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Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals

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Miami Marlins
55-95, 27-48 Away
Final
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Washington Nationals
68-81, 36-39 Home

Rookie James Wood homers twice as Nationals defeat Marlins 4-3

Washington won the last three in the four-game series and finished 11-2 against the Marlins this season.

Jonah Bride homered for Miami, which clinched a last-place finish in the NL East for the first time since 2019. The Marlins dropped six of seven on its road trip to Pittsburgh and Washington.

It was the first multi-homer game for Wood. He ripped a 435-foot shot to center with two outs in the fifth inning off Miami starter Adam Oller, then led off the eighth against Declan Cronin with a 426-foot blast to left-center.

“Right now, if he gets the ball in the strike zone, he needs to pull the trigger a lot more,” Washington manager Dave Martinez said. “Today he did that, and he hit it high and far, so that’s a good sign for him. Hopefully he continues to do that here for the next 10 days or so and he finishes up strong.”

Wood had not homered since Aug. 18 at Philadelphia. He has seven home runs since his July 1 debut.

“You try not to, but sometimes I feel like I haven’t hit one in a while,” Wood said. “It felt good to get one today.”

Gore (9-12) allowed an unearned run and struck out five while walking two. He is 2-1 with a 1.95 ERA over his last five starts and has lowered his season ERA from 4.66 to 4.17 in that span.

It was also the fourth time in five starts the left-hander completed six innings. Gore had done so once in his 15 previous starts between May 29 and Aug. 17.

Jose Ferrer allowed two Marlins to reach scoring position with one out in the ninth, but induced David Hensley’s RBI groundout and got Nick Fortes to fly out to secure his first save in 64 career appearances.

“The adrenaline I had in the bullpen in that moment tripled,” Ferrer said through an interpreter of navigating the jam. “(It was) very different.”

The Nationals managed only one hit in the first three innings against Oller (1-4), then collected four in a row to erase a 1-0 deficit and take a 2-1 lead in the fourth.

Andrés Chaparro doubled into the corner in right with one out, then came around on Luis García Jr.’s single. José Tena followed with a single, and Keibert Ruiz then singled to right to score García.

Oller allowed three runs on six hits in five innings.

Bride greeted reliever Eduardo Salazar with a homer to lead off the seventh.

The Marlins opened the scoring in the third when Washington center fielder Jacob Young dropped Jhonny Pereda’s leadoff fly on the warning track for a two-base error. Pereda scored three batters later on Jake Burger’s sacrifice fly.

Miami was 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position.

“We just couldn’t scratch anything together until that ninth inning,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Nationals: SS CJ Abrams (sore left shoulder) was out of the lineup for the third consecutive day. … RHP Trevor Williams (flexor strain) allowed two runs while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in a rehabilitation appearance Sunday for Double-A Harrisburg.

UP NEXT

Marlins: Off Monday. RHP Darren McCaughan (0-0, 7.06 ERA) starts the opener a three-game series at home Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Nationals: RHP Jake Irvin (10-12, 4.19), who is 7-4 with a 3.94 ERA on the road, draws the start Monday as Washington begins a three-game series at the New York Mets.

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Matchup Prediction

Nationals: 70.3%
Marlins: 29.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Fortes flied out to left.
9th Inning Fortes hit for Conine
9th Inning Hensley grounded out to shortstop, Bride scored.
9th Inning Lopez to second on wild pitch by Ferrer.
9th Inning Hensley hit for Stowers
9th Inning Lopez singled to right, Bride to third.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
11 Ground Balls 16
9 Strikeouts 4
3 Runs Batted In 4
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
6 Hits 8
1 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 4
1 Ground Into Double Play 1
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
32 At Bats 29
1 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
12 Runners Left On Base 10
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 1
13 Fly Balls 9
1 Caught Stealing 2
136 Pitches 125
0 Games Started 0
4 Pinch At Bats 0
1 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
9 Total Bases 15
35 Plate Appearances 33
162.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
1 Extra Base Hits 3
1.5 Runs Created 4.4
.188 Batting Average .276
.250 Pinch Hit Average .000
.281 Slugging Percentage .517
.156 Secondary Average .310
.229 On Base Percentage .364
.510 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .881
0.8 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.8
1.4 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 5.0
22.0 Batter Rating 32.0
32.0 At Bats Per Home Run 14.5
0.50 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.89 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.79
.094 Isolated Power .241
0.22 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 1.00
.057 Walks Per Plate Appearance .121
-.031 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .034
6.0 Runs Produced 8.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.3
72.0 MLB Rating 84.3
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: 18,265 | 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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