Braxton Garrett pitched six sturdy innings, Bryan De La Cruz had a two-run single and the Miami Marlins defeated the Washington Nationals 5-2 on Saturday.

Joey Wendle had two hits for Miami (40-31), which has gained three straight and is 9 video games over .500 for the primary time since July 31, 2016.

“Playing winning baseball, it’s freaking awesome,” Garrett mentioned. “It’s fun being in the dugout. It’s just a fun team to be around all the time. Obviously winning cures all and we’re finally getting a good taste of it.”

Luis Arraez, who went 5 for five with a homer on Friday night time, was 1 for 4 with an intentional stroll, leaving his main league-leading batting common at .388.

Jonathan Davis walked main off the Miami seventh towards Chad Kuhl (0-4), and Nick Fortes singled to place runners on the corners. With one out, Washington walked Arraez to load the bases and Kuhl then walked Jorge Soler to pressure within the go-ahead run. Fortes scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-1.

De La Cruz snapped an 0-for-21 skid when he added a two-run single with the bases loaded within the ninth.

“De La’s been fighting,” Marlins supervisor Skip Schumaker mentioned. “He didn’t like his at-bats in Seattle. He liked them just OK yesterday and then he felt really good today. Just didn’t really have much success, but credit to him, he goes at-bat to at-bat. Felt really good going into that last at-bat and the two RBIs there was a big deal.”

Garrett (3-2) allowed one run and 4 hits. He walked one and struck out eight. Over his previous seven begins, the left-hander, who started the season because the lengthy man within the bullpen, is 2-0 with a 2.13 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 32 innings. Miami is 6-1 in these video games.

“I know I’ve pitched pretty well,” Garrett mentioned. “I just try not to get too high or too low. I just know how hard this game is and it can come back and punch me in the face as soon as anything.”

A.J. Puk received three outs for his ninth save.

Lane Thomas doubled main off the Washington eighth towards Tanner Scott, and Luis Garcia’s infield single put runners on first and third. Scott received Jeimer Candelario to floor right into a double play that scored Thomas, making it 3-2.

Garcia additionally had a triple for last-place Washington, which fell to 0-5 towards Miami this season and has misplaced 10 of its final 12 total.

“It’s almost like we’ve got to play perfectly,” supervisor Dave Martinez mentioned. “And that’s tough to do every night. If we don’t chase, do some other things, the outcome might be a little better. We’ve got to keep playing hard.”

Nationals rookie Jake Irvin, skipped final time by way of the rotation, allowed one run and 4 hits over 5 innings in his greatest outing since May 8. He struck out 4 and walked two.

A sacrifice fly by Davis gave the Marlins a 1-0 lead within the second, however the Nationals tied it on an RBI single by Joey Meneses within the fourth.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Marlins: RHP Johnny Cueto (biceps tightness) allowed 4 runs and 7 hits over 3 2/3 innings in a rehab begin for Double-A Pensacola on Friday. The runs got here on a first-inning grand slam. He threw 62 pitches and struck out one batter.

ROSTER MOVES

Marlins: Placed INF Jean Segura (left hamstring pressure) on the 10-day injured checklist, retroactive to Thursday, and known as up infield prospect Jacob Amaya from Triple-A Jacksonville. … Placed RHP Edward Cabrera (proper shoulder impingement) on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Wednesday, and recalled right-hander Huascar Brazobán from Jacksonville.

UP NEXT

Miami left-hander Jesus Luzardo (5-5, 4.17 ERA) begins the sequence finale Sunday towards lefty Patrick Corbin (4-7, 4.81).

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