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WASHINGTON (AP) -
Dan Uggla
's second home run on Sunday was a go-ahead drive in the eighth inning that lifted the
Florida Marlins
to their seventh straight win, 5-4 over the
Washington Nationals
.
Uggla drove in two runs and has seven RBIs and three homers in two games; he hit a grand slam Saturday and has 11 homers this
season.
The Marlins have won all six of their games at Nationals Park, which opened this season, and their seven-game win streak overall
is their best run since winning nine straight in August 2006.
Washington's
Aaron Boone
had a homer, triple and single with two RBIs in the loss.
Logan Kensing
(2-0) pitched a scoreless seventh inning for the win, and
Kevin Gregg
pitched the ninth for his seventh save in eight chances.
Luis Ayala
(1-3) gave up three runs on two homers in the eighth inning, spoiling
Shawn Hill
's solid outing.
Hill allowed two runs on five hits and struck out three in seven innings, but got a no-decision for the fifth time in five
starts this season.
Alfredo Amezaga
led off the eighth against Ayala with an infield single. The next batter,
Jeremy Hermida
hit a tying two-run home run to right-center.
Then with two outs, Uggla put the Marlins ahead with a shot over the out-of-town scoreboard in right field. Uggla homered
to left-center in the fifth inning.
Uggla scored the Marlins' first run in the second inning. After being hit by a pitch, he advanced to third on a bloop single
by
Luis Gonzalez
, and then came home on Wes Helm's sacrifice fly to center.
Boone tied the game at 1 in the bottom of the inning with a leadoff home run.
The Nationals took their first lead of the three-game series in the third inning.
Ronnie Belliard
hit a two-run home run, his second of the season, to give Washington a 3-1 lead.
Ryan Zimmerman
followed with an infield single and then scored when Boone tripled.
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