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7:10 pm EDT Fri Jul 16, 2010

After surviving a daunting schedule that included trips to Puerto Rico and the West Coast, the Marlins are finally set to play their first game in Florida in nearly three weeks. Waiting for them there will be one of baseball’s most highly touted pitchers. Seeking their first win in Miami in nearly a month, the Marlins will face Stephen Strasburg in the opener of a three-game series against the Washington Nationals on Friday night. Florida hasn’t played at home since losing to San Diego on June 27 and hasn’t won in Miami since beating Tampa Bay on June 20. Since losing to the Padres, the Marlins hosted the Mets for a three-game series in Puerto Rico before embarking on a 10-game trek that took them to Los Angeles and Arizona. Florida won five of the final eight contests on the trip, including Sunday’s 2-0 victory over the Diamondbacks.

The Marlins now play their next 10 at home - a stretch team president David Samson said will likely determine if Florida is a buyer or seller at baseball’s trade deadline. The Marlins are known for playing in front of sparse crowds at Sun Life Stadium, but they’ll likely see a boost in attendance with Strasburg scheduled to start. People have flocked to watch Strasburg pitch, and for the most part, the phenom has lived up to the hype. In an 8-1 win over San Francisco last Friday, Strasburg allowed one run and three hits with eight strikeouts in six innings for his first victory since June 13. The hard-throwing right-hander, who turns 22 next Thursday, had only gotten one total run of support in going winless his previous four starts. Dunn is 10 for 20 with five home runs and 10 RBIs in his last five games, but 3 for 17 lifetime against scheduled starter Ricky Nolasco. This will be Strasburg’s first start against the Marlins, against whom the Nationals have split their first six games. Washington, 2-13 away from the nation’s capital since June 1, has lost 13 of 16 in Florida, though.