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Sep 5, 2009 9:19 am US/Eastern

Marlins Knock Off Nationals 9-6

WASHINGTON (CBS4) ― It was a slugfest that the Florida Marlins finally have tip their way behind the power of John Baker. He drove in four RBI's and helped the Marlins beat the Washington National; and continue to not let the Marlins go quietly into the good night of another season without a playoff berth.

The Nationals didn't cash in on the opportunities they had to score once Badenhop entered in the game. Josh Bard stranded eight of the 11 runners the Nationals left on base, leaving the sacks full in the fourth against Badenhop and in the seventh versus Kiko Calero.

Leo Nunez pitched the ninth for his 18th save in 23 tries. Josh Willingham homered for the Nationals, who equaled their season's longest losing streak.

Florida took a quick 3-0 lead in the first against Garrett Mock, starting in place of Craig Stammen, who was scratched with a sore right elbow. After the game, general manager Mike Rizzo said Stammen would undergo season-ending surgery Sunday to remove a bone spur from his right elbow.

Chris Coghlan extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a leadoff single and moved to second on a groundout before scoring on Ramirez's single to left. Cantu followed with his 14th homer, a shot to left off an 0-2 pitch.

In the second, Cameron Maybin tripled off the wall in right-center and scored when Nick Johnson blooped a two-out, opposite-field single to left.

Washington got within 4-2 in the second on Gonzalez's two-run triple.

Baker's two-run homer made it 6-2 in the third. Cantu drew a leadoff walk before Baker lined a pitch into the first row of the left-field stands for his career-high ninth homer and third this season against Washington.

Ryan Zimmerman tripled with two out in the bottom of the inning, then scored on Dunn's bad-hop single past first. Willingham hit Sean West's next pitch over the wall in left for a two-run homer, making it 6-5.

Both starting pitchers departed after three innings. West gave up five runs on seven hits and struck out four. Mock (3-7) allowed six runs on seven hits.

"I wasn't throwing the ball," Mock said. "It's grenade launching."

Baker singled home Ramirez, who had led off the fifth with a double, for a two-run lead. Ramirez's sacrifice fly and Baker's RBI single made it 9-5 in the sixth. Zimmerman drove in a run with an infield single in the eighth.

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