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Ramirez homers to help Johnson to 14th victory

Associated Press

Saturday, September 5, 2009

WASHINGTON -- The Florida Marlins keep putting pressure on the teams ahead of them in the NL wild-card race. Hanley Ramirez homered, Josh Johnson earned his 14th victory and the Marlins beat Washington 9-5 on Saturday night, handing the woeful Nationals their season-high eighth consecutive loss. "Yeah, that's what you've got to do. You've got to keep trying to win ballgames. I'm glad we've got four in a row and hopefully [we] keep going," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. Pinch-hitter Brett Hayes ...

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