Jorge Soler hits two-run homer for second straight game for hosts miami marlins defeated washington nationals Wednesday night 4-3
Miami improved to 14-1 in one game.
Soler hit a home run with two outs in the ninth on Tuesday.On Wednesday, his home run was less dramatic, putting marlin above the fourth
Miami also got contributions from Jean Segura and Luis Arraez, who went 2 for 4 each. Arraez leads the majors in batting average (.389). Brian Dela Cruz added an RBI double while extending his hitting streak to 11 games.
Washington’s Corey Dixon, who will spend part of 2020 and 2021 with marlin, going 2 for 4 with a home run, two runs and two RBIs.Teammate Jeimer Candelario 3 for 4
Edward Cabrera (3-3) won the game, allowing five hits and two runs in five innings. He struck out six and made no walks.
Dylan Floro made his third save by throwing a scoreless nine.Four marlin The backup group allowed only one unearned run
MacKenzie Gore (3-3) took the damage, allowing five hits, two walks and four runs. He struck out seven in 5 1/3 innings.
Washington opened the scoring in the second inning, Candelario singled, and Dixon hit the ball at 97 mph to 432 feet to the right center line for a 2-0 lead.
Miami cut it to 2-1 in the bottom of the second quarter. De La Cruz walked, advanced to second on a wild pitch, finished third on Segura’s single and scored on Yuli Gurriel’s sacrifice fly.
this marlin Arraez singled for a 3-2 lead in the fourth quarter, while Soler got a first-pitch fastball and hit it 407 feet for a two-run homer to center
Miami extended its advantage to 4-2 in the sixth as Soler walked and scored from the start on a de la Cruz out double, a jump that bounced off the right field wall.
Washington cut the deficit to 4-3 in the seventh. Dickerson singled and advanced on an infield single from Ildemaro Vargas, then made the third on a throwing error by shortstop Jon Berti. Dickerson then scored on Alex Call’s ground.
–Field-level media