Long Ball Leads Marlins Past Pirates, 10-4

Pittsburgh pitching pitiful again as entire Florida lineup tees off
By Jesse Andrews,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 21, 2008 11:01 PM CDT
Long Ball Leads Marlins Past Pirates, 10-4
Florida Marlins' Dan Uggla (6) is greeted by manager Fredi Gonzalez, lower right, after hitting a solo home run.   (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Hanley Ramirez, Josh Willingham, and Dan Uggla homered, and Marlins pitcher Mark Hendrickson, normally one of the majors' worst hitters, had two hits while pitching eight innings of Florida's 10-4 victory over the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. Ramirez, a .457 career hitter in PNC Park, hit a two-run homer during a four-run second inning.

Willingham added a two-run drive as Florida scored three more times in the third to make it 7-2. Uggla hit a solo homer and had three of Florida's 11 extra-base hits. All nine Marlins starters got at least one of their 16 hits. The Pirates, coming off a miserable road trip, lost their sixth in a row. (More baseball stories.)

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