Asked to explain Florida's baffling mastery of the Washington Nationals, Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez offered the simplest explanation. "We've been lucky," he said. Having Hanley Ramirez has helped a little bit, too. Ramirez extended his RBI streak to 10 games and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning as the Marlins won 5-3 Wednesday and remained unbeaten against the Nationals this year. Cody Ross hit his 14th home run and added an RBI single in the eighth for Florida, 9-0 against Washington this season and 25-3 against the Nationals since September 2007.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Mon 4/6	Fla	WAS 6 at FLA 12	W: Nolasco L: Lannan
Tue 4/7	Fla	WAS 3 at FLA 8	W: Johnson L: Olsen
Wed 4/8	Fla	WAS 4 at FLA 6	W: Volstad L: Cabrera
Fri 4/17	Was	FLA 3 at WAS 2	W: Nunez L: Rivera
Sat 4/18	Was	FLA 9 at WAS 6	W: Calero L: Tavarez
Sun 4/19	Was	FLA 7 at WAS 4	W: Nunez L: Rivera
Mon 6/29	Fla	WAS 2 at FLA 4	W: Nolasco L: Villone
Tue 6/30	Fla	WAS 5 at FLA 7	W: Pinto L: Beimel
Wed 7/1	Fla	WAS 3 at FLA 5	W: Meyer L: Tavarez
Tue 8/4	Was	FLA 4 at WAS 6	W: Villone L: Calero
Wed 8/5	Was	FLA 4 at WAS 5	W: Lannan L: VandenHurk
Thu 8/6	Was	FLA 8 at WAS 12	W: Sosa L: Ayala
Fri 9/4	Was	FLA 9 at WAS 6	W: Badenhop L: Mock
Sat 9/5	Was	FLA 9 at WAS 5	W: Johnson L: Hernandez
Sun 9/6	Was	FLA 4 at WAS 5	W: MacDougal L: Nunez
Fri 9/11	Fla	WAS 5 at FLA 3	W: Martin L: Sanches
Sat 9/12	Fla	WAS 3 at FLA 11	W: Wood L: Estrada
Sun 9/13	Fla	WAS 7 at FLA 2	W: Lannan L: Volstad

Box Scores

Nationals (22 - 54) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Marlins (41 - 39) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. W Harris, CF 2 0 1 0 3 2. C Guzman, SS 5 1 1 0 0 2. M MacDougal, P 0 0 0 0 0 3. N Johnson, 1B 3 1 1 0 2 4. R Zimmerman, 3B 5 0 0 0 0 5. A Dunn, LF 4 0 1 0 1 6. J Willingham, RF 4 1 2 2 1 7. A Hernandez, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 7. S Burnett, P 0 0 0 0 0 7. J Tavarez, P 0 0 0 0 0 7. A Gonzalez, SS 1 0 0 0 0 8. W Nieves, C 3 0 0 0 1 9. J Zimmermann, P 3 0 2 1 0 9. R Belliard, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 8 3 8		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. C Coghlan, LF 4 1 1 0 0 2. E Bonifacio, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 3. H Ramirez, SS 3 1 2 2 1 4. R Gload, 1B 4 1 1 0 0 5. D Uggla, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 6. J Hermida, RF 3 0 1 0 0 6. B Sanches, P 0 0 0 0 0 6. D Meyer, P 0 0 0 0 0 6. W Helms, PH 1 0 0 1 0 6. L Nunez, P 0 0 0 0 0 7. C Ross, CF 4 1 2 2 0 8. J Baker, C 4 0 1 0 0 9. J Johnson, P 1 0 0 0 0 9. B Badenhop, P 1 0 0 0 0 9. R Pinto, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. B Carroll, RF 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 5 10 5 2
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Zimmermann 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 4.52 S Burnett (BS, 2) 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 3.21 J Tavarez (L, 3-6) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 4.31 M MacDougal 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 1.26		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Johnson 3.1 5 1 1 4 3 2.76 B Badenhop 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 3.48 R Pinto (BS, 4) 0.1 2 2 2 2 0 3.25 B Sanches 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1.53 D Meyer (W, 2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 1.95 L Nunez (S, 4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3.86
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: A Dunn (12), J Willingham (13) BASERUNNING SB: W Harris 2 (9)		BATTING 2B: H Ramirez (26), J Baker (10) HR: C Ross (14) BASERUNNING CS: E Bonifacio (6)

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Player News

Nationals Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Strasburg's knee injury is officially a patellar subluxation of the left knee, the Washington Post reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Strasburg has a dislocation in his left knee joint and should be fine for spring training.  (STATS - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Updating a previous report, number-one overall pick Stephen Strasburg will not need surgery on his injured left knee, according to MLBlogs.com. Strasburg injured his knee shagging fly balls on Thursday.  (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)

Marlins Josh Johnson (FLA) News: Johnson is not expected to sign a contract extension with the Marlins, the Miami Herald reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Nick Johnson (FLA) News: According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Nick Johnson may be on the Giants wish list this offseason.  (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Josh Johnson (FLA) News: ESPN.com is reporting that the Florida Marlins and ace Josh Johnson are not close to a contract extension. Johnson's agent told ESPN that negotiatons with the team have reached an impasse.   (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)