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Marlins capitalize, edge Nats to stay in race
- Updated: September 20, 2016
MIAMI — After playing each other 13 times during the first seven weeks of the season, the Marlins and Nationals were meeting for the first time since May. Washington is now closing in on the National League East crown, while Miami’s recent struggles have them hanging on to the fringes of the NL Wild Card race.
The Marlins used an early mammoth home run from Giancarlo Stanton and were aided by two Nationals miscues to score twice in the sixth inning and come away with a 4-3 victory Monday night at Marlins Park. Trea Turner misplayed a ball hit by Derek Dietrich into a run-scoring double. Then the next batter, Ichiro Suzuki, hit a …
