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Miami Marlins Fish Wrap: 26 Runs in Washington, D.C.

By Kevin Kraczkowski

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 05: Martin Prado #14 of the Miami Marlins celebrates a three run home with Corbin Maybin #1 in the second inning during a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on July 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 05: Martin Prado #14 of the Miami Marlins celebrates a three run home with Corbin Maybin #1 in the second inning during a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on July 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /
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The Miami Marlins and the Washington Nationals traded punches for nine innings in our nation’s capital on Thursday night. The Nats finished on top by a 14-12 final count in front of a partisan crowd of 24,314.

Martin Prado, Justin Bour, and Brian Anderson each went deep against Nationals pitching, and the Miami Marlins stable of arms couldn’t protect a nine-run lead.

Game Story

Martin Prado reached first base on a fielding error by Anthony Rendon in the first inning, allowing Derek Dietrich to score a two-out run. In the second, Realmuto hit a two-run single, Bour added an RBI-single, and Prado hit his first home run in over a year, a three-run shot. It came off the bat at 101.4 MPH, at a 24° angle and traveled 374 feet into the left field foul pole. The shot gave the Miami Marlins a 7-0 second inning lead.

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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 05: Martin Prado #14 of the Miami Marlins hits a three-run home run in the second inning during a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on July 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

Nobody scored in the third inning, or the ninth for that matter, but multiple runs crossed the plate in every other inning but the first. In the fourth, the Marlins notched two more on Bour’s 14th of the season. It was struck at a 29° degree angle and traveled at 103.1 MPH for 403 feet into left-center field.

The Nationals finally got on the board against Miami starter Pablo Lopez in the bottom of the inning. Trea Turner connected for his 10th round-tripper of the season out to center field.

In the fifth, Lopez loaded the bases with no outs before striking out Pedro Severino. He then issued a walk to Adam Eaton to make it 9-2. Turner added an RBI-groundout, then Juan Soto hit a two-run double.

Adam Conley (2-1, 3.66) relieved Lopez to pitch the sixth, still with a four-run advantage. In 2/3 of an inning, Conley surrendered five runs on two hits and four walks. One of the hits was Turner’s 11th homer of the season, a grand slam.

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LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 24: Dillon Peters #76 of the Miami Marlins pitches during the first inning of a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on April 24, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /

Now trailing 10-9, the Marlins inserted Dillon Peters to pitch the seventh. Peters surrendered another four runs in the inning, on five hits and a pair of walks.

Down by five runs, Anderson blistered a 410-foot shot off Nats reliever Kelvin Herrera at 107.6 MPH.

…but that was all the offense the Marlins could muster. The game ended with Miami still trailing by two, 14-12.

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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 05: Pablo Lopez #49 of the Miami Marlins pitches in the third inning during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park on July 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

Pitching

  • Lopez, in his second MLB start, struck out three and gave up five runs on five hits and a pair of walks. He had started out pretty good – allowing only one hit through three innings and just that plus a solo shot in the fourth. It got away from him in his final frame, in which four-of-five baserunners crossed the plate. He finished with a GameScore of 38, after having put 56-of-83 pitches in the strikezone. He also allowed only one-of-nine balls in play for outs in the air.
  • Conley took his first loss of the season with his sixth-inning performance. It lasted 35 pitches, with 20 of those failing to cross the plate.
  • Drew Rucinski came in to finish the sixth, collecting the final out on two pitches.
  • Peters, who was called up yesterday after Miami’s bullpen was wore out from that 16-inning game earlier this week, was also racked. He allowed seven baserunners in two innings, and only struck out one batter.

Hitting

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  • Prado’s home run was his first since April 27th of last year. He is currently sitting at 98 career home runs. The homer was his only hit of the game.
  • Derek Dietrich was two-for-five with a walk and three runs scored. He’s up to .289 for the season.
  • Anderson was two-for-four with two runs and three RBI. He’s now at .284.
  • Realmuto raised his average to an NL-sixth .310 with a two-for-four game, with a pair of runs and two batted in.
  • Bour also finished two-for-four with two runs and three RBI, with a walk.
  • Starlin Castro, who pinch hit late in the game and stayed in as a defensive replacement, was two-for-two to raise his average to .296.
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MIAMI, FL – JUNE 28: Starlin Castro #13 of the Miami Marlins heads to the dugout in the third inning during the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Marlins Park on June 28, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) /

Tomorrow

The Marlins will rely on Dan Straily (3-4, 4.70) in tomorrow’s game against the Nats. He’ll face Gio Gonzalez (6-5, 3.77).

Next: Marlins Roster Moves for Thursday

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