The Marlins got a ton of offense in their series win over the Nationals this weekend. In total, they scored 26 runs in the three game series and the only disappointing thing was, the Marlins didn’t walk away with the sweep.
Friday’s game was tough. The Marlins came back from a 5-0 deficit to tie it only to lose in the fourteenth inning 6-5. Scott Olsen had a rough start and he gave up five runs on ten hits and three walks with three strikeouts in five innings. Then six relievers combined to throw eight shutout innings before Lee Gardner gave up the game winner in the top of the fourteenth. Aaron Boone homered and he finished three for seven with two RBIs. Joe Borchard and Cody Ross also went yard in the loss.
Fortunately the next two games weren’t even close and both were wins. Yesterday, Dan Uggla had the first of two big games in the series with two hits and three runs. Hanley Ramirez homered and drove in two runs while Jason Wood went yard with a solo shot in the 9-3 win. Anibal Sanchez improved to 2-0 and he gave up three runs (two earned) on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts in five innings.
This afternoon, Dan Uggla really got it going. He homered twice and he finished with three hits, three runs and six RBIs. Hanley Ramirez scored three times in the 12-6 win. Wes Obermueller won his first start of the season and he gave up two runs on four hits and four walks with five strikeouts in six innings.
Next up for the Marlins is a three game series against the first place Braves. Dontrelle Willis will try to extend the Marlins winning streak to three tomorrow in the series opener.
