After the game the Marlins optioned OF Jordan Brown to Triple-A New Orleans and 1B Casey Kotchman (hamstring) will be reinstated from the 60-day disabled list on Monday.

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Pinch-hitter Jordan Brown hit a two-run double, and Ed Lucas and Jeff Mathis each drove home a run in the pivotal seventh as the Marlins won for the third time in 19 games.

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They had the first overall pick in the draft, and Jordan chosehigh-school phenom Kwame Brown.

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One of them, Frank Jordan, had been beaten by Mr Brown four years earlier after scuppering his credibility by inviting two radio disc-jockeys to strip off and join him in the shower.

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The home side offered greater resistance when they came out to bat for a second time, with Michael Carberry and Brown sharing a stand of 63 before Brown, on 30, hooked a ball from Chris Jordan to Matt Nicholson at long-leg.

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Brown says his team has arranged to get the family to Jordan, where the surgery will be performed.

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Ally Brown made 27 before being caught by Tom Burrows and Chris Jordan added just two runs to the total.

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