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Ryan Zimmerman homers in return, Nationals complete sweep of Marlins

Ryan Zimmerman came off the injured list Sunday and welcomed himself back to the Washington Nationals lineup in a powerful way.

Zimmerman blasted a 437-foot, two-run home run in the sixth inning to help the Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 9-3 to finish off a sweep of their last-place divisional foes.

Zimmerman, closer Sean Doolittle and pitchers Austin Voth and Jeremy Hellickson were returned from their rehab assignments and activated from the injured list Sunday as MLB rosters expanded from 25 players to 40 for September.

Doolittle entered in the ninth inning and got three straight batters to fly out.