MIAMI — Eury Perez’s Miami Marlins teammates the place ready for him as quickly as he made it to the locker room following his first main league win.

Nearly per week after he debuted because the youngest pitcher in Marlins historical past (20 years and 27 days), Perez pitched 5 stable innings to assist Miami to a 5-3 win and sequence sweep of the Washington Nationals Thursday afternoon.

And then there was the ‘special celebration.’

“I told them I have new shoes so please be careful with my shoes,” Perez stated by a translator. “They poured ketchup and a bunch of stuff all over me.”

The victory stretched the Marlins’ profitable streak to 4 video games. With the New York Mets struggling, Miami (23-21) is second within the NL East behind Atlanta (27-16). Although it’s early, it’s a welcomed signal for a staff that has had one profitable season — the pandemic-shortened 2020 season — in 14 years.

“We just find ways to win,” stated Marlins supervisor Skip Schumaker. “Sometimes its not the prettiest, but at the end of the day, the winning is the most important part of your day.”

Perez (1-0) allowed three hits, walked one and struck out six on Thursday. His fastball reached 98.3 mph.

“I tried to make adjustments from the previous game,” Perez stated. “Getting used to the league — getting used to playing baseball at this level. What made it better was the fastball.”

Perez is on a pitch restrict and was changed by Matt Barnes within the sixth at 78 pitches.

“I wanted to continue,” Perez stated. “I was making eye contact with Mel (pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre) a lot of times. He was smiling, and he told me ‘For the next one we’ll let you go a little deeper.’”

Jeimer Candelario tagged Perez within the fourth with a solo shot that went 443 ft to heart for his fifth house run of the season.

Trailing 4-1 within the eighth, Washington used 4 straight hits in opposition to reliever Huascar Brazoban to chop the deficit to a run. Candelario drove in Luis Garcia with a double to proper earlier than Corey Dickerson’s one-out RBI single within the subsequent at-bat.

Brazoban obtained Keibert Ruiz to floor right into a double play to finish the risk, and Nick Fortes gave Miami a two-run cushion within the backside half with a two-out RBI single. Dylan Floro pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save of the season.

De La Cruz gave the Marlins a 1-0 lead with a solo homer off starter Trevor Williams (1-2) within the second. Jean Segura made it 2-0 with an RBI single within the third.

Segura has reached safely in every of the previous six video games. He was 5 for 12 within the sequence.

Xavier Edwards’ line drive two-out RBI single within the fourth pushed Miami’s result in 3-1 after Candelario put the Nationals on the board.

Candelario has 11 hits in his previous 15 plate appearances.

“I’m making good contact and trying to have good ABs,” Candelario stated. “Just trying to help my team. That’s all I want.”

Williams allowed 5 hits, three runs, walked one and struck out 5 earlier than reliever Mason Thompson changed him within the seventh and gave up an RBI single to Garrett Cooper to make it 4-1.

UP NEXT

Nationals: RHP Jake Irvin (1-1, 4.11) will begin the sequence opener vs Detroit on Friday. Washington has an upcoming six-game homestand.

Marlins: The Marlins will start a 10-game highway journey in opposition to San Francisco, Colorado and the Los Angeles Angels on Friday. RHP Sandy Alcantara (1-4, 4.91) will begin the sequence opener at San Francisco on Friday.

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