Rain ruined a good start by Odalis Perez on Wednesday afternoon.  Perez cruised through 6 innings giving up only one run.  In the bottom of the 7th, he had 2 runners on and 2 outs, but the skies opened up on Dolphin Stadium, prompting a 95 minute rain delay.   Manning was set to take over where Perez left off and face Amezaga.  On the third pitch, Amezaga homered to left field to give the Marlins a 3-2 lead.  Rivera allowed another run in the 8th to bring the score to 4-2.

Meanwhile, Nolasco handled the Nationals without much of a problem.  In 7 innings, he struck out 8, giving up only 3 hits.  We were lucky to even put two runs on the board.  Both came in the 2nd inning when Lo Duca singled to score Boone and Belliard.   The only other hit came in the 7th when Flores singled.  After the rain, Pinto and closer Gregg finished the game without another hit by the Nats.

And that’s about all.  The Marlins take the series and improve to 10-2 against the Nationals this season.

The team now heads to Cincinnati for a four game series against Ken Griffey Jr. and the Reds.  There, they will be reunited with RF Austin Kearns.  Tomorrow night John Lannan faces 22 year old rookie Johnny Cueto (6-8, 4.68).  Chances are Lannan will get some run support in Great American, but how will his ERA hold up?  Throughout the series, Griffey will be looking to break a milestone.  Two runs will give him 1584, 44th all time passing George Brett.

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