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Villar grounded out, pitcher Finnegan unassisted.

Grounded out, pitcher Finnegan unassisted.

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M.Rojas homered to left on a 2-0 count, Alfaro scored, Brinson scored.

Homered to left on a 2-0 count, Alfaro scored, Brinson scored.

Marlins second.  Dickerson lined out to shortstop Turner.  Alfaro singled to left.  Brinson walked on a full count, Alfaro to second.  J.Sánchez struck out.  M.Rojas homered to left on a 2-0 count, Alfaro scored, Brinson scored.  Villar grounded out, third baseman Kieboom to first baseman Cabrera.

Nationals second.  Cabrera struck out.  Lu.García grounded out, first baseman Aguilar to pitcher Hernandez.  Gomes homered to center on a 2-2 count.  Thames struck out.

Nationals third.  Kieboom grounded out, second baseman Villar to first baseman Aguilar.  Robles popped out to second baseman Villar.  Turner homered to right on a 2-1 count.  Eaton struck out.

 The Marlins have played only 18 games entering this series, second fewest in MLB (St. Louis -- 14). Yet Miami tops all clubs in total players used (48) and pitchers used (30). The Nationals have played 21 games, tied for third fewest in the majors.

 Miami was swept by the Mets at home, and has now lost five straight games, getting outscored 30-11 in those games. Marlins batters have struck out at least 10 times in all five games, tied for the third-longest such streak in franchise history, behind a six-game streak in 2009 and a seven-game streak last season.

 The Nationals are coming off a two-game split with the Braves in Atlanta, improving to 5-4 in their last nine after opening the season 4-8. The Nats collected 17 hits in Tuesday's win over Atlanta, their third such game this season -- only one other team has multiple games with 17+ this year (Arizona, 2).

 Luis Garcia had three hits on Tuesday against Atlanta, and now has six hits, three runs, four RBI and a home run in his first four career games. Only one other player in franchise history has matched those numbers through four games -- Mike Lansing in 1993.

 Elieser Hernandez will start for Miami, coming off a nine-strikeout, zero-walk performance in just 5.0 innings against Atlanta on Sunday. He's the first pitcher in Marlins history with at least nine strikeouts and no walks in five or fewer innings.

 Patrick Corbin allowed five runs (all earned) in 5.0 innings in Baltimore on Saturday, just the second time in his last 14 starts that he's allowed more than three runs. Since the start of last season, Corbin has had a quality start in 15 of 18 starts at home.

HP - Kulpa, 1B - Segal, 2B - Gonzalez, 3B - Miller

The Washington Nationals, who have alternated losses and wins in each of their past six contests, will open a five-game series against the visiting Miami Marlins on Friday night.
Miami enters the series having lost five straight games and eight of its past 10. Miami's scheduled game on Thursday night against the New York Mets was postponed. Fox Sports Florida reported that a Mets player and a staffer tested positive for COVID-19, causing the postponement.

Marlins on 5-game skid heading into Nationals series

WASHINGTON (AP)  Miguel Rojas hit a three-run homer in his first at-bat after being activated from the COVID-19 injured list, and the Miami Marlins snapped a five-game skid by beating the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Friday night.
Rojas connected in the second inning against Patrick Corbin (2-2), and that was all Miami needed to take the opener of a five-game series. Rojas hadn't played since July 26, when the Marlins' season was suspended amid a team-wide coronavirus outbreak.

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Miami Marlins @ Washington Nationals on August 21, 2020

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