Marlins squander big early lead to Nationals, lose 6th straight game
Not even a seven-run lead was enough to get the Marlins a victory on Sunday.
The Washington Nationals rallied to defeat the host Marlins
12-9, giving Miami its sixth straight loss.
Miami’s Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a first-inning grand slam, and the Marlins led 7-0 after three innings.
But Marlins starter Ryan Weathers couldn’t hold the lead, allowing six runs in four-plus innings.
Weathers allowed five hits, three walks and three hit-by-pitches.
“It’s a month in, but it’s still tough,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said of the loss. “Up 7-0, we’re feeling pretty good.
“Ryan is generally a strike-thrower, but he had trouble putting them away. We didn’t play real clean baseball.”
Reliever Anthony Bender (0-2) took the loss, giving up a go-ahead, three-run homer to Nick Senzel in the fifth. Senzel finished with two homers and five RBI.
The Marlins fell behind 10-7 in the sixth as the Nationals executed a double steal that concluded with Ildemaro Vargas swiping home.
Miami cut its deficit to 10-9 in the seventh on Tim Anderson’s runscoring double and pinchhitter Jesus Sanchez’s RBI single.
But the Marlins couldn’t get any closer as they fall to 6-23 — the worst record in the National League. It’s also the worst 29-game start in franchise history.
The Marlins went 11-2 against the Nationals last year. But, on Monday night, the Nationals will try for a four-game sweep of this series.
The Marlins have blown leads in 10 losses this year, including all three in this series.
On the positive side, the Marlins banged 12 hits on Sunday, including two by leadoff batter Luis Arraez.
After a slow start, Arraez — who has won two straight batting titles — is batting .308.
“Our guys took good at-bats all day -- some hard-hit outs, too,” Schumaker said.
“Offensively it was a good day, but it was
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MONDAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore (Rodriguez 3-1),6:35
Kansas City (Bowlan 0-0) at Toronto (Rodriguez 0-1),7:07
Minnesota (Ryan 1-1) at Chi. White Sox (Crochet 1-4),7:40
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Washington (Irvin 1-2) at Miami (Rogers 0-3),6:40
Chi. Cubs at N.Y. Mets (Severino 2-2),7:10 L.A. Dodgers (Paxton 2-0) at Arizona (Henry 1-1),9:40
Cincinnati (Lodolo 2-0) at San Diego (Waldron 1-2),9:40
INTERLEAGUE
St. Louis (Matz 1-2) at Detroit (Maeda 0-1),6:40
Tampa Bay at Milwaukee (Wilson 2-0) ,7:40
Philadelphia (Sanchez 1-3) at L.A. Angels,9:38
Pittsburgh (Falter 2-1) at Oakland (Boyle 1-4),9:40
Atlanta (Fried 2-0) at Seattle,9:40
SUNDAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Oakland 7, Baltimore 6
Detroit 4, Kansas City 1
Chi. White Sox 4, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota at L.A. Angels NATIONAL LEAGUE Washington 12, Miami 9 tough on the other side.”
Schumaker also said he changed some things in the Marlins’ routine in an effort to break the slump, but he declined to reveal which adjustments were made.
On Monday, the Marlins will start left-hander Trevor Rogers (0-3, 4.10 ERA).
Washington
Abrams ss Senzel dh Winker lf Meneses 1b Vargas 2b Lipscomb 3b Call rf R.Adams c J.Young cf
Totals
Miami
Arraez 1b
B.De La Cruz lf Bell dh Chisholm Jr. cf Ti.Anderson ss Rivera 1b a-Gordon 2b D.Myers rf b-J.Sanchez rf Brujan 3b Fortes c
Totals Washington Miami
AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
5 1 1 2 0 1 .296 6 2 2 5 0 2 .222 5 0 1 0 1 1 .286 6 0 0 0 0 0 .236 5 1 2 0 0 2 .304 4 3 3 0 0 0 .292 2 3 2 0 2 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 1 3 .231 5 2 3 3 0 0 .333
42 12 14 10 4 9 AB R H BI BB SO
5 1 2 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 1
38 9 12 9 5 8 000 541 020 — 12 14 1 610 000 200 — 9 12 2
Avg. .305 .261 .176 .245 .223 .241 .197 .333 .227 .235 .132
a-Flied out for Rivera in the 7th. b-Singled for D.Myers in the 7th.
E—Abrams (1), Brujan (4), D.Myers (1).
LOB—Washington 10, Miami 7.2B— Ti.Anderson (3), B.De La Cruz (6), Rivera (2), Abrams (5), Vargas (5), J.Young (4).3B—Brujan (2), D.Myers (1).
HR—Chisholm Jr. (3), off Corbin, Senzel 2 (5), off Weathers , Bender.
RBI—Abrams 2 (15), Ti.Anderson (5), Brujan (2), Chisholm Jr. 4 (15), Fortes (3), Rivera (3), J.Sanchez (10), Senzel 5 (9), J.Young 3 (7).
SB—Lipscomb (5), Vargas (2), J.Young 2 (10). GIDP—Gordon. DP—Washington 2 (Vargas, Abrams, Meneses), (Call, Vargas, Meneses).
Runners left in scoring position— Washington 5 (Abrams, Vargas, J.Young
3); Miami 3 (Bell, D.Myers 2).
Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Corbin 487424936.82 LawW,2-1 220003293.00 Weems H, 4 22210164.66
The Nationals will counter with right-hander Jake Irvin (1-2, 4.55 ERA).
Rogers — once a top prospect — has not won an MLB game since April 14 of last year, when he beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1.
After his next start, he was shut down for the rest of the year due to
Washington AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Abrams ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 .301 N.Nunez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Winker lf 5 1 2 4 0 2 .291 Call lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Meneses 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .253 Garcia Jr. 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .293 K.Ruiz c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .167 Lipscomb 3b 4 1 3 0 1 0 .262 Ed.Rosario rf 4 1 0 0 1 2 .094 Senzel dh 5 2 1 2 0 0 .200 J.Young cf 4 4 2 1 0 0 .309
Totals 40 11 11 9 4 8
Miami AB R H BI BB SO Arraez 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 O.Lopez 2b 2 1 2 2 0 0
B.De La Cruz lf 5 0 1 0 0 1
Bell dh 5 0 2 0 0 0 Chisholm Jr. cf 2 0 1 0 1 0 Gordon cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 Av.Garcia rf 2 0 1 0 0 1 J.Sanchez rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ti.Anderson ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 Rivera 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 Brujan 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 Bethancourt c 4 1 1 1 0 1
Totals 38 4 13 3 2 4 Washington 001 051 301 — 11 11 0 Miami 100 000 003 — 4 13 3
E—Ti.Anderson (3), Bethancourt (2), Brujan (3).
LOB—Washington 8, Miami 9. 2B—B.De La Cruz (5), Lipscomb (1). 3B—Abrams
(4), Brujan (1).
HR—O.Lopez (1), off Rainey, K.Ruiz (2), off Emanuel, Senzel (3), off Emanuel, Winker (3), off E.Cabrera.
RBI—Abrams (13), Bethancourt (2), O.Lopez 2 (2), K.Ruiz (4), Senzel 2 (4), Winker 4 (13), J.Young (4).
SB—Ti.Anderson (3), Ed.Rosario (2), J.Young 2 (8). GIDP—Bethancourt, Brujan.
DP—Washington 2 (Lipscomb, Garcia Jr., Meneses), (Garcia Jr., Abrams, Meneses).
Runners left in scoring position—Washington 4 (Garcia Jr., Ed.Rosario 2, Winker); Miami 5 (Rivera 4, J.Sanchez).
Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Parker 4 6 1 1 2 2 82 1.69 J.Barnes W, 2 2 0 0 0 0 25 0.00 1-0
Floro 1 1 0 0 0 2 11 0.75 M.Barnes 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 5.56 Rainey 1 4 3 3 0 0 24 8.10
Miami IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA E.Cabrera L, 41⁄3 4 6 5 2 4 78 5.28 1-1
Cronin 12⁄3 2 1 1 2 2 37 2.45 Emanuel 3 5 4 3 0 2 4810.50
HBP—by Cronin (J.Young), Cronin (K.Ruiz).
WP—Parker. PB—Bethancourt. T—2:48. A—12,695 (37,000).
Avg. .301 .267 .252 .183 .242 .203 .240 .219 .222 .235 .200 .033 injury.
For his career, Rogers is 3-2 with a 3.22 ERA against Washington.
Rogers, 26, has actually been a better pitcher on the road in his career (7-13, 3.73 ERA). At home, he is 6-13 with a 4.58 ERA.