 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.07
M Bowie 1/3 2 1 1 2 0 0 4.55
S Rivera 1 2/3 3 2 1 1 3 0 3.87
C Schroder 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 2.68
J Albaladejo 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.08
L Ayala 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 3.48

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Seddon 3 8 7 7 1 4 1 12.60
D Barone 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.22
L Kensing 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.80
M Lindstrom 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.47
J Miller 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.48

C Seddon pitched to 5 batters in the 4th.
C Schroder pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

HBP - M Jacobs (by M Bacsik); H Ramirez (by M Bacsik); A Kearns (by M
Lindstrom). Pitches-strikes: M Bacsik 62-33; W Abreu 8-5; M Bowie 24-11; S
Rivera 35-23; C Schroder 18-12; J Albaladejo 10-8; L Ayala 21-15; C Seddon
56-37; D Barone 14-7; L Kensing 28-16; M Lindstrom 25-18; J Miller 11-8. Ground
balls-fly balls: M Bacsik 5-2; W Abreu 0-0; M Bowie 0-1; S Rivera 1-1; C
Schroder 0-2; J Albaladejo 2-1; L Ayala 2-1; C Seddon 2-3; D Barone 2-0; L
Kensing 2-2; M Lindstrom 2-0; J Miller 1-1. Batters faced: M Bacsik 19; W Abreu
1; M Bowie 5; S Rivera 9; C Schroder 5; J Albaladejo 5; L Ayala 7; C Seddon 18;
D Barone 3; L Kensing 7; M Lindstrom 6; J Miller 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Marty Foster. 1B--Paul Schrieber. 2B--Fieldin Culbreth. 3B--Tim
Mcclelland.

Weather: 86 degrees, clear. Wind: 11 mph, in from right.</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - PITCHING CHANGE
FLA: KEVIN GREGG (0-5, 3.23) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 8, FLORIDA 13

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: F LOPEZ (.244, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: K Gregg relieved J Miller.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 8
FLORIDA 13 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: F Lopez (.244, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL AT FLORIDA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: A Amezaga at third base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 8
FLORIDA 13 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: F Lopez (.244, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL 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

FLA - CHRIS SEDDON, DANIEL BARONE (4TH), LOGAN KENSING
(5TH), MATT LINDSTROM (7TH), JUSTIN MILLER (8TH), KEVIN GREGG
(9TH) AND PAUL HOOVER

HOME RUNS: WAS - JUSTIN MAXWELL (1) OFF CHRIS SEDDON IN THE 4TH, 3 ON

FLA - HANLEY RAMIREZ (27) OFF MIKE BACSIK IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
MIKE JACOBS (16) OFF MIKE BACSIK IN THE 3RD, 1 ON
CODY ROSS (11) OFF MIKE BACSIK IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
HANLEY RAMIREZ (28) OFF LUIS AYALA IN THE 8TH, 0 ON</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">NL 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

FLA - CHRIS SEDDON, DANIEL BARONE (4TH), LOGAN KENSING
(5TH), MATT LINDSTROM (7TH), JUSTIN MILLER (8TH), KEVIN GREGG
(9TH) AND PAUL HOOVER


WP - MATT LINDSTROM (3-4)
LP - CHRIS SCHRODER (2-2)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: WAS - JUSTIN MAXWELL (1) OFF CHRIS SEDDON IN THE 4TH, 3 ON

FLA - HANLEY RAMIREZ (27) OFF MIKE BACSIK IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
MIKE JACOBS (16) OFF MIKE BACSIK IN THE 3RD, 1 ON
CODY ROSS (11) OFF MIKE BACSIK IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
HANLEY RAMIREZ (28) OFF LUIS AYALA IN THE 8TH, 0 ON


TIME: 3:19 ATT: 11,078

PROBABLES: WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN (4-3, 5.63)
FLA - BYUNG-HYUN KIM (9-6, 5.47)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">WASHINGTON (8) VS FLORIDA (13) - FINAL

WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Logan cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 .268
F Lopez ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 .244
R Zimmerman 3b 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 .269
D Young 1b 4 0 1 1 1 2 3 .327
A Kearns rf 3 2 2 0 1 0 1 .268
W Pena lf 5 2 2 2 0 2 5 .273
R Belliard 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 .282
B Schneider c 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .231
M Bacsik p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .107
W Abreu p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-J Maxwell ph 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 .333
M Bowie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091
S Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-R Langerhans ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .164
C Schroder p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Albaladejo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-R Church ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 37 8 13 8 3 10 14

a-homered to left for W Abreu in the 4th; b-struck out swinging for S Rivera
in the 6th; c-grounded to first for J Albaladejo in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - A Kearns 2 (33, C Seddon 2); R Belliard (28, C Seddon); D Young
(38, M Lindstrom). HR - J Maxwell (1, 4th inning off C Seddon 3 on, 0 Out). SF
- R Belliard. RBI - W Pena 2 (15), R Belliard (45), J Maxwell 4 (4), D Young
(73). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1, R Belliard 1, W Pena
1. GIDP - N Logan. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - W Pena (1, 3rd base off C Seddon/P Hoover). CS - N Logan
(5, 2nd base by D Barone).

FIELDING: E - F Lopez (20, throw). PB - B Schneider.


FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
H Ramirez ss 5 3 4 2 0 1 0 .332
D Uggla 2b 5 3 3 1 1 1 3 .246
J Hermida rf 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 .289
M Cabrera 3b 5 2 3 2 1 1 1 .316
K Gregg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Willingham lf 6 2 3 1 0 1 5 .271
M Jacobs 1b 3 1 3 5 1 0 0 .275
J Wood 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260
C Ross cf 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 .336
a-B Carroll ph-cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 .182
P Hoover c 5 1 2 0 0 1 4 .400
C Seddon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Barone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
b-T Linden ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .226
L Kensing p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-A De Aza ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225
M Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-A Amezaga ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264

Totals 43 13 21 12 4 6 25

a-walked for C Ross in the 4th; b-grounded to pitcher for D Barone in the 4th;
c-flied out to center for L Kensing in the 6th; d-grounded to first for J
Miller in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - H Ramirez (43, S Rivera); M Jacobs (22, J Albaladejo). HR - H
Ramirez 2 (28, 1st inning off M Bacsik 0 on, 0 Out, 8th inning off L Ayala 0
on, 1 Out), M Jacobs (16, 3rd inning off M Bacsik 1 on, 1 Out), C Ross (11, 3rd
inning off M Bacsik 0 on, 1 Out). S - C Seddon 2. RBI - H Ramirez 2 (72), D
Uggla (81), M Jacobs 5 (49), C Ross (33), J Willingham (88), M Cabrera 2 (98).
2-out RBI - J Willingham. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Hoover 1,
J Wood 1, T Linden 2, C Ross 2, D Uggla 1, B Carroll 1. Team LOB - 14.

FIELDING: DP: 1 (H Ramirez-D Uggla-M Jacobs).


----------------------------------------------------
WASHINGTON - 020 500 100 -- 8
FLORIDA - 113 120 32x -- 13
----------------------------------------------------

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
M Bacsik 2 2/3 8 5 5 1 1 3 4.95
W Abreu 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.07
M Bowie 1/3 2 1 1 2 0 0 4.55
S Rivera 1 2/3 3 2 1 1 3 0 3.87
C Schroder (L, 2-2) 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 2.68
J Albaladejo 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.08
L Ayala 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 3.48

FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era
C Seddon 3 8 7 7 1 4 1 12.60
D Barone 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.22
L Kensing 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.80
M Lindstrom (W, 3-4; B, 2) 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.47
J Miller (H, 13) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.48
K Gregg 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.18

C Seddon pitched to 5 batters in the 4th.
C Schroder pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

HBP - M Jacobs (by M Bacsik); H Ramirez (by M Bacsik); A Kearns (by M
Lindstrom). Pitches-strikes: M Bacsik 62-33; W Abreu 8-5; M Bowie 24-11; S
Rivera 35-23; C Schroder 18-12; J Albaladejo 10-8; L Ayala 21-15; C Seddon
56-37; D Barone 14-7; L Kensing 28-16; M Lindstrom 25-18; J Miller 11-8; K
Gregg 19-13. Ground balls-fly balls: M Bacsik 5-2; W Abreu 0-0; M Bowie 0-1; S
Rivera 1-1; C Schroder 0-2; J Albaladejo 2-1; L Ayala 2-1; C Seddon 2-3; D
Barone 2-0; L Kensing 2-2; M Lindstrom 2-0; J Miller 1-1; K Gregg 1-0. Batters
faced: M Bacsik 19; W Abreu 1; M Bowie 5; S Rivera 9; C Schroder 5; J
Albaladejo 5; L Ayala 7; C Seddon 18; D Barone 3; L Kensing 7; M Lindstrom 6; J
Miller 3; K Gregg 5.

UMPIRES: HP--Marty Foster. 1B--Paul Schrieber. 2B--Fieldin Culbreth. 3B--Tim
Mcclelland.

T--3:19. Att--11,078.
Weather: 86 degrees, clear. Wind: 11 mph, in from
right.</div>

 

Jacobs, Ramirez help Marlins outslug Nationals

<h3>FLORIDA 13, WASHINGTON 8</h3>MIAMI (Ticker) -- Mike Jacobs and Hanley Ramirez finallypowered the Florida Marlins past the Washington Nationals.

Jacobs went 3-for-3 with a homer and a season-high five RBI asthe Marlins posted a 13-8 victory over the Washington Nationalson Tuesday.


Ramirez was 4-for-4 with two homers and Cody Ross added a soloshot for Florida, which snapped a three-game losing skid.

The Marlins, who punched out a season-high 21 hits, also halteda four-game slide to the Nationals. The last time Florida had20-plus hits was exactly a year ago - September 11, 2006 vs. theNew York Mets.


Washington, which had 13 hits, saw its two-game winning streakend.


With the score tied at 8-8 in the bottom of the seventh, theMarlins had runners on first and second before an RBI single byMiguel Cabrera gave them a 9-8 lead. Jacobs followed with atwo-run double into the left-field gap to make it 11-8.

It was the fourth and fifth runs driven in by Jacobs, who plateda career-high six vs. the Atlanta Braves on May 15, 2006.

An inning later, Ramirez belted his second homer of the game and28th of the season before Cabrera added another run-scoringsingle to close out the scoring.


Ramirez leads the majors in home runs by a shortstop. The 2006National League Rookie of the Year also hit his eighth leadoffhomer of the season in the first.


The Nationals had trailed, 8-7, in the seventh before DmitriYoung hammered a double to the wall in center to score RyanZimmerman all the way from first.


Rookie reliever Matt Lindstrom (3-4), the fourth of sixthpitchers used by Florida, earned the victory by allowing one runand two hits in the seventh.


Nationals rookie Chris Schroder (2-2) suffered the loss bygiving up two runs and two hits in one inning. He was the fifthof seven Washington pitchers


After the leadoff homer by Ramirez, the Nationals responded inthe next frame with an RBI single by Wily Mo Pena followed by asacrifice fly by Ronnie Belliard to take a 2-1 advantage.

The Marlins tied the score, 2-2, in the bottom of the second onan RBI groundout by Dan Uggla before using the long ball to takethe lead.


With one out and a man on in the bottom of the third, Jacobsdrilled the first pitch he saw from Mike Bacsik into the bullpenin right field to give Florida a two-run advantage. Ross thenbelted a 2-2 pitch deep into the seats in left to increase theMarlins' lead to 5-2.


That was it for Bacsik, who allowed five runs, eight hits and awalk in 2 2/3 innings.


However, Washington roared back in the fourth.


In the top of the frame, after a run-scoring single by Pena, theNationals loaded the bases before rookie Justin Maxwell, pinchhitting for reliever Winston Abreu, smashed an 0-2 pitch fromfellow rookie Chris Seddon into the seats in left to giveWashington its second lead at 7-5.


Seddon, making his first major league start after two reliefappearances, surrendered seven runs, eight hits and a walk inthree-plus innings.


Jacobs added a run-scoring single in the bottom of the fourth tocut the deficit to 7-6. A passed ball by Nationals catcherBrian Schneider and an RBI base hit up the middle by JoshWillingham in the fifth gave the Marlins an 8-7 lead.

 

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
WASHINGTON 8
FLORIDA 13 FINAL</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WASHINGTON (8) AT FLORIDA (13) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FLORIDA 1ST: H Ramirez homered to left. D Uggla walked. J Hermida
grounded out to first, D Uggla to second. M Cabrera singled to center, D Uggla
to third. J Willingham struck out swinging. M Jacobs hit by pitch, M Cabrera
to second. C Ross popped out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 0, FLORIDA 1.

WASHINGTON 2ND: D Young grounded out to shortstop. A Kearns doubled to
deep left center. W Pena singled to right, A Kearns scored, W Pena to second
advancing on throw. W Pena stole third. R Belliard hit sacrifice fly to right,
W Pena scored. B Schneider flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 2, FLORIDA 1.

FLORIDA 2ND: P Hoover singled to left. C Seddon sacrificed to third,
P Hoover to second. H Ramirez singled to center, P Hoover to third. D Uggla
grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, P Hoover scored, H Ramirez out at
second. J Hermida flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 2,
FLORIDA 2.

FLORIDA 3RD: M Cabrera grounded out to third. J Willingham singled to
left. M Jacobs homered to right, J Willingham scored. C Ross homered to left.
P Hoover singled to right. C Seddon sacrificed to third, P Hoover to second.
H Ramirez hit by pitch. W Abreu relieved M Bacsik. D Uggla struck out
swinging. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 2, FLORIDA 5.

WASHINGTON 4TH: A Kearns doubled to left center. W Pena singled to center,
A Kearns scored. R Belliard hit a ground rule double to deep left, W Pena to
third. B Schneider walked. J Maxwell hit for W Abreu. J Maxwell homered to
left, W Pena, R Belliard and B Schneider scored. D Barone relieved C Seddon.
N Logan reached on infield single to pitcher. N Logan caught stealing second,
pitcher to first. F Lopez grounded out to shortstop. R Zimmerman grounded out
to third. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 7, FLORIDA 5.

FLORIDA 4TH: M Bowie relieved W Abreu. J Hermida flied out to left.
M Cabrera walked. J Willingham reached on infield single to shortstop, M Cabrera
to second. M Jacobs singled to right, M Cabrera scored, J Willingham to
second. B Carroll hit for C Ross. B Carroll walked, J Willingham to third,
M Jacobs to second. S Rivera relieved M Bowie. P Hoover struck out swinging.
T Linden hit for D Barone. T Linden grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) WASHINGTON 7, FLORIDA 6.

FLORIDA 5TH: H Ramirez doubled to left. D Uggla singled to center,
H Ramirez to third. H Ramirez scored, D Uggla to second on passed ball by
B Schneider. J Hermida flied out to center, D Uggla to third. M Cabrera struck
out swinging. J Willingham singled to center, D Uggla scored. M Jacobs
walked, J Willingham to second. B Carroll struck out swinging. (2 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 7, FLORIDA 8.

WASHINGTON 7TH: M Lindstrom relieved L Kensing. F Lopez grounded out to
pitcher. R Zimmerman singled to right. D Young doubled to deep center,
R Zimmerman scored. A Kearns hit by pitch. W Pena struck out swinging.
R Belliard grounded into fielder's choice to second, A Kearns out at second.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 8, FLORIDA 8.

FLORIDA 7TH: D Uggla singled to center. J Hermida singled to left, D Uggla
to third. J Albaladejo relieved C Schroder. M Cabrera singled to right center,
D Uggla scored, J Hermida to second. J Willingham grounded into fielder's
choice to third, J Hermida out at third, M Cabrera to second. M Jacobs doubled
to center, M Cabrera and J Willingham scored, M Jacobs to third on throwing
error by shortstop F Lopez. B Carroll flied out to right. P Hoover grounded
out to third. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) WASHINGTON 8, FLORIDA 11.

FLORIDA 8TH: L Ayala relieved J Albaladejo. A Amezaga hit for J Miller.
A Amezaga grounded out to first. H Ramirez homered to left. D Uggla singled to
left. J Hermida singled to right, D Uggla to third. M Cabrera reached on
infield single to shortstop, D Uggla scored, J Hermida to second. J Willingham
flied out to right, J Hermida to third. J Wood grounded into fielder's choice
to shortstop, M Cabrera out at second. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 8,
FLORIDA 13.</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at FLORIDA

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WASHINGTON (8) AT FLORIDA (13) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Washington Starting Lineups -- N Logan CF, F Lopez SS, R Zimmerman 3B, D Young 1B,
A Kearns RF, W Pena LF, R Belliard 2B, B Schneider C, M Bacsik LHP.

Florida Starting Lineups -- H Ramirez SS, D Uggla 2B, J Hermida RF, M Cabrera 3B,
J Willingham LF, M Jacobs 1B, C Ross CF, P Hoover C, C Seddon LHP.

Umpires -- Marty Foster (HP), Paul Schrieber (1B), Fieldin Culbreth (2B),
Tim Mcclelland (3B).

Gametime Weather: 86 degrees, Clear, wind in from right at 11 mph.


WASHINGTON 1ST: N Logan bunt grounded out to third. F Lopez struck out
swinging. R Zimmerman flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 0, FLORIDA 0.

FLORIDA 1ST: H Ramirez homered to left. D Uggla walked. J Hermida
grounded out to first, D Uggla to second. M Cabrera singled to center, D Uggla
to third. J Willingham struck out swinging. M Jacobs hit by pitch, M Cabrera
to second. C Ross popped out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 0, FLORIDA 1.

WASHINGTON 2ND: D Young grounded out to shortstop. A Kearns doubled to
deep left center. W Pena singled to right, A Kearns scored, W Pena to second
advancing on throw. W Pena stole third. R Belliard hit sacrifice fly to right,
W Pena scored. B Schneider flied out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 2, FLORIDA 1.

FLORIDA 2ND: P Hoover singled to left. C Seddon sacrificed to third,
P Hoover to second. H Ramirez singled to center, P Hoover to third. D Uggla
grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, P Hoover scored, H Ramirez out at
second. J Hermida flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 2,
FLORIDA 2.

WASHINGTON 3RD: M Bacsik struck out looking. N Logan struck out swinging.
F Lopez singled to right. R Zimmerman singled to left, F Lopez to second.
D Young struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 2, FLORIDA 2.

FLORIDA 3RD: M Cabrera grounded out to third. J Willingham singled to
left. M Jacobs homered to right, J Willingham scored. C Ross homered to left.
P Hoover singled to right. C Seddon sacrificed to third, P Hoover to second.
H Ramirez hit by pitch. W Abreu relieved M Bacsik. D Uggla struck out
swinging. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 2, FLORIDA 5.

WASHINGTON 4TH: A Kearns doubled to left center. W Pena singled to center,
A Kearns scored. R Belliard hit a ground rule double to deep left, W Pena to
third. B Schneider walked. J Maxwell hit for W Abreu. J Maxwell homered to
left, W Pena, R Belliard and B Schneider scored. D Barone relieved C Seddon.
N Logan reached on infield single to pitcher. N Logan caught stealing second,
pitcher to first. F Lopez grounded out to shortstop. R Zimmerman grounded out
to third. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 7, FLORIDA 5.

FLORIDA 4TH: M Bowie relieved W Abreu. J Hermida flied out to left.
M Cabrera walked. J Willingham reached on infield single to shortstop, M Cabrera
to second. M Jacobs singled to right, M Cabrera scored, J Willingham to
second. B Carroll hit for C Ross. B Carroll walked, J Willingham to third,
M Jacobs to second. S Rivera relieved M Bowie. P Hoover struck out swinging.
T Linden hit for D Barone. T Linden grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) WASHINGTON 7, FLORIDA 6.

WASHINGTON 5TH: B Carroll in center field. L Kensing relieved D Barone.
D Young walked. A Kearns flied out to center. W Pena struck out swinging.
R Belliard popped out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 7, FLORIDA 6.

FLORIDA 5TH: H Ramirez doubled to left. D Uggla singled to center,
H Ramirez to third. H Ramirez scored, D Uggla to second on passed ball by
B Schneider. J Hermida flied out to center, D Uggla to third. M Cabrera struck
out swinging. J Willingham singled to center, D Uggla scored. M Jacobs
walked, J Willingham to second. B Carroll struck out swinging. (2 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 7, FLORIDA 8.

WASHINGTON 6TH: B Schneider singled to center. R Langerhans hit for
S Rivera. R Langerhans struck out swinging. N Logan grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, B Schneider out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) WASHINGTON 7, FLORIDA 8.

FLORIDA 6TH: C Schroder relieved S Rivera. P Hoover popped out to second.
A De Aza hit for L Kensing. A De Aza flied out to center. H Ramirez struck out
swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 7, FLORIDA 8.

WASHINGTON 7TH: M Lindstrom relieved L Kensing. F Lopez grounded out to
pitcher. R Zimmerman singled to right. D Young doubled to deep center,
R Zimmerman scored. A Kearns hit by pitch. W Pena struck out swinging.
R Belliard grounded into fielder's choice to second, A Kearns out at second.
(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 8, FLORIDA 8.

FLORIDA 7TH: D Uggla singled to center. J Hermida singled to left, D Uggla
to third. J Albaladejo relieved C Schroder. M Cabrera singled to right center,
D Uggla scored, J Hermida to second. J Willingham grounded into fielder's
choice to third, J Hermida out at third, M Cabrera to second. M Jacobs doubled
to center, M Cabrera and J Willingham scored, M Jacobs to third on throwing
error by shortstop F Lopez. B Carroll flied out to right. P Hoover grounded
out to third. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) WASHINGTON 8, FLORIDA 11.

WASHINGTON 8TH: J Miller relieved M Lindstrom. J Wood at first base.
B Schneider flied out to center. R Church hit for J Albaladejo. R Church
grounded out to first. N Logan struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 8, FLORIDA 11.

FLORIDA 8TH: L Ayala relieved J Albaladejo. A Amezaga hit for J Miller.
A Amezaga grounded out to first. H Ramirez homered to left. D Uggla singled to
left. J Hermida singled to right, D Uggla to third. M Cabrera reached on
infield single to shortstop, D Uggla scored, J Hermida to second. J Willingham
flied out to right, J Hermida to third. J Wood grounded into fielder's choice
to shortstop, M Cabrera out at second. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 8,
FLORIDA 13.

WASHINGTON 9TH: K Gregg relieved J Miller. A Amezaga at third base. F Lopez
struck out looking. R Zimmerman singled to center. D Young struck out
swinging. A Kearns walked, R Zimmerman to second. W Pena grounded into
fielder's choice to shortstop, A Kearns out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) WASHINGTON 8, FLORIDA 13.</div>

 

Jacobs, Ramirez help Marlins outslug Nationals

<h3>FLORIDA 13, WASHINGTON 8</h3>MIAMI (Ticker) -- Mike Jacobs and Hanley Ramirez finallypowered the Florida Marlins past the Washington Nationals.

Jacobs went 3-for-3 with a homer and a season-high five RBI asthe Marlins posted a 13-8 victory over the Nationals on Tuesday.

Ramirez was 4-for-4 with two homers and Cody Ross added a soloshot for Florida, which snapped a three-game losing skid.

"I don't care if we're playing the "56 Yankees," Marlins managerFredi Gonzalez said. "As long as we win a ball game, it feelsgood."


The Marlins, who punched out a season-high 21 hits, also halteda four-game slide to the Nationals.


"It's always fun to score that many runs," Jacobs said. "Wejoke how we can play some American League style games and slugit out with people."


The last time Florida had 20-plus hits was exactly a year ago -September 11, 2006 vs. the New York Mets.


"We've swung the bats the whole year," Gonzalez added. "Thathasn't been the problem."


Washington, which had 13 hits, saw its two-game winning streakend.


With the score tied at 8-8 in the bottom of the seventh, theMarlins had runners on first and second before an RBI single byMiguel Cabrera gave them a 9-8 lead. Jacobs followed with atwo-run double into the left-center field gap to make it 11-8.

"I've been really trying lately to use the whole field," Jacobssaid. "When I'm going good is when I get hits everywhere."

It was the fourth and fifth runs driven in by Jacobs, who plateda career-high six vs. the Atlanta Braves on May 15, 2006.

An inning later, Ramirez belted his second homer of the game and28th of the season before Cabrera added another run-scoringsingle to close out the scoring.


"The (Marlins) have a tremendous lineup and if you don't throwquality pitches you can get into games like we got intotonight," Nationals manager Manny Acta said. "We could tellfrom the beginning it was going to be a long game. We wereprepared for it. God, I'm just glad it's over and nobody gothurt."


Ramirez leads the majors in home runs by a shortstop. The 2006National League Rookie of the Year also hit his eighth leadoffhomer of the season in the first.


The Nationals had trailed, 8-7, in the seventh before DmitriYoung hammered a double to the wall in center to score RyanZimmerman all the way from first.


"I just wanted to have good at-bats and get on base," Ramirezsaid.


Rookie reliever Matt Lindstrom (3-4), the fourth of sixthpitchers used by Florida, earned the victory by allowing one runand two hits in the seventh.


Nationals rookie Chris Schroder (2-2) suffered the loss bygiving up two runs and two hits in one inning. He was the fifthof seven Washington pitchers


After the leadoff homer by Ramirez, the Nationals responded inthe next frame with an RBI single by Wily Mo Pena followed by asacrifice fly by Ronnie Belliard to take a 2-1 advantage.

The Marlins tied the score, 2-2, in the bottom of the second onan RBI groundout by Dan Uggla before using the long ball to takethe lead.


With one out and a man on in the bottom of the third, Jacobsdrilled the first pitch he saw from Mike Bacsik into the bullpenin right field to give Florida a two-run advantage. Ross thenbelted a 2-2 pitch deep into the seats in left to increase theMarlins' lead to 5-2.


That was it for Bacsik, who allowed five runs, eight hits and awalk in 2 2/3 innings.


"You hope you can make adjustments, but tonight I never did,"Bacsik said. "I threw the ball either right down the middle ora foot outside."


However, Washington roared back in the fourth.


In the top of the frame, after a run-scoring single by Pena, theNationals loaded the bases before rookie Justin Maxwell, pinchhitting for reliever Winston Abreu, smashed an 0-2 pitch fromfellow rookie Chris Seddon into the seats in left to giveWashington its second lead at 7-5.


"I was glad I could help the team today," Maxwell said. "Comingoff the bench, you just want to help your team any way you can.You're probably only going to get one opportunity. So to haveus take the lead at the time was pretty cool."


Seddon, making his first major league start after two reliefappearances, surrendered seven runs, eight hits and a walk inthree-plus innings.


"I was OK, the two relief outings helped," Seddon said. "I wasjust a little too anxious, getting outside of myself."

Jacobs added a run-scoring single in the bottom of the fourth tocut the deficit to 7-6. A passed ball by Nationals catcherBrian Schneider and an RBI base hit up the middle by JoshWillingham in the fifth gave the Marlins an 8-7 lead.