Marlins vs. Nationals Game Highlights (6/16/24) | MLB Highlights

On a beautiful Sunday in the nation's capital. It is sunny, mostly clear and it's father's day. Now we're just about set for baseball as the Nationals go for a sweep of this three game series between the Miami Marlins and the Washington Nationals. Mitchell Parker. Very consistent lately, pitch count got up on him in Detroit the other day and he's already pitched against ball club this year. First pitch of the day, Jazz drops a base hit into center field a really good way to start things this afternoon. So Chisholm now three for six in the series and jake Berger three for seven, couple of doubles a walk and now Lane Thomas will be under this first out of the game. Now here is Brian de la waving swing and a miss and splitter de la Cruz strikes out for out number two hits it well, extending those arms and out to right Thomas a step short of the track and the leadoff single. Not a problem. Jesus Lazard making his 12th start of the season this afternoon for the Marlins. Nats have seen him a bunch over the last handful of years and they've hit him Well, here's a fly ball out to left center and one pitch and one out for Jesus Luzardo on his mom's birthday too. Here is Lane Thomas. He's homered in five straight against the Marlins. The club leader in home runs tied for the lead in RBIs with 36 and Thomas gets a big piece of another one. This will be close you later, the Lane train is a bullet train right now and the nets are on top on his seventh of the year. First Father's Day homer on his first Father's Day. You are correct in late Thomas 94 to 2, 102 down in the zone. And he just absolutely hammered that pitch hitter batting right handed, Ruiz hitting it 195. That ball slapped and under the glove of Rivera, it will hit the short corner. Cruz knows he might have a play at second. It's close and the nats catcher is in there. That's his first double right handed this year. And Luis Garc-a would like to get something going against this one. Back to Luzardo. He'll go to third. It's a tag play and Rivera, the brick wall over there stops Ruiz. Nice job there for Luzardo. Put out goes 15. It's almost a B right here. If you're at second base and you see a but that poor, you almost want to stay at second base because you know, you don't have the foot speed to get to third base, but the Marlins will take it garcia at first with one out here in the bottom of the second inning and he takes off on the first pitch throw to second. They got him. Oh baby Luis Garc-a Junior's got a lot to think about as he gets back to that first base dugout trying to atone for the bad bunt. Gabby first pitch he takes off, he's caught stealing. The Marlins have caught the 18th man on the base pass trying to steal this season. So just like that two runners, we'll go back to the top of the order. Jazz Chisholm junior singled to center to start the ball game at the top of the first swing and a miss down, he goes second strikeout and the Marlins now one for 10 to start this game nasty curveball right here down in the zone for Mitchell Parker and it's popped up along first ranging back on it on the outfield grass over the shoulder makes the grab good play there for Joey and Mitchell Parker has his 1st 123 innings. So that's six in a row and nine of the last 10 retired as a young nets. Lefty is off to another good start today. That's a good job by Josh Bell to snap the zero for 23. He fought Parker and gets the base hit. Here's Jesus Sanchez and that one sliding away from the left hander strikeout. Number 32 outs here in the fourth dot up a fastball away and Then you go slider right off and nice job by Mitchell Parker K Ruiz. Same page here's Tim Anderson and it's right in there. Tim anderson gave up on. It came sliding back in two K's in a row and four more shutout innings by a that starter. Two on one out and Luis Garc-a first time tried to bunt Ruiz over to third. It was right back to the pitcher and Luzardo easily throughout Ker at third and a ground ball. Lopez flips to anderson on to first double play to end the second consecutive inning for Jesus Luzardo. He got that well placed ground ball. They needed Lopez Rivera against Mitchell Parker. Top five at 789. It swung on fly ball shallow left center coming on. Jacob Jong still coming into a dive and he makes the catch for the out pops to his feet. Jacob Young using the speed of those legs again to come charging in to make an outstanding play in center field. And there's one away here in the top of the fifth inning. If there's hang time, there's a pretty good chance he's going to run it down next up Emmanuel Rivera. Here's a line drive left field base hit for Emmanuel Rivera ball rolling towards the corner and a one out double for Emmanuel Rivera. The Marlins have the tying run at second here in the fifth with one away. The third for is out at first and now there's two outs for Jazz Chisholm junior singled and struck out today. Check swing roller parker comes up empty and the Marlins will tie it up. That will be a base hit to pitching, fielding practice. This one probably could have made a play to if he takes some time mentioned in his previous start, he gave up four runs. None were earned because of an error. He committed. Jacob Young base hit to left first time and getting under one. Jacob Young to left. See you later number one in his career and it puts the Nats on top. Do it again. Silent treatment. Let's go. Oh, they're gonna give him the hat. Come on, let's do it right. 403 ft. Jacob Young, he's done it. That was a towering blast. 21 nats using the long ball from two of their outfielders CJ Abrams zero for one fly ball to center Jazz started back. Now he's got to race in and he makes the catch. What a recovery there for Jazz. He went back a few steps. It's good to have speed. He went back and Then he had to recover and sprint in to make a diving sprawling catch, put that one away. Thankfully. So here we go. Parker with a 21 lead facing Lopez with Bellett second and Anderson at first and a hot shot right at CJ. Abrams CJ makes the catch and Parker survives trouble in the top of the sixth. Zell. Now at first with one out and here's Vargas. Vargas has grounded out into a force play and popped up runner on the move. He gets inside that one right field corner around third Nick and Zell and de Vargas to the Nats lead. How far he keeps his thing fair and wait until you see where the sweepers at off the plate in. That's impressive RB I number 14 , that's his third RB. I. This week in part time action , Law comes in to try to bounce back from a rough outing in Detroit on Thursday. So a ground ball law, a leaping catch side of the mound bounces the throw. Moness digs it out and Then Law goes over and hugs me to say thank you for avoiding a throwing error. Replay, Derek Law, great shot by Joey Moness. Expect the bad throw and he did runner at second two out top of the ninth nationals leading 3 to 1 trying for a sweep of the series. And now everybody coming to their feet here at Nationals Park, listen to this crowd swing and a miss. It's a father's day sweep for the nationals and that's eight out of nine. And the NATS both at home and overall back to within a game of 500