Marlins rally from four-run deficit to beat Nationals 8‑7 Saturday
MIAMI (Interstat) — Xavier Edwards tied the game with a seventh-inning homer and Jakob Marsee launched a three-run blast in the eighth as the Miami Marlins erased a four-run deficit to beat the Washington Nationals 8-7 on Saturday at loanDepot Park.
Kyle Stowers finished a triple shy of the cycle, homering in the fourth inning and driving in two runs. Otto Lopez extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a single and a double, the longest active streak in the majors.
Miami trailed 4-0 after Washington’s three-run first and a sacrifice fly in the third. The Marlins chipped away with Stowers’ two-run homer in the fourth and Owen Caissie’s sacrifice fly in the sixth. Edwards led off the seventh with a solo homer to make it 4-4.
Marsee’s line-drive homer in the eighth scored Stowers and Connor Norby, and Leo Jiménez added a sacrifice fly for an 8-4 lead. Washington scored three in the ninth on singles by Drew Millas and Luis García Jr., but John King stranded the tying run at second to earn his first save.
Andrew Nardi got the win with one scoreless inning; Mitchell Parker took the loss. The Nationals fell to 19-21, the Marlins to 18-22. Attendance was 20,185; the game lasted 2 hours, 55 minutes.