Marlins Have Good Pitching Series Against Nationals, Take 2 of 3 Games

The Marlins had a good showing this weekend with the pitching squad. The Squad gave up only 4 runs the whole weekend, all of which came Friday night in just two separate innings. The Marlins took 2 out of 3 games in the series.

Nolasco was credited for the loss Friday but still pitched 6 great innings of baseball besting Strasburg with 9 strikeouts to Strasburg's 7.

Josh Johnson pitched another shutout performace in 6 innings of work and picked up his 10th win of the year Saturday. Johnson lowered his league best ERA to 1.62 after the night's performance. Alex Sanabia picked up his first win for the Marlins Sunday in his second performance of the season. He pitched a shut out performance for 5 1/3 innings and struck out 5 batters.

If the Marlins could keep their pitching consistent and limit their opponents to just a few runs, we could easily turn the corner and put on 20 wins in the next 30 games. Going on a nice streak of wins could catapult us right into wild card territory or near the top of our division before September.

Tonight Anibal Sanchez is taking on Ubaldo "Lights Out" Jiminez. Jiminez is tearing up the league this year with a 15-1 record coming into tonight's game. The Fish will need to watch what they swing at and be ready to protect the corners of the plate.