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Read: Today in the NL East

by David Pinto on September 11th, 2008 at 5:43 pm

Chipper Jones regained the NL batting average lead Wednesday night. He collected eight hits in his last fourteen at bats to raise his batting average to .363, one point ahead of Albert Pujols.

Sam Donnellon notes some quality stats about the Phillies rotation. The are second in innings pitched, third in quality starts and tied for first in shutouts.

With their win Wednesday night, the Marlins lead the season series with the Phillies 9-6. Jorge Cantu generated a good deal of the offense, hitting five home runs, driving in 14 runs and scoring 13. He knocked out 21 hits in the 14 games he played against Philadelphia.

The Nationals visit the Marlins over the weekend. They have only won two of twelve games against Florida so far and trail in the series by 30 runs, 79-49. Shairon Martis starts for Washington in game one of the series. Martis brings excellent minor league home run allowed numbers against a power hitting team.

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