NL: FLORIDA at LA DODGERS <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - FLORIDA 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 7 12 0 LA DODGERS 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 2 (FINAL) BATTERIES: FLA - SERGIO MITRE, ARMANDO BENITEZ (8TH), JUSTIN MILLER (9TH) AND MIGUEL OLIVO LOS - DEREK LOWE, JOE BEIMEL (7TH), D.J. HOULTON (9TH) AND RUSSELL MARTIN WP - SERGIO MITRE (3-4) LP - DEREK LOWE (8-8) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: FLA - MIGUEL CABRERA (18) OFF DEREK LOWE IN THE 4TH, 0 ON JOSH WILLINGHAM (11) OFF DEREK LOWE IN THE 4TH, 1 ON TODD LINDEN (1) OFF D.J. HOULTON IN THE 9TH, 0 ON LOS - NONE TIME: 3:00 ATT: 46,177 PROBABLES: FLA - SCOTT OLSEN (6-6, 5.01) LOS - MARK HENDRICKSON (2-4, 4.05)</div>
NL: FLORIDA at LA DODGERS <div class="pre">FLORIDA (7) VS LA DODGERS (2) - FINAL FLORIDA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg H Ramirez ss 4 2 4 0 1 0 0 .330 D Uggla 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .249 M Cabrera 3b 3 2 2 2 1 0 2 .324 M Jacobs 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 .263 J Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J Willingham lf 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 .262 J Hermida rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .227 M Olivo c 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .247 A Amezaga cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .267 S Mitre p 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 .100 A Benitez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-T Linden ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .227 J Wood 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Totals 34 7 12 6 4 7 12 a-homered to right center for A Benitez in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - H Ramirez 2 (23, D Lowe 2). HR - M Cabrera (18, 4th inning off D Lowe 0 on, 1 Out), J Willingham (11, 4th inning off D Lowe 1 on, 1 Out), T Linden (1, 9th inning off D Houlton 0 on, 0 Out). S - D Uggla. SF - M Cabrera. RBI - M Cabrera 2 (61), J Willingham 2 (54), D Uggla (51), T Linden (5). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - S Mitre 1, J Hermida 2. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: SB - H Ramirez 2 (27, 2nd base off D Lowe/R Martin, 2nd base off D Houlton/R Martin). CS - H Ramirez (8, 2nd base by D Lowe/R Martin). Picked Off - J Willingham (1st base, J Beimel). FIELDING: Outfield assists - A Amezaga (L Gonzalez at Home). LA DODGERS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Furcal ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .271 J Pierre cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 .280 R Martin c 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 .302 J Kent 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 .279 L Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .292 N Garciaparra 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .273 J Loney 1b 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 .397 A Ethier rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 .278 J Beimel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-W Betemit ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .206 D Houlton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D Lowe p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .176 M Kemp rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .349 Totals 38 2 12 2 2 3 13 a-struck out swinging for J Beimel in the 8th. BATTING: RBI - J Loney (16), J Kent (41). 2-out RBI - J Kent. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - L Gonzalez 1, J Kent 1, R Furcal 1, A Ethier 2. Team LOB - 11. BASERUNNING: SB - J Pierre (34, 2nd base off S Mitre/M Olivo). FIELDING: E - J Loney (4, catch); D Houlton (1, throw). Outfield assists - A Ethier (D Uggla at Home). ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA - 000 300 202 -- 7 LA DODGERS - 000 100 100 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- FLORIDA ip h r er bb so hr era S Mitre (W, 3-4) 7 11 2 2 1 2 0 2.85 A Benitez (H, 7) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4.68 J Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.42 LA DODGERS ip h r er bb so hr era D Lowe (L, 8-8) 6 1/3 10 5 4 3 6 2 3.12 J Beimel 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.96 D Houlton 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 2.70 Pitches-strikes: S Mitre 96-67; A Benitez 25-13; J Miller 12-8; D Lowe 114-72; J Beimel 20-12; D Houlton 25-15. Ground balls-fly balls: S Mitre 11-7; A Benitez 1-1; J Miller 2-1; D Lowe 8-3; J Beimel 2-1; D Houlton 0-3. Batters faced: S Mitre 32; A Benitez 5; J Miller 3; D Lowe 30; J Beimel 5; D Houlton 5. UMPIRES: HP--Alfonso Marquez. 1B--Kerwin Danley. 2B--Tim Timmons. 3B--Chuck Meriwether. T--3:00. Att--46,177. Weather: 73 degrees, clear. Wind: 7 mph, out to right.</div>
NL: FLORIDA at LA DODGERS <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FLORIDA (7) AT LA DODGERS (2) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FLORIDA 4TH: D Uggla grounded out to shortstop. M Cabrera homered to right. M Jacobs singled to right. J Willingham homered to left, M Jacobs scored. J Hermida singled to center. M Olivo struck out swinging. A Amezaga walked, J Hermida to second. S Mitre struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, LA DODGERS 0. LA DODGERS 4TH: R Martin grounded out to pitcher. J Kent singled to left. L Gonzalez singled to left center, J Kent to second. N Garciaparra singled to center, J Kent to third, L Gonzalez to second. J Loney singled to center, J Kent scored, L Gonzalez thrown out at home, N Garciaparra to second. A Ethier lined out to pitcher. (1 Run, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, LA DODGERS 1. FLORIDA 7TH: H Ramirez doubled to deep left. D Uggla singled to center, H Ramirez scored. M Cabrera singled to deep right center, D Uggla thrown out at home. J Beimel relieved D Lowe. M Kemp in right field. M Jacobs singled to right, M Cabrera to second. M Cabrera scored, M Jacobs safe at second on error by first baseman J Loney. J Willingham grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Jacobs out at third. J Willingham picked off first.(2 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) FLORIDA 5, LA DODGERS 1. LA DODGERS 7TH: M Kemp grounded out to third. R Furcal popped out to shortstop. J Pierre singled to right. R Martin singled to left, J Pierre to second. J Kent singled to center, J Pierre scored, R Martin to second. L Gonzalez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Kent out at second. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 5, LA DODGERS 2. FLORIDA 9TH: D Houlton relieved J Beimel. T Linden hit for A Benitez. T Linden homered to right center. H Ramirez walked. H Ramirez stole second. D Uggla lined out to shortstop. H Ramirez safe at third on throwing error by pitcher D Houlton. M Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to right, H Ramirez scored. M Jacobs popped out to second. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) FLORIDA 7, LA DODGERS 2.</div>
NL: FLORIDA at LA DODGERS <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FLORIDA (7) AT LA DODGERS (2) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Florida Starting Lineups -- H Ramirez SS, D Uggla 2B, M Cabrera 3B, M Jacobs 1B, J Willingham LF, J Hermida RF, M Olivo C, A Amezaga CF, S Mitre RHP. La Dodgers Starting Lineups -- R Furcal SS, J Pierre CF, R Martin C, J Kent 2B, L Gonzalez LF, N Garciaparra 3B, J Loney 1B, A Ethier RF, D Lowe RHP. Umpires -- Alfonso Marquez (HP), Kerwin Danley (1B), Tim Timmons (2B), Chuck Meriwether (3B). Gametime Weather: 73 degrees, Clear, wind out to right at 7 mph. FLORIDA 1ST: H Ramirez singled to right. H Ramirez stole second. D Uggla sacrificed to third, H Ramirez to third. M Cabrera grounded into fielder's choice to third, H Ramirez out at home. M Jacobs grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, LA DODGERS 0. LA DODGERS 1ST: R Furcal grounded out to first. J Pierre grounded out to shortstop. R Martin grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, LA DODGERS 0. FLORIDA 2ND: J Willingham grounded out to shortstop. J Hermida struck out looking. M Olivo grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, LA DODGERS 0. LA DODGERS 2ND: J Kent flied out to right. L Gonzalez lined out to second. N Garciaparra reached on infield single to second. J Loney singled to center, N Garciaparra to second. A Ethier grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, LA DODGERS 0. FLORIDA 3RD: A Amezaga grounded out to pitcher. S Mitre struck out looking. H Ramirez singled to center. H Ramirez caught stealing second, catcher to second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, LA DODGERS 0. LA DODGERS 3RD: D Lowe struck out swinging. R Furcal flied out to right. J Pierre struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 0, LA DODGERS 0. FLORIDA 4TH: D Uggla grounded out to shortstop. M Cabrera homered to right. M Jacobs singled to right. J Willingham homered to left, M Jacobs scored. J Hermida singled to center. M Olivo struck out swinging. A Amezaga walked, J Hermida to second. S Mitre struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, LA DODGERS 0. LA DODGERS 4TH: R Martin grounded out to pitcher. J Kent singled to left. L Gonzalez singled to left center, J Kent to second. N Garciaparra singled to center, J Kent to third, L Gonzalez to second. J Loney singled to center, J Kent scored, L Gonzalez thrown out at home, N Garciaparra to second. A Ethier lined out to pitcher. (1 Run, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, LA DODGERS 1. FLORIDA 5TH: H Ramirez doubled to left. D Uggla flied out to right, H Ramirez to third. M Cabrera walked. M Jacobs popped out to shortstop. J Willingham walked, M Cabrera to second. J Hermida grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, LA DODGERS 1. LA DODGERS 5TH: D Lowe grounded out to pitcher. R Furcal grounded out to shortstop. J Pierre singled to center. J Pierre stole second. R Martin walked. J Kent grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, LA DODGERS 1. FLORIDA 6TH: M Olivo struck out swinging. A Amezaga flied out to left. S Mitre struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, LA DODGERS 1. LA DODGERS 6TH: L Gonzalez flied out to center. N Garciaparra flied out to center. J Loney singled to right. A Ethier grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 3, LA DODGERS 1. FLORIDA 7TH: H Ramirez doubled to deep left. D Uggla singled to center, H Ramirez scored. M Cabrera singled to deep right center, D Uggla thrown out at home. J Beimel relieved D Lowe. M Kemp in right field. M Jacobs singled to right, M Cabrera to second. M Cabrera scored, M Jacobs safe at second on error by first baseman J Loney. J Willingham grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Jacobs out at third. J Willingham picked off first.(2 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error) FLORIDA 5, LA DODGERS 1. LA DODGERS 7TH: M Kemp grounded out to third. R Furcal popped out to shortstop. J Pierre singled to right. R Martin singled to left, J Pierre to second. J Kent singled to center, J Pierre scored, R Martin to second. L Gonzalez grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Kent out at second. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 5, LA DODGERS 2. FLORIDA 8TH: J Hermida grounded out to first. M Olivo flied out to right. A Amezaga struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 5, LA DODGERS 2. LA DODGERS 8TH: A Benitez relieved S Mitre. N Garciaparra grounded out to shortstop. J Loney singled to right. W Betemit hit for J Beimel. W Betemit struck out swinging. M Kemp walked, J Loney to second. R Furcal popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 5, LA DODGERS 2. FLORIDA 9TH: D Houlton relieved J Beimel. T Linden hit for A Benitez. T Linden homered to right center. H Ramirez walked. H Ramirez stole second. D Uggla lined out to shortstop. H Ramirez safe at third on throwing error by pitcher D Houlton. M Cabrera hit sacrifice fly to right, H Ramirez scored. M Jacobs popped out to second. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) FLORIDA 7, LA DODGERS 2. LA DODGERS 9TH: J Miller relieved A Benitez. J Wood at first base. J Pierre grounded out to second. R Martin flied out to left. J Kent grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) FLORIDA 7, LA DODGERS 2.</div>
Cabrera, Willingham power Marlins past Dodgers <h3>FLORIDA 7, LA DODGERS 2</h3>LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Sergio Mitre pitched seven solidinnings and the Florida Marlins got all the runs they needed viathe home run in the fourth inning to beat the Los AngelesDodgers, 4-1, on Saturday. Mitre (3-4) gutted his way to his first win since May 20 for theMarlins, who have won three straight and four of five. Miguel Cabrera got Florida started with a solo homer off LosAngeles starter Derek Lowe in the fourth. It was Cabrera's 18thblast of the season but just his first in since June 24 - an11-game drought. Cabrera will be Florida's lone representative in San Franciscoon Tuesday for Major League Baseball's All-Star Game. The thirdbaseman will back up New York's David Wright. Josh Willingham's blast in the fourth provided the winningmargin. After Lowe allowed a one-out single by Mike Jacobs,Willingham belted the first pitch he saw over the wall in leftto push the advantage to 3-0. Mitre yielded single runs in the fourth and seventh but heldfirm despite allowing 12 runners to reach base in seven frames.The 26-year-old righthander scattered 11 hits - all singles -and issued one walk while striking out a pair. Lowe (8-8) tossed 6 1/3 frames, surrendering five runs - fourearned - and 10 hits while walking three and striking out six. Rookie James Loney went 4-for-4 and drove in a run for LosAngeles. The 23-year-old first baseman is now batting .397(29-for-73) this season. Loney's emergence has forced veteran Nomar Garciaparra to thirdbase, where he has started the last nine games. Florida added a pair of runs in the seventh inning, when DanUggla singled to center to plate Hanley Ramirez. But Uggla wasthrown out trying to score from first on Cabrera's single. Cabrera eventually came around to score on an error by Loney. Ramirez tied a career high with four hits. It was the sixthtime in his career he has accomplished the feat and fourth thisseason.
Cabrera, Willingham power Marlins past Dodgers <h3>FLORIDA 7, LA DODGERS 2</h3>LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Sergio Mitre pitched seven solidinnings and the Florida Marlins got all the runs they needed viathe home run in the fourth inning to beat the Los AngelesDodgers, 4-1, on Saturday. Mitre (3-4) gutted his way to his first win since May 20 for theMarlins, who have won three straight and four of five. Miguel Cabrera got Florida started with a solo homer off LosAngeles starter Derek Lowe in the fourth. It was Cabrera's 18thblast of the season but just his first in since June 24 - an11-game drought. "Finally good to give (Mitre) early run support," Cabrera said."It felt good to just help put runs on the board and pull out awin against a good team." Cabrera will be Florida's lone representative in San Franciscoon Tuesday for Major League Baseball's All-Star Game. The thirdbaseman will back up New York's David Wright. Josh Willingham's blast in the fourth provided the winningmargin. After Lowe allowed a one-out single by Mike Jacobs,Willingham belted the first pitch he saw over the wall in leftto push the advantage to 3-0. "I got a good pitch to handle and hit it hard," Willingham said."It's always good to put runs on the board and help ourpitchers go out there and relax." Mitre yielded single runs in the fourth and seventh but heldfirm despite allowing 12 runners to reach base in seven frames.The 26-year-old righthander scattered 11 hits - all singles -and issued one walk while striking out a pair. "It feels good to get a win today," Mitre said. "I battled outthere today and I wasn't on top of my game since I gave up 11hits. Just wanted to pound the strike zone and try not to walkanyone." Lowe (8-8) tossed 6 1/3 frames, surrendering five runs - fourearned - and 10 hits while walking three and striking out six. "It's just another loss for me," Lowe said. "I was fortunate toget through six innings tonight. I'm just happy to have acouple days off and get away from the game for four days." Rookie James Loney went 4-for-4 and drove in a run for LosAngeles. The 23-year-old first baseman is now batting .397(29-for-73) this season. "It's weird because Delmon Young texted me before the game andsaid to (go) 4-for-4 today," Loney said. "Doesn't matter howmany hits I get in a game because we didn't come out on toptonight, and that's the most important thing." Loney's emergence has forced veteran Nomar Garciaparra to thirdbase, where he has started the last nine games. "He's done so much for our club since joining us," Little said."James gave us another bat in our lineup, and I hope he can keepit up after the break." Florida added a pair of runs in the seventh inning, when DanUggla singled to center to plate Hanley Ramirez. But Uggla wasthrown out trying to score from first on Cabrera's single. "I feel like I got my bat going good right now," Ramirez said."We played a good game tonight, and I hope we can get anotherwin tomorrow." Cabrera eventually came around to score on an error by Loney. "I just misplayed the ball, but I thought we had him on thepickoff if I just made the play," Loney said. Ramirez tied a career high with four hits. It was the sixthtime in his career he has accomplished the feat and fourth thisseason. "Ramirez is an exciting player," Lowe said. "I got to watch himin Boston and I knew he was going to be good at this level."
