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Personnel Dept.
The Marlins started lefty Scott Olsen yesterday. And that meant Emilio Bonifacio started the game on the bench. More and more, it's become the rule that Washington's second baseman is used only when right-handers pitch. Though Bonifacio is a switch hitter, he's far more proficient batting left-handed (.286) than right-handed (.135). Hitting coach Lenny Harris is working to help Bonifacio improve from that side, but it's a work in progress, Manager Manny Acta said. "He has work to do," Acta said.
The Next Three
| Time
| Opponent | Nationals
Pitchers
| Opponent
Pitchers
| TV | |
| Today | 7:10 | at Florida | Tim Redding
(10-8, 4.49)
| Josh Johnson
(4-1, 3.33)
| MASN2 |
| Tomorrow | 1:10 | at Florida | Collin Balester
(3-6, 4.86)
| Aníbal Sánchez
(2-4, 6.46)
| MASN2 |
| Monday | 7:10 | vs. N.Y. Mets | TBA | Mike Pelfrey
(13-9, 3.37)
| MASN |
By the Numbers
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Cristian Guzmán's career-high total for home runs in a season (2001); he had nine entering last night.
Quotable
" It's been pretty impressive. If he hadn't lost all that time with the thumb [injury], he'd probably have 200 hits right now at the clip he's swinging the bat."
Acta, on Guzmán
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