MLB

Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball
Miami Marlins
40-31, 19-18 Away
Final
5 - 2
Washington Nationals
27-42, 12-23 Home

Garrett throws 6 solid innings as the Marlins beat the Nationals 5-2 for their 3rd straight win

Joey Wendle had two hits for Miami (40-31), which has won three straight and is nine games over .500 for the first time since July 31, 2016.

“Playing winning baseball, it's freaking awesome,” Garrett said. “It's fun being in the dugout. It's just a fun team to be around all the time. Obviously winning cures all and we're finally getting a good taste of it.”

Luis Arraez, who went 5 for 5 with a homer on Friday night, was 1 for 4 with an intentional walk, leaving his major league-leading batting average at .388.

Jonathan Davis walked leading off the Miami seventh against Chad Kuhl (0-4), and Nick Fortes singled to put runners at the corners. With one out, Washington walked Arraez to load the bases and Kuhl then walked Jorge Soler to force in the go-ahead run. Fortes scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-1.

De La Cruz snapped an 0-for-21 skid when he added a two-run single with the bases loaded in the ninth.

"De La’s been fighting," Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. "He didn’t like his at-bats in Seattle. He liked them just OK yesterday and then he felt really good today. Just didn’t really have much success, but credit to him, he goes at-bat to at-bat. Felt really good going into that last at-bat and the two RBI there was a big deal.”

Garrett (3-2) allowed one run and four hits. He walked one and struck out eight. Over his past seven starts, the left-hander, who began the season as the long man in the bullpen, is 2-0 with a 2.13 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 32 innings. Miami is 6-1 in those games.

“I know I’ve pitched pretty well,” Garrett said. “I just try not to get too high or too low. I just know how hard this game is and it can come back and punch me in the face as soon as anything.”

A.J. Puk got three outs for his ninth save.

Lane Thomas doubled leading off the Washington eighth against Tanner Scott, and Luis Garcia’s infield single put runners on first and third. Scott got Jeimer Candelario to ground into a double play that scored Thomas, making it 3-2.

Garcia also had a triple for last-place Washington, which fell to 0-5 against Miami this season and has lost 10 of its last 12 overall.

“It’s almost like we’ve got to play perfectly," manager Dave Martinez said. "And that’s tough to do every night. If we don’t chase, do some other things, the outcome might be a little better. We’ve got to keep playing hard.”

Nationals rookie Jake Irvin, skipped last time through the rotation, allowed one run and four hits over five innings in his best outing since May 8. He struck out four and walked two.

A sacrifice fly by Davis gave the Marlins a 1-0 lead in the second, but the Nationals tied it on an RBI single by Joey Meneses in the fourth.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Marlins: RHP Johnny Cueto (biceps tightness) allowed four runs and seven hits over 3 2/3 innings in a rehab start for Double-A Pensacola on Friday. The runs came on a first-inning grand slam. He threw 62 pitches and struck out one batter.

ROSTER MOVES

Marlins: Placed INF Jean Segura (left hamstring strain) on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Thursday, and called up infield prospect Jacob Amaya from Triple-A Jacksonville. … Placed RHP Edward Cabrera (right shoulder impingement) on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Wednesday, and recalled right-hander Huascar Brazobán from Jacksonville.

UP NEXT

Miami left-hander Jesus Luzardo (5-5, 4.17 ERA) starts the series finale Sunday against lefty Patrick Corbin (4-7, 4.81).

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Matchup Prediction

Nationals: 48.8%
Marlins: 51.2%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Robles flied out to right.
9th Inning Adams walked.
9th Inning Smith flied out to center.
9th Inning Garrett popped out to shortstop.
9th Inning Puk relieved Scott
9th Inning Cooper grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, De La Cruz out at second.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
15 Ground Balls 11
7 Strikeouts 9
4 Runs Batted In 1
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
7 Hits 8
0 Stolen Bases 0
7 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
5 Runs 2
2 Ground Into Double Play 2
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
32 At Bats 33
0 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
20 Runners Left On Base 9
0 Triples 1
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
1 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 2
11 Fly Balls 13
0 Caught Stealing 0
169 Pitches 134
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
8 Total Bases 12
40 Plate Appearances 35
0.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
1 Extra Base Hits 3
3.0 Runs Created 2.7
.219 Batting Average .242
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.250 Slugging Percentage .364
.250 Secondary Average .182
.350 On Base Percentage .286
.600 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .649
1.4 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.8
2.9 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 2.7
27.0 Batter Rating 20.5
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.23 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.83
.031 Isolated Power .121
1.00 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.22
.175 Walks Per Plate Appearance .057
.031 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.061
9.0 Runs Produced 3.0
0.8 Runs Ratio 0.5
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
77.0 MLB Rating 74.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Nationals Park

Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 33,334 | Capacity:

2024 National League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Philadelphia 95 67 .586 - W1
Atlanta 89 73 .549 6 W1
New York 89 73 .549 6 L1
Washington 71 91 .438 24 L1
Miami 62 100 .383 33 W4
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