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MIAMI -- Ryan Zimmermans power gave the Washington Nationals a key win on Saturday night. Adidas Prophere Kengät . Zimmerman homered twice and drove in three runs, powering the Nationals to a 9-2 victory over the Miami Marlins. Jayson Werth and Anthony Rendon had three hits apiece as the Nationals won for the third time in four games to remain on the fringe of the NL wild-card race. Tanner Roark (5-0) pitched six scoreless innings in his first start of the season. Tyler Moore went 2 for 5 with two RBIs after replacing Bryce Harper in Washingtons lineup. Harper was scratched after what Johnson said after the game was inflammation in his hip. "Hes going to go to see the doctor tomorrow, figure out what it is, treat it, and hell meet us in New York, hopefully," Johnson said. Adeiny Hechavarria and Jeff Mathis each drove in a run for Miami, which was unable to overcome a sluggish outing for Nathan Eovaldi. Christian Yelich, who extended his hitting streak to eight games with his 14th multi-hit game, had two hits and scored a run. Eovaldi (3-6) lasted just three innings in his shortest outing of the season. He allowed five runs and nine hits. "I was battling out there; trying to limit the damage," Eovaldi said. "You just have to have short-term memory and forget this one. You try to learn from it and move on." Miami manager Mike Redmond had a hunch early on that Eovaldis night might be a short one. "They were squaring him up pretty good," Redmond said. "You could see that it wasnt going to be his night. We got out of the game early." Washington got off to a fast start behind Zimmerman, who drove a 1-2 pitch over the wall in centre in the first to give the Nationals a 2-0 lead. Zimmermans 18th homer came after Denard Span reached on a leadoff single to extend his career-high hitting streak to 18 games. "Its a big park. You just hit the ball hard and hopefully good things will happen," Zimmerman said. "After two home runs youre feeling pretty good ... a decent night." Zimmerman belted Eovaldis first pitch of the third over the wall in right for his 12th career multihomer game. Washington added two more runs in the inning on Wilson Ramos two-run single. Span added a sacrifice fly in the sixth and Adam LaRoche doubled home a run in the seventh, helping the Nationals improve to 10-4 against the Marlins this season. Roark struck out four and walked none. He was 4-0 with a 1.19 ERA in nine relief appearances before joining the rotation. "We got a couple runs early and that takes a lot of weight off your shoulders," Roark said. "I keep going at guys, keep attacking, (Im thinking) dont give into anybody." Washington manager Davey Johnson was thrilled with Roarks performance in combination with the clubs ability to put up some good numbers offensively. "The story really was Roark. He really pitched a great game," Johnson said. "Its one thing to have great stuff, but he has great command. He throws it like Satchel Paige." Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton is scheduled to be evaluated Sunday after leaving the game as a precautionary measure in the seventh inning with a sore ankle. He is listed day to day. Miami scored in the seventh on consecutive RBI singles by Hechavarria and Mathis. NOTES: Ryan Zimmerman has hit 15 of his 19 home runs on the road. ... Span was back in the leadoff spot after taking batting practice and feeling no discomfort from the on-and-off tightness this week in his right groin. ... NL Rookie of the Year candidate Jose Fernandez will not have an innings limit when he pitches in his final game of the season Wednesday against Atlanta. Manager Mike Redmond said Fernandez wont be pulled just because he has reached the clubs previously stated 170-inning cap. He has 165 2-3 innings. ... Chris Coghlan continues to excel at Marlins Park. He has hits in eight straight games, and has reached base in 12 consecutive games, in Miami. Adidas Kengät Ale . Gorges is believed to have suffered the injury while blocking a shot with a hand during Montreals win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. The Canadiens added to their defensive depth this week by acquiring veteran Mike Weaver from the Florida Panthers. Adidas NMD Suomi . Weise will have his hearing with the NHL head office over the phone, while the league has requested an in-person hearing with Kassian. Oilers centre Sam Gagner suffered a broken jaw after getting hit with a high stick from Kassian in Edmontons 5-2 win. http://www.nmdhalvalla.com/adidas-ozweego-halvalla.html . 3 seed Phillip Kohlschreiber from Germany. Defending champion Marin Cilic also reached the semifinals -- his fourth in Zagreb -- defeating fellow Croat Ivan Dodig. German qualifier Bjorn Phau beat Dudi Sela of Israel to reach his first semifinals in nearly five years.AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The first full day at the Masters turned out to be a short one Monday. Augusta National was open for only two hours because of storms, still enough time for a few players to see some of the changes to the golf course -- even though this was supposed to be a year with really no change at all. The ice storm in February that led to the demise of the famous Eisenhower Tree also cost the club countless other trees, giving Augusta a slightly different look. Instead of a forest of Georgia pines, players can see from the 10th fairway all the way across to the 15th fairway. Players couldnt help but notice the number of trees missing from the right side of the narrow, claustrophobic seventh fairway. "You dont feel like youre going down a bowling alley as much," Brandt Snedeker said, his hair wet from wearing a visor in the rain. The club lost thousands of limbs that were damaged from the ice storm, so many that Jimmy Walker said he saw workers up in the trees with chain saws when he came to Augusta a few weeks ago for a practice round. "I havent played here a ton, so I kind of got the feeling you could see down through the golf course a little bit better than you used to be able," Walker said. "I dont know if thats a good thing or a bad thing." Some things never change. The course was starting to burst with colour. The greens already had a tinge of yellow to them. And there was a buzz about the Masters, even without Tiger Woods around for the first time in 20 years because of recent back surgery. Still, nothing stood out quite like the 17th hole. Masters champion Adam Scott always assumed the 440-yard par 4 was a dogleg left because of the 65-foot high loblolly pine that jutted out from the left side about 220 yards from the tee, forcing shots to the right except for the big hitters who could take it over the tree. Mike Weir is not one of the big hitters, so when asked how he found the 17th hole on Monday, the Canadian smiled. "Much friendlier," he said. "I was playing with Jason Day. For him, it doesnt matter. He hits it high and long enough. For me, I had to hit around it. It was probably the toughest drive on the course. Now, its much easier." It was amazing to him to walk up the fairway and see a patch of pine straw where the tree once stood so proud and tall. Weir and several other players assumed that Augusta National would have another pine placed their before the Masters. Adidas Eqt Ale. Maybe next year. But not this week. The tree was such a treasure -- named after former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a club member who hit into the tree far too often -- that it was taken off site for storage. The club will determine later what do with the trunk and what limbs remain. But what a difference it has made already. "If the tree was there, I would have hit it yesterday," said Patrick Reed, who arrived on the weekend and already got in two practice rounds. "It was cold. It was a little into the wind and I hit it down the left side. I knew exactly where the tree was, and I probably would have caught the top half of that tree and would have been underneath it." "First three times I played this course it was there, and it made that hole really hard." Snedeker played on Sunday with Masters rookie Harris English and said he pulled his tee shot on the 17th. Any other year, he would have hit the tree. "It was perfect," he said. "Its still not an easy tee shot. But its not as hard as it used to be." The rest of the course should be the same as usual. The Masters can set up the course any way it likes -- difficult for scoring, or birdies that make cheers reverberate. It has trended toward excitement over the last several years, such as when Charl Schwartzel won with four straight birdies at the end, or even last year when Scott and Angel Cabrera in the last two groups each made birdie on the 18th to force a playoff. The biggest change is likely to be the guy in a red shirt. Woods won his fourth green jacket in 2005, though he usually kept it interesting, and always kept fans guessing. His back surgery last week means the worlds No. 1 player will be out of golf until the summer, and out of the Masters for the first time in his career. "Without Tiger here, its a different feel," Snedeker said. "Its a different event. He does a great job of bringing energy and bringing fans out that we dont usually get." Those fans had to leave early on Monday. By lunch, the course was closed for good. Masters chairman Billy Payne said they would get a refund in May, and they were guaranteed a chance to get practice round tickets for next year. Woods likely will be back by then. And odds are, there will be more trees. ' ' '