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- Updated: May 15, 2016
WASHINGTON — Marcell Ozuna was at the center of everything for the Marlins during their 7-1 win over the Nationals on Saturday night. The center fielder tripled and scored in Miami’s two-run second, then drove home two runs with a fifth-inning single that gave the Marlins a 5-1 lead. For good measure, he collected a third hit in the ninth.
Those hits, plus the two he recorded in Saturday’s 6-4 matinee loss of a twin bill, extended Ozuna’s National League-best hitting streak to 14 games and lifted his batting average to .313. After a tumultuous 2015 season that included a demotion to Triple-A New Orleans, the 25-year-old Ozuna’s success is a welcome sight for manager Don Mattingly.
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“It just tells you how young guys progress,” Mattingly said. “They have a good year, and then sometimes they take a step backwards. They go back to work, and next thing you …
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