Nationals vs. Marlins Game Highlights (4/26/24) | MLB Highlights

What do we got today? And that is Jesus Lozano will not be pitching tonight. He was scratched due to elbow discomfort. That left elbow extremely frustrating. You know, I hate having to call skip and, and training staff and tell them I couldn't start today. But at the end of the day, I think that, um, like I said, it's just a little smarter play. Now, I'm a little older. I understand that, especially in the month of April, it's probably smarter to miss a couple of starts rather than what that does do is create a major league debut tonight for Anthony Maldonado. He's put together some really good numbers in the minor leagues. His career, er, a in the minor leagues 2.68. He has not been a starter though. He's always worked out of the bullpen so he'll be an opener tonight. We'll see one inning, maybe two , a little tapper up the first base line and the flip to first base and there's one away that will bring Jesse Winker to the plate left handed, hitting left field, they're hitting 282 and he goes after the first one lines at the Center Jazz in a step and makes the play two up and two down. And here is Joey Mesa hitting 257 for the Nationals first big league strikeout for there's Trevor Williams. He was originally drafted by the Marlins in the second round a bunch of years ago. Now he gets a start against his former organization coming off for really good starts to begin his 2024 arise. He simply lights Williams up to the tune of a 438 batting average. There's ball four fastball missed outside and the Marlins have the leadoff man aboard. Here's Brian Da Cruz, the designated hitter tonight. Ground ball to third that will back up. Lipscomb takes the second half and that's all the nationals will get. They cut down the lead runner at second. So now here's Jazz Chisholm Junior for the left side of the plate, popped up, left side Lipscomb into foul territory in and over the shoulder. Catch what a play by the rookie playing his first ever game in this yard. Here's josh Bell, the former national check swing and he went too far. So josh Bell down on strikes and Trevor Williams works around the leadoff walk Anthony maldonado in his major league debut tossed a perfect first. He will face Luis Garc-a Junior leading off the top of the second inning. There's a base hit up the middle quick start for the Nats cutting it off in the gap there. So he is aboard for Ruiz. This one popped up near first. Looks like bell making the call and the catch. Now, Rosario will be the batter. The 11 pitch dribbled softly arise. Has it on the back hand flips to Anderson for one throw the first. Not in time. No double play. Hael choice put out goes 4 to 6 and now there's two outs, no score top of the second inning and Joey Gallo will be the batter again, a 32 pitch and there's a strikeout. So two K's in two innings of work for maldonado in his first big league start. So a man at first with nobody out, Tim Anderson hitting 2, 29 2 doubles, the homers and four runs batted in three for his last 23 runner on the move and Anderson shoots one down the right field line catch made on the run by Rosario runner way too far and nobody telling him that he needed to go back. Sanchez, no idea where that baseball was and he's doubled off. You know, he's going to catch that ball. I can't think that Jesus Sanchez thought there were two out because he was the leadoff hitter. And Anthony maldonado Rod has been so efficient 27 pitches, two shutout. He's back out to start the third. Trey Lipscomb will lead off the third inning here in Miami. We have no score, Lipscomb out to left center. I'll fall for a base hit and for the second straight inning. A leadoff knock for the Nets might be a good to go opportunity here for a bunt from Jacob Young. He's the nationals best. He had that safety squeeze bunt hit against the Dodgers third baseman Bru in tight and Young drops the bunt down beautifully up the third base line. Fortes slides, picks it up, pros and safe is the call at first. He is perfect at dragging that bunt up the third base line. That's the third bunt hit in the last week for Jacob Young and the table set for a, there's a pop up on the infield infield fly rule in effect. Anderson is there. He makes the catch Jesse Winker lined out to center over his last 16 since he had a hit. This might be a couple of big outs bell to second for one on the first, a double play. 361 on the double play has his third hit of the season and for the third inning in a row, the Marlins have a leadoff man on against Trevor Williams. Nick Fortes. The catcher is in the box. The Marlins have not had offense at all from the catching position. Fortes hitting just 19 will bru go again. Here's the throw to first. Did they get him? No, and bruh gets the bag at second and he's hurt. Wow, that was really close. The nationals do not want to take a look. I don't know if we've ever seen that before, maybe one other time that attempted third pick off at first base in the air. Shallow, right? Is it gonna drop? It will? And they'll send Bruha in the score. Nick Cortez with the RB I single of the Marlins take a 10 lead. New pitcher for the Marlins is kyle Tyler. This will be his Marlins debut. Originally an Angels 20th round draft pick in 2018 out of the University of Oklahoma. Kyle Tyler induces three ground balls to the second baseman nationals are not getting the offense going to start the road trip after struggling to score at home against the Dodgers two down. Now for Vidal Brohan who singled was back to second and scored last of the fourth one, nothing Marlins three balls, two strikes , two outs and that up the middle of base hit and a little bobble see that leads to a run, they're going to go. Gordon tried to go first to home the throw from Young to Garcia on the money and Garcia cuts down the base runner at the plate. Maldonado and Tyler are put the clamps on these nationals through five innings. We'll see what the nationals and the Marlins have in store for us here in the sixth Young to the right side and past the diving Jacob Young stay hot, but here comes skip wearing number 45 1st game of every series in honor of his father. He points out to the bullpen, a lefty coming in. It'll be andrew, er, a high but it's been five consecutive scoreless outings for him and just two earned runs over his last seven and a third lined in the right. Another bullet off the bat is CJ Abrams against the left hander and the NATS have two on with nobody out and the Nationals have the bases loaded with nobody out here in the top of the sixth inning and the batter is Joey Moses. That's a rise from his pocket starts the double play, but a run will score to even things up here in the sixth inning. But it could have been a little bit more than that if not for the quick hands of A R Abrams at third two down for Garcia. The 02 that is cut on and missed strike three in the inning is settle for one run after loading the bases with no outs. Thanks to the sparkling defense of an intentional walk to CJ Abrams. It will be his second of the year serious respect building around the league for Mr Abrams to a board. Now with one out for Jesse win, Winker up the middle on anderson right there. He scoops it, keeping it on the infield, but it will go down as a single for Jesse Winker to load the bases with one out and that is a chance to deliver. Now up again with the bases loaded second straight time up the middle and through the score is Lipscomb right behind him. Is Abrams is the, it's a single to center and two runs batted in for Joey Vaness. What a slide by Abrams for the second run. The ball was there the dive of the tag. He did the swim movie, pulled the left arm back, reached with the right arm and got his hand on the plate before the tag applied by for on the great slide bottom of the ninth inning here in Miami Nationals three and the Marlins won and Kyle Finnigan takes over the pitching time for second in the national league in the majors in saves coming in seven and eight tries. Finnegan now an out away. So here's Tim Anderson a chance to win the first game against their division rival this season ground ball up the middle Garcia over to first and this game is oval. Kyle Finnigan save number eight. The Nationals snap a three game skid and they pick up a 3 to 1 win to start this road trip.