MIAMI – We have reached the end of the road trip at last. The Nationals and Marlins square off one final time tonight at loanDepot Park, the Nats seeking to head home with a 5-2 record on the trip through Chicago and Miami and improve to 8-2 overall in September. And they’ve got their ace back on the mound after a two-week layoff.
MacKenzie Gore has been activated off the 15-day injured list, his left shoulder feeling fine after missing a couple of starts. He’s raring to go and looking to close out his season on a better note after struggling since the All-Star break. If all goes well, Gore would be on track to make four starts down the stretch, so tonight’s outing against the Marlins provides a good first step toward a good finish.
Fellow left-hander Ryan Weathers starts for Miami, and he’s been quite good when healthy. He’s made only five major league starts this season, with two IL stints sprinkled in there (one for a flexor strain, one for a lat strain). This will mark his return after a three-month layoff. It’s also his first appearance against the Nationals since April 2024 (when he allowed six runs over four innings).
WASHINGTON NATIONALS at MIAMI MARLINS
Where: loanDepot Park
Gametime: 6:40 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 FM, 87.7 FM (Spanish), MLB.com
Weather: Indoors
NATIONALS
SS CJ Abrams
RF Dylan Crews
C Riley Adams
LF Daylen Lile
1B Andrés Chaparro
3B Brady House
DH Paul DeJong
2B Nasim Nuñez
CF Jacob Young
LHP MacKenzie Gore
MARLINS
2B Xavier Edwards
DH Agustín Ramírez
CF Jakob Marsee
LF Heriberto Hernández
1B Eric Wagaman
RF Joey Wiemer
SS Maximo Acosta
C Brian Navarreto
3B Javier Sanoja
LHP Ryan Weathers