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- Updated: May 14, 2016
WASHINGTON — The Nationals needed all the offense they could get during the first game of a day-night doubleheader against the Marlins on Saturday afternoon at Nationals Park. Washington collected nine hits and defeated Miami, 6-4.
Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg started the game and quickly allowed a solo homer to Christian Yelich in the first. But in the home half of the inning, the Nationals forged a 3-1 lead against left-hander Justin Nicolino. Jayson Werth highlighted the scoring with an RBI single.
The score remained that way until the fifth, when Yelich made it a one-run game with a double to left. But Anthony Rendon gave Washington a two-run cushion with a single that drove in Michael Taylor in the Nationals’ half of the inning.
An inning later, Miami made it a one-run game again against Strasburg, when Marcell Ozuna came home on a single by Jeff Mathis. But the Nationals answered right back in the sixth when Wilson Ramos hit a solo homer against right-hander Nick Wittgren to make it a 5-3 game.
Miami made it close in the seventh against …
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