Florida 8, Washington 0
When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, May 8, 2011
Where: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida
Temperature:
86°
Umpires:
Home -
Lance Barksdale, 1B -
Adrian Johnson, 2B -
Fieldin Culbreth, 3B -
Gary Cederstrom
Attendance:
10523
By SportsDirect Inc.
Anibal Sanchez took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and struck out 11 as the Florida Marlins avoided a three-game sweep with an 8-0 victory over the visiting Washington Nationals on Sunday.
Gaby Sanchez belted a three-run homer and Greg Dobbs added a pair of RBI doubles for the Marlins, who welcome the first-place Phillies to South Florida on Monday for an NL East showdown.
After taking a no hitter into the ninth inning on April 22, Anibal Sanchez (2-1) struck out five of the first seven batters he faced and cruised through the first six innings, allowing only two base runners on an error and a hit-by-pitch. Laynce Nix broke up the no hitter in the seventh, leading off the frame with a single.
The victorious hurler would last seven innings, surrendering two hits and no walks.
Livan Hernandez (3-4) had no such luck on the other side, yielding single runs in the second and fourth and then getting knocked around during a four-run rally in the fifth - capped by Gaby Sanchez’s fifth blast.
Gaby Sanchez added two doubles and scored three runs in a 4-for-4 day.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Washington
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
.129 |
16 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Florida
|
13 |
1 |
20 |
.394 |
25 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
1 |