Marlins Pull Away in the 8th from Nats Chat

Marlins Pull Away in the 8th

39 minutes Posted May 11, 2026 at 4:00 am.

) The Nationals continued their pattern of sloppy play by making a pair of crucial outs on the bases. One of them was particularly painful because it came with James Wood in the batter's box and a runner already in scoring position.

) Nasim Nuñez let a double play ball go through his legs that led to an early unearned Marlins run while filling in at shortstop.

) Miami pulled off a double steal against Gus Varland in the pivotal bottom of the 8th. Drew Millas also used poor judgment in use of ABS Challenge that inning.

) An assessment of Cade Cavalli's outing where he allowed two runs in almost six innings of work. Cavalli struck out four and his ERA dropped a tad to 4.02.

) Luis Garcia tripled and also had a RBI double in the middle of the game. Could Garcia step up and be the 3rd best hitter in this lineup?

) Jim Callis, Senior writer for MLB Pipeline, gives Nats Chat an exclusive scouting report on potential options for the Nats at #11 at this Summer's MLB Draft.

) Jacob Young was hitless, but did make a pair of fantastic defensive plays in the top of the 2nd. Mark notes some instances where Brady House could improve defensively.

) The Nats are off on Monday and begin a three game series in Cincinnati on Tuesday night. Every team in the NL Central is currently over .500.

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The Nats dropped a second straight winnable game over the weekend in Miami. Mark & Al react to Washington's 5-2 loss in the rubber match of the three game series that came just before the Wizards were announced as the lottery winners for the NBA Draft.

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