Game: Milwuakee Brewers @ Florida Marlins
Venue: Dolphin Stadium
Start Time: 7:10 P.M. Eastern Time
Attendance: 12,321
Length of Game: 3:19
Starting Pitchers: Carlos Villanueva ( Brewers) vs Mark Hendrickson ( Marlins)
Bad news for the Florida Marlins: If they play Milwaukee again, it won't be until the postseason.
And at the moment, the Brewers don't look like playoff contenders.
Matt Treanor hit a three-run homer and first-place Florida completed a three-game sweep Thursday night by beating Milwaukee 7-2.
The Brewers lost their sixth game in a row, their longest losing streak this year. They finished 1-5 in the season series against Florida, scoring a total of 10 runs.
The Brewers had nine hits, giving them 16 in the three-game series, but they stranded 11 runners against four Florida pitchers.
Treanor achieved a career high in RBI with one swing, and Jorge Cantu also homered for the surprising Marlins. They won their fourth game in a row and matched their best start after 34 games (20-14). Mark Hendrickson required 109 pitches to get through 4 1/3 innings but allowed only one run. Logan Kensing (1-0) retired all eight batters he faced, striking out four. Luis Gonzalez went 3-for-3 with a walk and finished the series 7-for-11.
The Marlins, who have by far the smallest payroll in the majors, haven't been in first place this late since 2002.
Carlos Villanueva (1-4) allowed seven runs in five innings to remain winless since his first start of the season April 4. His ERA rose to 6.46
Trailing 3-1, Villanueva was a strike from retiring the side in order in the fifth, then gave up four runs. Dan Uggla walked on a 3-2 pitch, Gonzalez reached on an infield single, Wes Helms singled home a run and Treanor hit a three-run homer off the foul-pole screen, his first.
The game took 3 hours, 19 minutes, largely because Hendrickson struggled. Milwaukee stranded nine runners in the first five innings.
Villanueva had an RBI single in the fourth, and Mike Rivera singled home a run in the eighth. That was as much offense as the Brewers could muster, and they finished a three-city trip with a 2-7 record.
Up Next: The Marlins will open a 3-game weekend series against the Washington Nationals in the nations capital on Friday night. Game 1 of the series will feature Ricky Nolasco for the Marlins who has a 1-3 record going against Tim Redding for the Nats who has a record of 4-2. First pitch is set for 7:35 P.M. Eastern Time and will be televised locally on Sun Sports and can be heard on radio on 790 The Ticket AM Radio ( English) or 1140 WQBA AM Radio (Spanish).
