The Florida Marlins finished off the Milwaukee Brewers with a three game sweep by beating them 7-2 on Thursday night.  It was a great series for the Marlins who beat a tough Brewers team.  The Marlins improved their record to 20-14 with the win on Thursday night.

Matt Treanor led the Marlins with a three run home run and three rbi.  Jorge Cantu had two rbi in the game as well.  Behind Treanor and Cantu, Jeremy Hermida and Wes Helms both had one rbi in the game.

Starting pitcher Mark Hendrickson only pitched 4 1/3 innings as he gave up seven hits and one run.  Hendrickson earned the no decision since he didn’t pitch the required five innings to pick up the win. 

Relief pitcher Logan Kensing got the win as he pitched 2 2/3 innings after Hendrickson was taken out of the game.  Kensing is now 1-0 on the season.  Matt Lindstrom pitched after Kensing and allowed one run in one inning.  Justin Miller pitched one inning in relief and did not allow a run.

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The Florida Marlins struggled at the plate against the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night as they lost 7-3.  The Marlins were only able to scrap together six hits.  They probably wouldn’t even have scored a run if Josh Willingham didn’t go 3-4 with four RBI.

Besides Willinghams three hits, only three other Marlins players had a hit.  Talk about a terrible performance at the place for the Marlins.

On the mound for the Marlins, Burke Badenhop took the loss after throwing five innings.  Badenhop gave up eight hits and six runs in the game.  Logan Kensing pitched two scoreless innings before Doug Waechter gave up a run in the eighth inning.

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The Florida Marlins scored one run in the ninth inning to take a two run lead, and then held on as the Nationals threatned and scored one run in the bottom of the inning before losing by one run to the Marlins.

Mark Hendrickson picked up his second win of the season as he pitche seven innings of three hit ball.  Logan Kensing, Renyel Pinto, and Kevin Gregg all pitched in relief of Hendrickson.  Kensing and Gregg both gave up one earned run in the game.  Gregg didn’t pick up the save in the game which was his second of the season.

The Marlins offense had 13 hits as the put four runs up on the scoreboard.  Jorge Cantu led the team with two RBI, while Jeremy Hermida and Josh Willingham both had one RBI.

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