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1:10 pm EDT Sun May 2, 2010

After being an All-Star last season, Florida’s Josh Johnson didn’t look much like one of baseball’s top pitchers for most of April. He appeared to turn the corner with a brilliant performance in his last start, and building on that outing shouldn’t be too difficult. Johnson looks to continue his dominance of the Washington Nationals and keep up his strong pitching in May as the Marlins try to win their second in a row in Sunday’s series finale. Johnson won a career-best 15 games last season to emerge as a staff ace for Florida, but failed to pitch past the sixth inning in any of his first four outings this year. He put an abrupt end to his early scuffling Monday by throwing a three-hitter in a 10-1 win over San Diego. The right-hander struck out a career-best 12, walked one and threw 117 pitches in his fourth complete game, first since June 14, 2009.

Johnson appears to have a good opportunity to win his second straight when he takes the ball against one of his favorite opponents. The Marlins’ opening day starter is 5-0 with a 3.63 ERA in 10 starts against the Nationals, and is 2-0 with a 2.14 ERA in four home games against them since 2008. Taking the mound in May only seems to help Johnson’s chances. In 12 career May starts, Johnson, who has a 3.39 ERA in 91 career games, is 5-2 with a 2.36 ERA - his best for any month. Florida opened May with a 7-1 win over the Nationals to get back to .500 after losing five of its last six in April. Jorge Cantu hit a two-run homer, while Hanley Ramirez went 3 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs after hitting .208 with a solo homer in his previous seven games.