LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers opened the vault and paid Kevin Brown and Shawn Green a combined $189 million for days just like this.

Brown allowed a run and three hits over seven innings and Green homered twice as the Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the Florida Marlins with a 7-1 victory Sunday.

Gary Sheffield also homered and Eric Karros drove in three runs with a pair of singles as Florida dropped its fifth straight.

"Green gives them a lot of pop from the left side and he has a good approach," Marlins catcher Mike Redmond said. "He gets his pitch and he doesn't miss it. It always seems like he and Sheffield are coming up in big situations. That's why they pay them that much money."

Brown, who helped lead the Marlins to the World Series in 1997, struck out seven, walked three and surrendered his only run in the seventh on Derrek Lee's fourth homer and third in two days.

"It's tough to go up against a great pitcher like that because he's got so many different looks -- with his arm angle and his fastball and slider," Redmond said. "You really don't get comfortable off him at all."

The right-hander, who tied a career high with 18 victories last season after signing a seven-year, $105 million contract that made him the highest-paid player in baseball history, was making his first start at Dodger Stadium this season.

The team spent the first two weeks on the road, allowing construction crews extra time to renovate the 39-year-old ballpark, and Brown (2-1) was on the disabled list during the first homestand because of a broken pinky on his right hand.

"I'm still not quite as sharp as I'd like to be," said Brown, who limited the Braves to a run and five hits over seven innings last Tuesday in his first start off the disabled list. "I walked too many guys, but I guess I shouldn't complain too much after the layoff I've had."

The Dodgers, who blew an eight-run lead Saturday night before beating the Marlins 13-12, built a 3-0 margin in the first three innings against Alex Fernandez (3-3). The right-hander was charged with five runs and seven hits in six innings.

"Alex did all right," Redmond said. "We didn't get some calls on the outside corner, which is how he pitches, and Sheff hit a mistake on a backup slider. And with Brownie pitching for them, you knew it was going to be tough to get runs and we just couldn't recover offensively."

Fernandez surrendered Sheffield's 10th homer with two out in the first inning and Green's fourth home run just three pitches later. Karros singled home the third run after a single by Mark Grudzielanek and a walk to Sheffield.

"When you've got Sheffield, Green and Karros out there, you're going to score some runs," Dodgers manager Davey Johnson said. "Getting that left-handed bat (Green) in the middle of the lineup made Sheffield a lot happier because we've got a little different look now and it created some matchup problems for opposing managers."

Green, in the first year of a six-year, $84 million contract, made it 5-0 in the fifth with his fifth home run after another single by Grudzielanek -- who was 3-for-4 with a ground-rule double. The two-homer game was Green's fourth of his career and first since July 4, 1999.

Game notes
Dodgers catchers have failed to throw out a runner on any of 20 stolen base attempts this season. Chad Kreuter is 0-for-4 and Todd Hundley 0-for-16, after retiring only 23 of 129 would-be base stealers last season. ... The Dodgers, who were 2-7 against Florida last season, had split their 70 meetings with the Marlins before this weekend's sweep. ... Matt Herges had yet to allow a run this season in 15 innings spanning 10 appearances. The scoreless streak is the longest by a Dodgers reliever since June 1998, when Antonio Osuna pitched 16 2-3 consecutive scoreless innings. ... The Marlins, who have the first overall pick in the June 5 draft, have only one of their eight No. 1 picks on their current 25-man roster -- right fielder Mark Kotsay (1996). ... The Marlins' game-tying rally from eight runs down in Saturday's 13-12 loss matched the biggest comeback in the team's nine-year history. They overcame an 8-0 deficit on Sept. 2, 1995 at Houston, only to lose 10-8.