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Apr 8, 2009 4:21 pm US/Eastern

Marlins Sweep Nationals, Win 6-4

MIAMI (CBS4.com) ― The Florida Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 6-4 on Wednesday, completing an opening three game sweep.

Dan Uggla hit a tiebreaking three-run double and John Baker added a pair of run-scoring singles for the Marlins.

Chris Volstad (1-0) struck out seven, allowing two runs -- one earned -- and two hits in five innings. Emilio Bonifacio went 2-for-4, lowering his average to .571, with two runs and his fourth steal of the year for the Marlins.

Elijah Dukes had two hits for the Nationals, who gave up 26 runs in the series.

Uggla's fifth-inning line drive off Daniel Cabrera (0-1) put Florida in control. Ross Gload led off with a single and scored on Baker's second RBI hit of the day. Three batters later, Uggla delivered to right-center, driving in Baker, Hanley Ramirez and Jorge Cantu for a 5-2 Florida lead.

Washington had a chance in the sixth against Florida's bullpen, loading the bases with one out off Andrew Miller. From there, Kiko Calero came on and retired a pair of pinch hitters, first Ronnie Belliard by strikeout and then Josh Bard with a lazy fly.

Florida made it 6-2 in the seventh, when Ramirez's second hit of the day brought home Bonifacio. Washington got the run back in the eighth, when Alberto Gonzalez hit a two-out single allowing Dunn to score.

Matt Lindstrom issued a bases-loaded, one-out walk to Adam Dunn in what became a 32-pitch ninth, before hanging on to convert his first save chance of the season. He struck out Josh Willingham for the second out, then got Austin Kearns to line out -- on a nifty sprawling grab by left fielder Matt Carroll -- to end it.

The Marlins improved to 3-0 for only the second time in franchise history. The other was in 1997, when Florida won the first of two World Series titles.

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