Washington Nationals at Miami Marlins

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Washington Nationals

11-14, 7-6 Away

Final
3 - 1

Miami Marlins

6-21, 2-12 Home

Meneses hits 2-run single in 8th to lift Nationals to 3-1 win over Marlins

Jacob Young and Trey Lipscomb had two hits each while Derek Law (1-1) struck out five over two scoreless innings of relief for the Nationals.

The Marlins lost their fourth straight and dropped to an NL-worst 6-21. They remain winless this season in series openers.

Marlins reliever Calvin Faucher (1-1) allowed a leadoff single to Lipscomb and walked CJ Abrams with one out. Jesse Winker reached on an infield single before Meneses hit a line drive to center.

Kyle Finnegan pitched the ninth for his eighth save.

Marlins starter Anthony Maldonado threw three scoreless innings in his major league debut. Maldonado, who was recalled from Triple-A Jacksonville after original starter Jesús Luzardo was placed on the 15-day injured list on Friday, allowed three hits and struck out two.

Luzardo experienced tightness in his left elbow during a throwing session Thursday.

Nick Fortes’ RBI single off Nationals starter Trevor Williams in the third put Miami ahead 1-0.

Miami’s Nick Gordon was thrown out at the plate on a relay throw from second baseman Luis García as he attempted to score from first on Vidal Bruján’s single to center in the fourth.

The Nationals tied it in the sixth when Young scored from third on Meneses’ grounder.

Williams gave up one run and five hits over five innings. The right-hander walked two and struck out one.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Nationals: RHP Josiah Gray (right elbow-forearm strain) continues to improve with his throwing program but will need multiple bullpen sessions before a rehab outing. … INF Nick Senzel (stomach illness) felt better and was available off the bench.

Marlins: LHP Braxton Garrett (left shoulder impingement) completed three innings of two-run ball in a 59-pitch rehab outing with Triple-A Jacksonville on Friday. ... INF Jake Burger (left intercostal muscle strain) took batting practice and had a full infield workout Friday.

LHP Mitchell Parker (2-0, 1.50) will start for the Nationals on Saturday while the Marlins will go with RHP Edward Cabrera (1-0, 3.27).

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Matchup Prediction

Marlins: 61.9%

Nationals: 38.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Anderson grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	J. Sánchez lined out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Bell struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Finnegan relieved Harvey
	9th Inning	Young grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Lipscomb grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

WSH		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
17	Ground Balls	10
7	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	1
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	1
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
9	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
113	Pitches	127
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	6
36	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	0
2.3	Runs Created	1.4
.250	Batting Average	.194
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.194
.125	Secondary Average	.097
.314	On Base Percentage	.242
.564	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.436
1.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.5
19.0	Batter Rating	11.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.14	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.85
.000	Isolated Power	.000
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
-.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.097
5.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.7	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
73.5	MLB Rating	65.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0