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Marlins halt skid with four in ninth to keep wild-card hopes alive

Associated Press

Friday, September 18, 2009

CINCINNATI -- All those big numbers were weighing on the Florida Marlins, who needed something sensational to keep from slipping farther behind in the NL wild card race. They got it against one of the NL's top closers. Florida scored four times in the ninth inning off Francisco Cordero, and the Marlins snapped their nine-game losing streak in Cincinnati with a 4-3 victory Friday over a Reds team that had been previously perfect at holding such leads. "It says that we've still got a chance," s ...

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