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- Updated: May 14, 2016
WASHINGTON — When Marlins starter Tom Koehler exited the game with two outs in the sixth inning, the Nationals had yet to score a run. Then, Don Mattingly called down to the bullpen and balls started flying over the fence in Friday’s 5-3 loss.
First, Stephen Drew hit a home run off Bryan Morris to drive in the runner Koehler had left on first base and tie the game at 2. In the seventh, Bryce Harper launched another two-run shot off Kyle Barraclough to give the Nationals a 4-2 lead. Chris Heisey added insurance in the eighth with a solo shot off Dustin McGowan.
The Marlins’ bullpen gave up four runs (plus an inherited runner) in 2 1/3 innings pitched.
Drew’s blast came two pitches after Morris expressed frustration with home-plate umpire Chris Guccione over a pitch he felt should have been called a strike.
“I let that …
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