The Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 on May 8, 2026 at loanDepot park.
Final · loanDepot park
Top performers
- Jacob Young went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Nationals.
- Foster Griffin pitched 7.0 innings for the Nationals, allowing 1 earned run with 9 strikeouts.
- Xavier Edwards went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Marlins.
- Tyler Phillips pitched 2.1 innings for the Marlins, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
Washington Nationals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Wood | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Daylen Lile | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady House | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Young | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| CJ Abrams | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Keibert Ruiz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nasim Nunez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Curtis Mead | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Luis Garcia Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 28 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Griffin | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Brad Lord | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| PJ Poulin | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
Miami Marlins box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Stowers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Otto Lopez | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javier Sanoja | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leo Jimenez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Esteury Ruiz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Xavier Edwards | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Connor Norby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Mack | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christopher Morel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Hicks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Marsee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Heriberto Hernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Phillips | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Anthony Bender | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Before and after
- Nationals · 2026 season · Previous May 7, 2026: MIN 5, WSH 7 · Next May 9, 2026: WSH 7, MIA 8
- Marlins · 2026 season · Previous May 7, 2026: BAL 3, MIA 4 · Next May 9, 2026: WSH 7, MIA 8