— Javier Sanoja singled through the middle with the bases loaded and no out in the ninth inning to give the Miami Marlins a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night.
MIAMI -- —
Javier Sanoja singled through the middle with the bases loaded and no out in the ninth inning to give the
Miami Marlins a 3-2 victory over the
Washington Nationals on Friday night.
Washington tied it in the top of the ninth on Daylen Lile’s single off
Pete Fairbanks (4-4).
In the bottom half, Agustín Ramírez led off with a walk off
Clayton Beeter (5-4). Beeter’s throwing error on
Esteury Ruiz's infield hit put runners on second and third, and
Jakob Marsee was walked intentionally before Sanoja singled to end it.
Miami moved a game over .500 at 65-64, beating the Nationals for the sixth straight time. Washington dropped to 61-69.
Marsee tripled leading off the eighth against
Tom Cosgrove for the Marlins' second hit and Sanoja singled to tie it 1.
Otto Lopez had a two-out single for a 2-1 lead.
Keibert Ruiz hit his eight homer on a one-out pitch from
Tyler Zuber to put the Nationals up 1-0 in the sixth. It was the first earned run allowed by Zuber since July 24, spanning 12 appearances.
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Nationals RHP
Jake Irvin (2-7, 5.80) was set to start Saturday opposite Marlins RHP Eury Pérez (6-9, 3.23).
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