MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Pablo López lowered his majors-best ERA to 0.39 by throwing six shutout innings, Jesús Aguilar homered, and the Miami Marlins moved above .500 for the primary time in 2022 by edging the slumping Washington Nationals 2-1 on Wednesday evening.
Mixing a four-seam fastball, cutter, and changeup earlier than an introduced crowd of 13,356, López (3-0) baffled an already-in-trouble Nationals offense, which has managed to attain a grand whole of 14 runs throughout a dropping streak that grew to seven video games.
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López got here in with a 0.52 ERA and gave up simply three hits.
He struck out six and walked one.
López has allowed solely a single run throughout 23 1/3 innings over 4 begins this season — and his previous three appearances had been all scoreless.
Nationals supervisor Dave Martinez tinkered along with his lineup, swapping Josh Bell and Nelson Cruz — shifting Bell up one spot to No. 3, behind Juan Soto, with Cruz sliding one place to cleanup.
That trio went 0 for 9 with three walks; on protection, proper fielder Soto and first baseman Bell every had been charged with an error.
Martinez additionally inserted rookie shortstop Lucius Fox — who left Sunday’s recreation after throwing up on the sector within the first inning — rather than the .123-batting Alcides Escobar.
With two outs within the backside of the eighth, César Hernández reached on an error by first baseman Aguilar, mentioning lefty batter Soto.
Miami countered with left-hander Tanner Scott, who received Soto to pop up, however second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. did not make the catch and was charged with an error.
That put runners on the corners for Bell, who walked.
Scott additionally walked Cruz, forcing in an unearned run for the Nationals to make it 2-1.
With the bases nonetheless loaded, Anthony Bender received out of the inning when Yadiel Hernandez flew out to the warning monitor.
Bender stayed in for the ninth and labored round Maikel Franco’s single off the wall in left to earn his fourth save in 5 possibilities by getting Fox to fly out to finish it.
Nothing actually appears to be working proper now for Washington, which is 6-14 and coming off two last-place finishes within the NL East since successful the 2019 World Series.
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Only the Cincinnati Reds have fewer wins in baseball.
The Marlins, in the meantime, have gained 4 consecutive video games to get to 9-8 following a 1-4 begin.
Aguilar’s solo shot to heart off a 94 mph sinker from Erick Fedde (1-2) gave Miami the lead within the third.
The Marlins went up 2-0 within the fifth when Jacob Stallings’ single was adopted by three consecutive walks — the final two by reliever Andres Machado — to push throughout a run.
Fedde allowed two runs and three hits in 4 2/3 innings.
BAHAMAS-BORN
A pair of childhood pals, Washington’s Fox and Miami’s Chisholm, turned the primary pair of Bahamas-born gamers to look in the identical main league recreation since 1961.
Chisholm led off Wednesday evening’s recreation with a single.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Marlins: SS Miguel Rojas performed after lacking three video games with an higher respiratory sickness.
Nationals: RHPs Stephen Strasburg (thoracic outlet surgical procedure) and Joe Ross (bone spur in proper elbow) threw greater than 35 pitches apiece in bullpen classes in Florida.
UP NEXT
Two struggling left-handers pitch in Thursday’s collection finale: Washington’s Patrick Corbin vs. Miami’s Trevor Rogers. Corbin is 0-3 with an 11.30 ERA; Rogers is 0-3 with a 6.94 ERA.
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