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MIAMI (AP) – Miguel Cabrera homered twice and drove in four runs, helping the Florida Marlins complete a three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 9-7 victory Wednesday night.

Cabrera, who went 3-for-4 and scored three times, became the fifth active player to reach 100 career home runs before his 24th birthday. He also became the sixth-youngest player overall to reach the milestone.

Dan Uggla, Mike Jacobs and Hanley Ramirez also had two hits for the Marlins, who batted around in the first and second innings while taking an 8-1 lead.

Scott Olsen (10-7) pitched six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits, to rebound after his shortest outing of the season and snap a personal three-game losing streak.

Olsen became the third Marlins rookie pitcher to reach 10 victories this season, marking the first time since the 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers – and only the third time since 1900 – that a team has had three rookies with at least 10 wins.

Tony Armas Jr. (8-9) lasted only 1 2-3 innings for Washington, giving up eight runs – five earned – and 10 hits. It was his shortest outing of the season and his third loss in three decisions against Florida. He is 3-12 with a 5.98 ERA in his career against the Marlins.

Felipe Lopez had three hits, and Austin Kearns, Henry Mateo and Daryle Ward homered for the Nationals, who committed three errors and lost their fifth straight.

Cabrera hit a two-run home run in the second to start a five-run rally and he followed that the next inning with a solo shot.

After Escobar s RBI double gave Washington a 1-0 lead in the first inning, the Marlins followed with a three-run rally after the first five batters got base hits.

Two Washington errors led to three unearned runs in the second after Cabrera’s home run. Cabrera’s shot hit the yellow line at the top of the center-field wall, and second base umpire Jerry Crawford initially ruled the ball in play. However, after Marlins manager Joe Girardi came out to argue the call, the umpires huddled and reversed the call.

Ward’s three-run shot in the ninth capped the scoring.

Notes: The four other active players to reach 100 home runs before their 24th birthday are Ken Griffey Jr., Alex Rodriguez, Andruw Jones and Albert Pujols. … Cabrera’s four RBIs gave him 383 for his career, moving him past Gary Sheffield (380) for fifth place on the Marlins’ all-time list. … Armas’ 12 losses against the Marlins tied him with three other pitchers for second-most by an opponent behind Tom Glavine’s 18. … The game was the last between the teams, with the Marlins winning the season series 11-7. … Mateo’s home run was his first in 235 career at-bats spread out over the last six seasons. … Olsen’s single in the second inning gave him a hit in four of his last six outings. … Ramirez wasted little time extending his hitting streak to eight games with a single in the first inning. He had hit a leadoff homer the night before.


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