ARCHIVE August 31, 2026
August 31, 2026 · NL East

Miami Marlins vs Washington Nationals

August 31, 2026Nationals ParkCloudy 83°F · 3 mph, R To L
AWAY
Miami Marlins
69-69
3
vs
HOME
Washington Nationals
66-74
6

Game Highlights

Published August 31, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T4 Kyle Stowers Kyle Stowers singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jacob Young. Agustín Ramírez scores. Javier Sanoja scores. MIA 3, WSH 0
B5 Daylen Lile Daylen Lile homers (19) on a fly ball to left center field. Andrew Pinckney scores. MIA 3, WSH 2
B7 Daylen Lile Daylen Lile homers (20) on a fly ball to right field. Nasim Nuñez scores. MIA 3, WSH 4
B7 Andrés Chaparro Andrés Chaparro singles on a line drive to right fielder Esteury Ruiz. Abimelec Ortiz scores. Andrés Chaparro to 2nd. Throwing error by right fielder Esteury Ruiz. MIA 3, WSH 5
B7 Brady House Brady House singles on a ground ball to right fielder Esteury Ruiz. Andrés Chaparro scores. Brady House to 2nd. MIA 3, WSH 6

Box score

  123456789 R
MIA 000300000 3
WSH 000020400 6

Pitching & bullpen

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

Marlins AWAY 3

Ryan Gusto started for Marlins, leaving with a 3–2 lead. Out of the bullpen, Josh Ekness took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Ryan Gusto Starter 4.1 69 1 4
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Ryan Gusto threw
    CSW 28% 1st-pitch strike 63% 3.6 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 24 35% 5 4 6 7 2
    Sinker 13 19% 3 3 3 3 1
    Cutter 8 12% 1 0 3 1 3
    Curveball 8 12% 0 2 1 3 2
    Changeup 6 9% 0 1 2 1 2
    Sweeper 5 7% 0 0 2 2 1
    Slider 5 7% 0 0 1 3 1
  • Jack Ralston Middle 0.2 23 1 1 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Tyler Zuber Setup 1.1 24 1 3 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Josh Ekness Middle 0.1 18 3 1 L inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Cade Gibson Middle 1.1 9 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
Nationals HOME 6

Will Dion started for Nationals, leaving with the game tied 0–0. Out of the bullpen, Luis Perales took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Will Dion Starter 3.0 37 0 1
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Will Dion threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 89% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 16 43% 0 2 6 4 4
    Changeup 14 38% 2 2 2 7 1
    Curveball 4 11% 0 3 1 0 0
    Cutter 3 8% 1 0 0 0 2
  • Luis Perales Middle 1.0 34 3 2
  • Matt Waldron Long 3.0 41 0 0 W
  • Erik Tolman Middle 2.0 21 0 4 SV inherited 3, stranded 3

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 7th · off Ekness
  • Lile HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · MIA
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Heriberto Hernández LF 2 1 0 0 2 0 .231 .314 .464 .778
Otto Lopez SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 .305 .340 .442 .782
Griffin Conine DH 2 0 1 0 0 0 .251 .355 .492 .847
Javier Sanoja 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .280 .320 .418 .738
Kyle Stowers 1B 4 0 2 2 0 1 .245 .331 .457 .788
Leo Jiménez 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .199 .306 .259 .565
Jakob Marsee CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 .211 .331 .325 .656 2B
Esteury Ruiz RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .238 .361 .417 .778
Brian Navarreto C 4 0 1 0 0 2 .122 .196 .220 .416
Agustín Ramírez DH 2 1 1 0 0 0 .236 .335 .333 .668
HOME · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Daylen Lile LF 3 2 3 4 1 0 .257 .309 .443 .752 2 HR (19, 20)
Abimelec Ortiz DH 3 1 0 0 1 1 .218 .261 .425 .686
Andrés Chaparro 1B 4 1 1 0 0 3 .247 .357 .507 .864
Keibert Ruiz C 4 0 2 0 0 1 .283 .322 .451 .773
Brady House 3B 4 0 2 1 0 1 .241 .303 .402 .705
José Tena 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .310 .380 .690
Jacob Young CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .246 .314 .393 .707
Nasim Nuñez SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 .216 .295 .251 .546 SB
Andrew Pinckney RF 4 1 2 0 0 1 .273 .320 .500 .820
Jorbit Vivas 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .334 .324 .658

Pitching lines

AWAY · MIA
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Ryan Gusto 4.1 4 1 1 2 4 0 69 3.86
Jack Ralston 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 23 1.80
Tyler Zuber 1.1 1 1 1 0 3 0 24 3.82
Josh Ekness 0.1 3 3 3 1 1 1 18 2.84 L
Cade Gibson 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5.67
HOME · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Will Dion 3.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 37 3.38
Luis Perales 1.0 4 3 3 1 2 0 34 21.00
Matt Waldron 3.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 41 6.64 W
Erik Tolman 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21 0.00 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · MIA
Clayton McCullough
Lineup 4.0 R Bunts 3.8 R IBBs 1.4 R
HOME · WSH
Blake Butera
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 2.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · MIA
4-6 L3 -11 run diff
LLLWWLWWLL
HOME · WSH
6-4 L1 +4 run diff
LWWLWWWWLL

Season series: 3-3 with MIA listed first across 6 prior meetings.

Keep reading

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.