Game 130 lineups: Nats at Marlins

By Bobby Blanco

Nationals

August 26, 2023, 1:21pm

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MIAMI – The Nationals finally got the monkey that is the Marlins off their backs last night. The 7-4 victory was their first against the Fish this year, and first in Miami since last season.

Now they can focus on playing ball and winning a series.

Jake Irvin will look to make it three straight strong starts when he takes the hill this afternoon for the 20th outing of his rookie season. He’s allowed just two runs in 12 ⅔ innings over his last two starts against the Athletics and Phillies. At 3-5 with a 4.47 ERA and 1.397 WHIP on the year, the right-hander held the Marlins to one run in five innings during a home start on June 17.

Electric right-hander Eury Pérez makes his 15th start of his rookie season, where he has gone 5-4 with a 2.91 ERA and 1.074 WHIP. He pitched six shutout innings with 10 strikeouts his last time out against the Dodgers, and held the Nationals to one run over five innings with six strikeouts in his second career start in May.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at MIAMI MARLINS
Where: loanDepot Park
Gametime: 4:10 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: 106.7 The Fan, MLB.com
Weather: Indoors

NATIONALS
SS CJ Abrams
RF Lane Thomas
DH Joey Meneses
1B Dominic Smith
3B Carter Kieboom
LF Jake Alu
C Riley Adams
2B Ildemaro Vargas
CF Alex Call

RHP Jake Irvin

MARLINS
CF Jazz Chisholm Jr.
DH Jorge Soler
2B Luis Arraez
1B Josh Bell
3B Jake Burger
LF Bryan De La Cruz
RF Jesús Sánchez
SS Joey Wendle
C Jacob Stallings

RHP Eury Pérez