FINAL May 8, 2026
May 8, 2026 · NL East

Washington Nationals vs Miami Marlins

May 8, 2026loanDepot parkRoof Closed 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Washington Nationals
19-20
3
vs
HOME
Miami Marlins
17-22
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · WSH
Foster Griffin
Foster Griffin
IP 7
HOME · MIA
Robby Snelling
Robby Snelling
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · WSH
  1. 1 James Wood DH
  2. 2 Curtis Mead 1B
  3. 3 Brady House 3B
  4. 4 CJ Abrams SS
  5. 5 Jacob Young CF
  6. 6 Daylen Lile LF
  7. 7 Joey Wiemer RF
  8. 8 Nasim Nuñez 2B
  9. 9 Keibert Ruiz C
HOME · MIA
  1. 1 Xavier Edwards 2B
  2. 2 Otto Lopez SS
  3. 3 Kyle Stowers RF
  4. 4 Christopher Morel 1B
  5. 5 Connor Norby DH
  6. 6 Javier Sanoja LF
  7. 7 Joe Mack C
  8. 8 Leo Jiménez 3B
  9. 9 Esteury Ruiz CF

Box score

  123456789 R
WSH 300000000 3
MIA 200000000 2

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C / C+ entering this matchup.

AWAY · WSH
Blake Butera
C Lineup 1.6 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 1.4 R
HOME · MIA
Clayton McCullough
C+ Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · WSH
6-4 W3 +6 run diff
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HOME · MIA
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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Season series: 1-0 with WSH listed first across 1 prior meeting.

Tactical analysis

RunsLeft separates manager decisions from player execution from game variance. Each card below is the same three-number framework that drives the share cards on the SPA replay page.

AWAY · Washington Nationals
  • Manager lineup cost +0.13 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.92 vs actual lineup 4.79
  • Player execution −1.79 R/G Players fell 1.79 short of the lineup's 4.79 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −1.92 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Wood 0-for-5 batting 1st

HOME · Miami Marlins
  • Manager lineup cost +0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.81 vs actual lineup 2.78
  • Player execution −0.78 R/G Players fell 0.78 short of the lineup's 2.78 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −0.81 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Stowers 0-for-4 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.9 – 2.8 — actual was 3 – 2.

GAME INSIGHTS
  • Otto Lopez extends hit streak to 11 games
    Otto Lopez (MIA) has a hit in 11 consecutive games — past the 10-game watermark.
  • Clayton McCullough (MIA) has run 30 distinct starting lineups across 30 games this season — that's 100% turnover game-to-game. Most managers stay below 14 for the same span.
  • Blake Butera (WSH) has run 29 distinct starting lineups across 30 games this season — that's 97% turnover game-to-game. Most managers stay below 14 for the same span.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. Tactical analysis comes from a per-game Monte Carlo: 10,000 simulated games against the opposing starter's ERA, both for the actual lineup the manager wrote and for the optimal arrangement of those nine players. The three numbers — manager cost, player execution, game variance — separate which part of the result was the lineup, the players, or the dice.

Read the full methodology.