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May 9, 2026 · NL East

Washington Nationals vs Miami Marlins

May 9, 2026loanDepot parkRoof Closed 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Washington Nationals
19-21
7
vs
HOME
Miami Marlins
18-22
8

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 James Wood James Wood homers (11) on a fly ball to right center field. WSH 1, MIA 0
T1 CJ Abrams CJ Abrams singles on a ground ball to right fielder Owen Caissie. Luis García Jr. scores. Brady House scores. WSH 3, MIA 0
T3 Daylen Lile Daylen Lile out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jakob Marsee. CJ Abrams scores. WSH 4, MIA 0
B4 Kyle Stowers Kyle Stowers homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Otto Lopez scores. WSH 4, MIA 2
B6 Owen Caissie Owen Caissie out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jacob Young. Connor Norby scores. WSH 4, MIA 3
B7 Xavier Edwards Xavier Edwards homers (4) on a fly ball to left center field. WSH 4, MIA 4
B8 Jakob Marsee Jakob Marsee homers (2) on a line drive to right field. Kyle Stowers scores. Connor Norby scores. WSH 4, MIA 7
B8 Leo Jiménez Leo Jiménez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jacob Young. Esteury Ruiz scores. WSH 4, MIA 8
T9 Drew Millas Drew Millas singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jakob Marsee. José Tena scores. WSH 5, MIA 8
T9 Luis García Jr. Luis García Jr. singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Esteury Ruiz. Drew Millas scores. James Wood scores. Luis García Jr. to 2nd. WSH 7, MIA 8

Box score

  123456789 R
WSH 301000003 7
MIA 000201140 8

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Nationals AWAY 7

Nationals opened with Richard Lovelady, then turned the bulk of the game over to Zack Littell. Out of the bullpen, Mitchell Parker took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Richard Lovelady Opener 2.0 30 0 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Richard Lovelady threw
    CSW 37% 1st-pitch strike 43% 4.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sweeper 15 50% 3 3 1 5 3
    Sinker 10 33% 0 4 1 5 0
    Four-Seam Fastball 5 17% 1 0 1 3 0
  • Zack Littell Bulk 4.0 69 3 0
  • Mitchell Parker Middle 1.0 39 5 1 L
  • Zak Kent Reliever 1.0 14 0 1 inherited 1, all 1 scored
Marlins HOME 8

Janson Junk started for Marlins, leaving trailing 2–4. Out of the bullpen, Michael Petersen took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Janson Junk Starter 6.0 94 4 6
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Janson Junk threw
    CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 65% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 34 36% 0 10 6 11 7
    Slider 23 24% 3 7 4 4 5
    Changeup 19 20% 4 2 3 8 2
    Sweeper 9 10% 0 1 3 4 1
    Curveball 8 9% 0 1 2 2 3
    Sinker 1 1% 0 0 1 0 0
  • Lake Bachar Long 1.0 13 0 2
  • Andrew Nardi Reliever 1.0 9 0 0 W
  • Michael Petersen Setup 0.2 16 3 0
  • John King Middle 0.1 3 0 0 SV inherited 1, stranded 1

Where the game turned

3 runs Bottom 8th · off Parker
  • Marsee HR (3)

Batting lines

AWAY · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
James Wood RF 3 2 2 1 1 0 .243 .395 .526 .921 HR (11), 2B
Jorbit Vivas PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 .329 .284 .613
CJ Abrams SS 5 1 2 2 0 0 .295 .394 .547 .941 3B
Daylen Lile LF 3 0 1 1 0 0 .247 .320 .370 .690 2B
Jacob Young CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .229 .273 .336 .609
José Tena DH 3 1 1 0 1 1 .286 .351 .471 .822 2B
Drew Millas C 4 1 1 1 0 2 .177 .239 .274 .513
Nasim Nuñez 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .211 .311 .237 .548
Luis García Jr. 1B 5 1 3 2 0 0 .248 .271 .345 .616
Brady House 3B 4 1 1 0 0 2 .239 .297 .396 .693 2B
HOME · MIA
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Xavier Edwards 2B 5 1 1 1 0 1 .324 .413 .483 .896 HR (4)
Otto Lopez SS 5 1 2 0 0 1 .353 .382 .526 .908 2B
Liam Hicks DH 3 0 0 0 1 0 .308 .366 .564 .930
Kyle Stowers LF 4 2 3 2 0 0 .239 .320 .343 .663 HR (1), 2B
Connor Norby 1B 3 2 1 0 1 0 .233 .343 .379 .722 2B, 2 SB
Jakob Marsee CF 3 1 1 3 1 1 .178 .297 .274 .571 HR (2)
Esteury Ruiz RF 1 1 1 0 0 0 .227 .227 .591 .818 2B, SB
Leo Jiménez 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 .200 .344 .200 .544
Joe Mack C 4 0 2 0 0 1 .294 .294 .471 .765 2 2B
Owen Caissie RF 2 0 0 1 0 1 .198 .254 .317 .571

Pitching lines

AWAY · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Richard Lovelady 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 30 2.12
Zack Littell 4.0 5 3 2 1 0 1 69 6.94
Mitchell Parker 1.0 5 5 5 1 1 2 39 5.82 L
Zak Kent 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 3.18
HOME · MIA
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Janson Junk 6.0 7 4 4 2 6 1 94 3.25
Lake Bachar 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 2.37
Andrew Nardi 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6.00 W
Michael Petersen 0.2 4 3 3 0 0 0 16 4.80
John King 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.54 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · WSH
Blake Butera
Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 1.9 R
HOME · MIA
Clayton McCullough
Lineup 2.4 R Bunts 1.2 R IBBs 0.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · WSH
6-4 W1 +8 run diff
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HOME · MIA
6-4 L1 +5 run diff
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Season series: 0-3 with WSH listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.