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PITTSBURGH (AP) _ Wil Cordero and Jason Kendall homered as the
Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three-game sweep of the Florida
Marlins with a 5-2 victory Wednesday night. Francisco Cordova (3-4) won his second straight start as the
Pirates matched their season high for consecutive wins with three.
They also won three straight May 5-7. Cordova pitched 6 2-3 innings, allowed two runs, 10 hits, struck
out five and walked one. Mike Williams got the last out for his
eighth save. Both of Pittsburgh's homers came off Florida starter Jesus
Sanchez (4-4). Warren Morris singled in the first for his seventh hit in 10
at-bats, and Cordero followed with his seventh homer. Derrek Lee hit his eighth homer in the second inning for Florida
to make it 2-1. Kendall hit a solo shot in the third to make it 3-1. The Marlins got within a run in the fourth when Mike Lowell
doubled and scored on Alex Gonzalez's single. But the Pirates scored twice without a hit in the fourth.
Sanchez walked two batters and second baseman Luis Castillo made an
error. Mike Benjamin hit a sacrifice fly and another run scored on
Cordova's infield grounder to cap the scoring. Sanchez allowed five runs, four earned, five hits, struck out
four and walked three in six innings. The Marlins have dropped 11 of 13 and were 2-7 on a road trip to
St. Louis, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Notes: While the Pirates scored two runs without a hit, the
Marlins got three hits in the first and didn't score. Castillo was
picked off after he singled and Preston Wilson grounded into an
inning-ending double play. ... Florida's Brant Brown has struck out
30 times in 70 at-bats. Brown grounded into a double play as a
pinch hitter. ... The Pirates' only other series sweep this season
was in Chicago, their other three-game winning streak. ... The
Pirates have won 11 of their last 13 home games against Florida.
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