Rojas Homers And Gets 3 Hits As Marlins Beat Nationals 5-1
MIAMI (AP) — Miguel Rojas homered, doubled and singled to lead the Miami Marlins over the Washington Nationals 5-1 on Tuesday night.
Jesús Sánchez also went deep and Jesús Aguilar had two hits for the Marlins, who will attempt to complete their second three-game sweep of the season against Washington on Wednesday.
Rojas' shot in the fifth inning put Miami ahead 1-0 when he drove starter Joan Adon's fastball over the wall in left field for his second homer of the season.
Sánchez made it 2-0 with his drive off reliever Steve Cishek in the sixth. The homer was Sánchez's fourth, ending a drought going back to April 21.
Miami starter Cody Poteet retired the first 10 Nationals until Juan Soto's one-out single in the fourth. In his first start of the season after eight relief appearances, Poteet pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings. He allowed one hit, walked one and struck out four. Poteet extended his scoreless streak to 19 2/3 innings from his six previous relief outings.
Anthony Bender (1-3) relieved Poteet and threw one scoreless inning. Four additional Miami relievers combined to get the final 13 outs.
Washington reliever Erasmo Ramírez's two errors and a throwing error by first baseman Josh Bell helped Miami score twice in the seventh. Ramírez misplayed Erik Gonzalez's sacrifice bunt attempt and then made an errant pickoff throw that got past Bell and scored Rojas from third. Gonzalez sprinted toward third and Bell's throw eluded third baseman Maikel Franco, allowing Gonzalez to score.
The Nationals trimmed the deficit on Bell's sacrifice fly in the eighth before Jacob Stallings' RBI single in the bottom half gave the Marlins another four-run advantage.
Adon (1-7) was lifted after 4 2/3 innings. The right-hander allowed one run, five hits, struck out two and hit a batter with a pitch.
FALSE ALARM
As Bender took his warmup tosses in relief of Poteet, the alarm system at loanDepot Park went off repeatedly and caused a five-minute delay. Spectators immediately were informed that the system malfunctioned, resulting in the false alarm.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Marlins: OF Bryan De La Cruz sustained a bruised right forearm and left after getting hit by a 96 mph fastball from Adon in the fourth. ... LHP Richard Bleier (undisclosed injury) could soon throw a bullpen and progress to a rehab outing.
UP NEXT
RHP Josiah Gray (4-3, 4.34 ERA) will pitch the series finale for the Nationals on Wednesday against RHP Pablo López (4-1, 1.05).
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