Apparently, all Ricky Nolasco needed to return to his winning ways was a trip to the minors. Nolasco struck out 12 in eight innings to win his fourth consecutive start, and the Florida Marlins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Sunday. Nolasco (6-6) allowed three hits and missed his career high for strikeouts by one, set Aug. 2 against Colorado. It was Nolasco's first win in his last four starts against Pittsburgh dating to last season. The Marlins won their fourth consecutive series at home.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Mon 4/20	Pit	FLA 0 at PIT 8	W: Ohlendorf L: Miller
Tue 4/21	Pit	FLA 2 at PIT 3	W: Karstens L: Sanchez
Wed 4/22	Pit	FLA 4 at PIT 7	W: Maholm L: Nolasco
Fri 7/3	Fla	PIT 7 at FLA 4	W: Morton L: Volstad
Sat 7/4	Fla	PIT 3 at FLA 5	W: Miller L: Duke
Sun 7/5	Fla	PIT 0 at FLA 5	W: Nolasco L: Ohlendorf

Box Scores

Pirates (37 - 45) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Marlins (43 - 40) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. A McCutchen, CF 4 0 2 0 0 2. J Wilson, SS 3 0 0 0 1 3. B Moss, RF 3 0 0 0 1 4. A LaRoche, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 5. G Jones, LF 4 0 1 0 0 6. A LaRoche, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 7. R Vazquez, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 8. J Jaramillo, C 2 0 0 0 1 9. R Ohlendorf, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. S Jackson, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. S Pearce, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. J Karstens, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 0 3 0 3		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. C Coghlan, LF 4 0 1 1 0 2. E Bonifacio, SS 4 0 0 0 0 3. D Uggla, 2B 3 0 1 1 1 4. J Cantu, 1B 4 1 1 0 0 5. J Hermida, RF 4 1 2 1 0 5. B Carroll, RF 0 0 0 0 0 6. C Ross, CF 3 1 0 0 0 7. J Baker, C 4 1 2 1 0 8. W Helms, 3B 4 1 2 0 0 9. R Nolasco, P 2 0 1 0 0 9. R Gload, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. L Nunez, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 5 10 4 1
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* R Ohlendorf (L, 7-7) 5.0 9 5 5 1 3 4.63 S Jackson 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 3.86 J Karstens 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 4.92		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* R Nolasco (W, 6-6) 8.0 3 0 0 2 12 5.42 L Nunez 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3.75
* = Season Stat
BATTING BASERUNNING SB: A McCutchen (6)		BATTING 2B: J Cantu (22), J Baker (12) 3B: J Hermida (2) BASERUNNING SB: J Hermida (5)

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Player News

Pirates Ramon Aguero (PIT) News: Aguero has been added to the Pirates' 40-man roster.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Shelby Ford (PIT) News: The Pirates didn't add Ford to their 40-man roster, exposing him to the Rule 5 draft.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Bryan Morris (PIT) News: Morris was added to Pittsburgh's 40-man roster on Friday.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)

Marlins Jorge Cantu (FLA) News: MLB.com is reporting that the Marlins are planning on keeping Jorge Cantu for the 2009-10 season.  (Fanball - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Jose Ceda (FLA) News: The Marlins added Ceda (shoulder) to their 40-man roster, the Marlins' official site reports.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009) Nick Johnson (FLA) News: Johnson is unlikely to re-sign with the Marlins, assuming he draws interest elsewhere in free agency, the Marlins' official site reports.  (RotoWire - Mon. Nov 23, 2009)