MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Interstat) — Eury Pérez pitched five solid innings and the Miami Marlins defeated the Washington Nationals 4-2 on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026, at loanDepot Park.

Miami scored twice in the first inning on Otto Lopez’s two-run single, then added solo homers from Heriberto Hernández in the second and Jakob Marsee in the fourth. Washington answered with a run in the fourth on José Tena’s RBI single and another in the fifth on Dylan Crews’s RBI double, but got no closer. The Nationals managed three hits total, while Miami collected seven.

Pérez (7-9) allowed one earned run on three hits with four strikeouts over five innings. Jake Irvin (2-8) took the loss, surrendering four earned runs on six hits in six innings. Calvin Faucher earned his second save with a scoreless inning, and Miami’s bullpen combined to keep Washington scoreless after the fifth.

The Marlins improved to 66-64. Washington dropped to 61-70. Attendance was 18,473, and the game lasted 2:42.