The Philadelphia offense came alive this weekend, Washington laid down once again for their rivals, and the Phillies scored 33 runs on their way to a 4 game sweep of the Nationals.

Raul Ibanez was the hitting star of the weekend, picking up 9 hits and smacking 3 HRs. Philadelphia’s pitching was far from dominant, but their offense combined with Washington’s poor play enabled them to stay in every game.

…You really have to wonder how much more time Mike Rizzo, Stan Kasten, and the rest of the Washington front office will give Manny Acta. I understand he has inferior players, but these guys just seem lost at times.

The Nationals will remain in Washington and try to turn their fortunes around against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ross Detwiler, their No. 1 pick in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft, will make his first Major League start on Monday.

Meanwhile, the Phillies will take Monday off before heading to Cincinnati.

Clayton Kershaw tossed 7 innings of no-hit ball, and the Los Angeles Dodgers pounded recently recalled John Koronka to knock off the Marlins, 12-5, on Sunday and win the series against Florida, 2 games to 1.

After the game, the obviously unimpressed Marlins designated the left-handed Koronka for assignment.

Florida’s lone bright spot this weekend came from Andrew Miller. In his first start back from the disabled list, Miller allowed just 2 runs on 4 hits over 5 innings despite having some problems with his control. 

The Marlins will welcome the Diamondbacks into Land Shark Stadium for 4 games beginning on Monday.

In Atlanta, the Braves and Diamondbacks split the first two games of their series before being washed away in the finale.

On Friday, Javier Vazquez struck out 10 in 7 innings and Jordan Schafer scored on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 9th to give Atlanta a 4-3 walk-off victory.

Saturday was an entirely different story. Arizona’s Max Scherzer completely shut down the Braves offense, and the Diamondbacks pummeled the Atlanta bullpen for 9 runs en route to a 12-0 blowout. 

Next up for Atlanta…the Colorado Rockies.

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