Nasim Nunez went 3-for-4 with 4 RBIs, together with his first two main league dwelling runs, to assist the Washington Nationals sweep the visiting Miami Marlins with a 10-5 win on Wednesday.
Nunez, who hit a solo shot within the second, linked for a two-run homer within the eighth to make it 10-5 for Washington.
Beginning pitcher Mitchell Parker allowed 4 runs (two earned) on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings for the Nationals, who’ve received three straight after an eight-game slide.
Marlins starter Eury Perez (6-5) gave up seven runs on eight hits in 4 innings.
Washington took a 3-0 lead within the first. With James Wooden and Daylen Lile on, Luis Garcia Jr. knocked a single to proper that drove the pair. Garcia then scored to make it 3-0 on a Jorge Alfaro double, his first main league hit since July 16, 2023, then with the Boston Pink Sox.
Within the third, Nunez despatched a fastball into the Nationals bullpen in proper discipline to push it to 4-0. Wooden singled and went to second on a balk, and Lile’s base hit to proper introduced him round to attain for a 5-0 benefit.
The hosts padded their lead within the fourth. Robert Hassell III led off with a double, and Brady Home adopted by launching a sweeper over the left discipline wall to make it 7-0.
Unable to capitalize within the high of the fourth with the bases loaded and one out, Miami broke by within the fifth. After Eric Wagaman opened with a single, Joey Wiemer linked for a two-run shot into the left discipline seats to chop it to 7-2.
With Xavier Edwards and Agustin Ramirez on, Otto Lopez reached on a fielder’s alternative, loading the bases with two out. Heriberto Hernandez then singled to left that introduced in Edwards and Ramirez to slim it to 7-4. That ended Parker’s outing, changed by Jackson Rutledge (3-2).
Washington made it 8-4 within the sixth. Hassell walked, went to second on a balk, and scored on a Nunez single.
Hernandez, who walked and went to 3rd on Connor Norby’s double, capitalized on a handed ball by Alfaro to tug Florida inside 8-5.
–Discipline Degree Media
