MIAMI – The Nationals and Marlins have played each other a lot over the last week, and there’s still three more games to go in this series. That familiarity means a lot of familiar pitching matchups. We saw Cade Cavalli face Miami for the second straight outing Monday night. And tonight we’ll see both Mitchell Parker and Adam Mazur face these opposing lineups for the second straight time.
Parker had his best start in weeks when he faced the Marlins on Wednesday afternoon in D.C. He carried a shutout into the fifth before allowing four runs (only two earned). It was an important step forward for the struggling left-hander, who managed to get his ERA back under 6.00. Now, can he continue that positive trend tonight against the same opponent?
Mazur started for Miami the previous night and took the loss to Cavalli. The rookie right-hander, in his 11th career start, gave up five runs (four earned) on 10 hits in six innings, giving up a homer to James Wood and doubles to CJ Abrams, Daylen Lile, Riley Adams and Dylan Crews. The Nats would love to keep that kind of offensive production going, especially after exploding for 15 runs here Monday night.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS at MIAMI MARLINS
Where: loanDepot Park
Gametime: 6:40 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 87.7 FM (Spanish), MLB.com
Weather: Indoors
NATIONALS
SS CJ Abrams
LF James Wood
1B Josh Bell
DH Daylen Lile
2B Luis García Jr.
C Riley Adams
3B Brady House
RF Dylan Crews
CF Jacob Young
LHP Mitchell Parker
MARLINS
2B Xavier Edwards
C Agustín Ramírez
CF Jakob Marsee
SS Otto Lopez
DH Heriberto Hernández
1B Eric Wagaman
RF Joey Wiemer
3B Maximo Acosta
LF Javier Sanoja
RHP Adam Mazur