MIAMI -- Wei-Yin Chen of the Marlins was sharp through four innings in his first game since July 20.
Chen allowed a three-run homer to Danny Espinosa in the fifth but Miami was able to score twice in the sixth and went on to beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 on Monday night.
"Obviously, a good one for us being on life support," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said in reference to the team's slim playoff chances. "A lot of good things happened. Wei-Yin was really good, the air came out of the balloon quick in the fifth."
Miami trails San Francisco and St. Louis for the second wild card spot with 12 games left.
Giancarlo Stanton hit his 26th home run and Christian Yelich, Ichiro Suzuki and Derek Dietrich also drove in a run for the Marlins.
Brian Ellington (3-2) picked up the win with an inning of relief and A.J. Ramos pitched the ninth for his 38th save in 41 chances.
The Nationals have lost three straight.
A.J. Cole allowed two runs and four hits in four innings for the Nationals. He struck out three and walked two.
"I didn't have my best stuff, but I fought to keep my team in the game and I went out there and still tried to throw my stuff where I wanted to and battle through it," Cole said.
Mat Latos (7-3) took the loss, allowing two runs in 1 1/3 innings.
Chen made his first start in two months due to an elbow strain, and allowed three runs and four hits, ending his night after 4 1/3 innings. Chen threw 44 of 66 pitches for strikes.
"I haven't been pitching in a game for a really long time and (my stamina) could have been a factor," Chen said through a translator.
Washington trailed by a run to begin the ninth when Wilson Ramos led off with a double to left-center field. Michael Taylor pinch-ran for Ramos and was thrown out at third on a groundball to shortstop Miguel Rojas.
"I can't speak for what a guy was thinking, but that was a mistake," Nationals manager Dusty Baker said.
Pinch-hitters Bryce Harper and Daniel Murphy flied out to end the game leaving a runner stranded at first.
The Nationals trailed by a run in the seventh and had two on and no outs. Fernando Rodney was able to get out of the jam without allowing a run to score.
The Marlins took an early 2-0 lead on Stanton's solo home run and an RBI double by Yelich.
Espinosa's homer put the Nationals up 3-2.
"I was trying to get something out over the plate so I could get it to the outfield and ensure one run -- a fly ball or something like that," Espinosa said. "He threw me a couple good changeups and I just tried to settle down and wait for a pitch that I could get at least one run in."
Miami responded with two runs in the sixth to take a 4-3 lead behind an RBI double by pinch-hitter Dietrich and a failed fielder's choice by Suzuki that allowed Justin Bour to score as second baseman Wilmer Difo's throw was wide to home plate.
"These guys could have quit after the three-run homer but we put up good at-bats and kept going hard and we prevailed," Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon said.
BOUR'S BUNT
Bour dropped a successful bunt to the open left side of the infield in the pivotal sixth inning with the Nationals in a shift for the left-handed hitter and he later scored the eventual game-winning run.
It was Bour's first bunt for a hit this season and he does not have a sacrifice bunt in 247 career games.
"I saw a situation and at this point every game is huge for us," Bour said. "Whatever it takes to get the job done and I had an opportunity to bunt."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (elbow) played catch on Monday for the first time since leaving his Sept. 7 start early. ... C Jose Lobaton (ankle) has not played since Sept. 13 when he was a defensive replacement.
Marlins: LHP Adam Conley (finger) is going to throw a simulated game on Wednesday and could re-join the team in some capacity before the end of the season. "He's feeling really good," Mattingly said. "He came into my office and told me he feels totally healthy."
UP NEXT
Nationals: RHP Tanner Roark (15-8, 2.75) will start the second game of the series with the Marlins. Roark is 2-1 with a 1.08 ERA over his last four starts.
Marlins: RHP Jose Fernandez (15-8, 2.99) enters Tuesday's start with 174 1/3 innings on the season with the goal of keeping him in the 180-inning range. "Obviously we don't want him to throw innings that we don't need him to throw, but I think we're still paying close attention to him," Mattingly said. "He's got his mind set on three more starts, but we have to be mindful of how it goes with what we do with him."
Washington Nationals
Chen allowed a three-run homer to Danny Espinosa in the fifth but Miami was able to score twice in the sixth and went on to beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 on Monday night.
"Obviously, a good one for us being on life support," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said in reference to the team's slim playoff chances. "A lot of good things happened. Wei-Yin was really good, the air came out of the balloon quick in the fifth."
Miami trails San Francisco and St. Louis for the second wild card spot with 12 games left.
Giancarlo Stanton hit his 26th home run and Christian Yelich, Ichiro Suzuki and Derek Dietrich also drove in a run for the Marlins.
Brian Ellington (3-2) picked up the win with an inning of relief and A.J. Ramos pitched the ninth for his 38th save in 41 chances.
The Nationals have lost three straight.
A.J. Cole allowed two runs and four hits in four innings for the Nationals. He struck out three and walked two.
"I didn't have my best stuff, but I fought to keep my team in the game and I went out there and still tried to throw my stuff where I wanted to and battle through it," Cole said.
Mat Latos (7-3) took the loss, allowing two runs in 1 1/3 innings.
Chen made his first start in two months due to an elbow strain, and allowed three runs and four hits, ending his night after 4 1/3 innings. Chen threw 44 of 66 pitches for strikes.
"I haven't been pitching in a game for a really long time and (my stamina) could have been a factor," Chen said through a translator.
Washington trailed by a run to begin the ninth when Wilson Ramos led off with a double to left-center field. Michael Taylor pinch-ran for Ramos and was thrown out at third on a groundball to shortstop Miguel Rojas.
"I can't speak for what a guy was thinking, but that was a mistake," Nationals manager Dusty Baker said.
Pinch-hitters Bryce Harper and Daniel Murphy flied out to end the game leaving a runner stranded at first.
The Nationals trailed by a run in the seventh and had two on and no outs. Fernando Rodney was able to get out of the jam without allowing a run to score.
The Marlins took an early 2-0 lead on Stanton's solo home run and an RBI double by Yelich.
Espinosa's homer put the Nationals up 3-2.
"I was trying to get something out over the plate so I could get it to the outfield and ensure one run -- a fly ball or something like that," Espinosa said. "He threw me a couple good changeups and I just tried to settle down and wait for a pitch that I could get at least one run in."
Miami responded with two runs in the sixth to take a 4-3 lead behind an RBI double by pinch-hitter Dietrich and a failed fielder's choice by Suzuki that allowed Justin Bour to score as second baseman Wilmer Difo's throw was wide to home plate.
"These guys could have quit after the three-run homer but we put up good at-bats and kept going hard and we prevailed," Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon said.
BOUR'S BUNT
Bour dropped a successful bunt to the open left side of the infield in the pivotal sixth inning with the Nationals in a shift for the left-handed hitter and he later scored the eventual game-winning run.
It was Bour's first bunt for a hit this season and he does not have a sacrifice bunt in 247 career games.
"I saw a situation and at this point every game is huge for us," Bour said. "Whatever it takes to get the job done and I had an opportunity to bunt."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (elbow) played catch on Monday for the first time since leaving his Sept. 7 start early. ... C Jose Lobaton (ankle) has not played since Sept. 13 when he was a defensive replacement.
Marlins: LHP Adam Conley (finger) is going to throw a simulated game on Wednesday and could re-join the team in some capacity before the end of the season. "He's feeling really good," Mattingly said. "He came into my office and told me he feels totally healthy."
UP NEXT
Nationals: RHP Tanner Roark (15-8, 2.75) will start the second game of the series with the Marlins. Roark is 2-1 with a 1.08 ERA over his last four starts.
Marlins: RHP Jose Fernandez (15-8, 2.99) enters Tuesday's start with 174 1/3 innings on the season with the goal of keeping him in the 180-inning range. "Obviously we don't want him to throw innings that we don't need him to throw, but I think we're still paying close attention to him," Mattingly said. "He's got his mind set on three more starts, but we have to be mindful of how it goes with what we do with him."
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Washington - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Miami | WSH | MIA |
| Turner struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Werth struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Rendon popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| A.J. Cole pitching for Washington | WSH | MIA |
| Gordon lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Ozuna lined out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Prado flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Miami | WSH | MIA |
| Ramos singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Zimmerman grounded into double play, third to second to first, Ramos out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Heisey grounded out to catcher. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| A.J. Cole pitching for Washington | WSH | MIA |
| Yelich struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Stanton homered to left center (466 feet). | 0 | 1 |
| Bour walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Realmuto flied out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Hechavarría grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Bour out at second. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Miami | WSH | MIA |
| Espinosa struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Difo fouled out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Cole lined out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| A.J. Cole pitching for Washington | WSH | MIA |
| Chen struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Gordon grounded out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Ozuna tripled to deep center. | 0 | 1 |
| Prado walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Yelich hit a ground rule double to deep left center, Ozuna scored, Prado to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Stanton grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Miami | WSH | MIA |
| Turner grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Werth grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Rendon grounded out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Cole pitching for Washington | WSH | MIA |
| Bour flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Realmuto reached on infield single to shortstop, Realmuto to second on throwing error by shortstop Espinosa. | 0 | 2 |
| Hechavarría struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Chen grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Washington - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Wei-Yin Chen pitching for Miami | WSH | MIA |
| Ramos lined out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Zimmerman singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Heisey singled to center, Zimmerman to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Espinosa homered to left (366 feet), Zimmerman and Heisey scored. | 3 | 2 |
| Wittgren relieved Chen. | 3 | 2 |
| Difo singled to center, Difo to second on error by center fielder Yelich. | 3 | 2 |
| Revere hit for Cole. | 3 | 2 |
| Revere grounded out to third. | 3 | 2 |
| Turner grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 2 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Mat Latos pitching for Washington | WSH | MIA |
| Latos relieved Cole. | 3 | 2 |
| Gordon lined out to left. | 3 | 2 |
| Ozuna struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Prado doubled to left. | 3 | 2 |
| Yelich grounded out to first. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Brian Ellington pitching for Miami | WSH | MIA |
| Ellington relieved Wittgren. | 3 | 2 |
| Werth reached on infield single to shortstop. | 3 | 2 |
| Rendon grounded into double play, third to second to first, Werth out at second. | 3 | 2 |
| Ramos flied out to center. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Mat Latos pitching for Washington | WSH | MIA |
| Stanton walked. | 3 | 2 |
| Pérez ran for Stanton. | 3 | 2 |
| Bour reached on bunt single to third, Pérez to second. | 3 | 2 |
| Realmuto lined out to first. | 3 | 2 |
| Dietrich hit for Hechavarría. | 3 | 2 |
| Treinen relieved Latos. | 3 | 2 |
| Dietrich doubled to center, Pérez scored, Bour to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Suzuki hit for Ellington. | 3 | 3 |
| Suzuki grounded into fielder's choice to second, Bour scored, Dietrich out at second. | 3 | 4 |
| Gordon struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Fernando Rodney pitching for Miami | WSH | MIA |
| Rodney relieved Ellington. | 3 | 4 |
| Rojas at shortstop. | 3 | 4 |
| Suzuki in right field. | 3 | 4 |
| Zimmerman reached on infield single to shortstop. | 3 | 4 |
| Heisey singled to left, Zimmerman to second. | 3 | 4 |
| Espinosa sacrificed to catcher, Zimmerman to third, Heisey to second. | 3 | 4 |
| Drew hit for Difo. | 3 | 4 |
| Drew struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Robinson hit for Treinen. | 3 | 4 |
| Robinson struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Koda Glover pitching for Washington | WSH | MIA |
| Drew at second base. | 3 | 4 |
| Glover relieved Treinen. | 3 | 4 |
| Ozuna flied out to right. | 3 | 4 |
| Prado grounded out to second. | 3 | 4 |
| Yelich struck out looking. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Barraclough pitching for Miami | WSH | MIA |
| Barraclough relieved Rodney. | 3 | 4 |
| Turner popped out to second. | 3 | 4 |
| Werth struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Rendon grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Miami - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Koda Glover pitching for Washington | WSH | MIA |
| Johnson hit for Barraclough. | 3 | 4 |
| Johnson lined out to shortstop. | 3 | 4 |
| Bour safe at first on throwing error by pitcher Glover. | 3 | 4 |
| Hood ran for Bour. | 3 | 4 |
| Realmuto struck out swinging. Hood caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Washington - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Ramos pitching for Miami | WSH | MIA |
| Johnson at first base. | 3 | 4 |
| Ramos relieved Barraclough. | 3 | 4 |
| Ramos doubled to deep center. | 3 | 4 |
| Taylor ran for Ramos. | 3 | 4 |
| Zimmerman grounded into fielder's choice to second, Taylor out at third. | 3 | 4 |
| Harper hit for Heisey. | 3 | 4 |
| Harper flied out to left. | 3 | 4 |
| Murphy hit for Espinosa. | 3 | 4 |
| Murphy flied out to right. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Washington Nationals
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .350 | .371 | .581 |
| Werth LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .247 | .335 | .423 |
| Rendon 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .273 | .352 | .454 |
| Ramos C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .304 | .353 | .492 |
Taylor PR
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .218 | .269 | .365 |
| Zimmerman 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .216 | .270 | .366 |
| Heisey RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .220 | .293 | .462 |
d-Harper PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .242 | .377 | .444 |
| Espinosa SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .215 | .312 | .384 |
e-Murphy PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .348 | .391 | .597 |
| Difo 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .286 | .333 | .333 |
b-Drew PH-2B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .265 | .328 | .540 |
| Cole P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Revere PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .216 | .261 | .302 |
Latos P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | 1.333 |
Treinen P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
c-Robinson PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .230 | .300 | .337 |
Glover P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 124 | |||
| a-grounded to third for A Cole in the 5th b-struck out swinging for W Difo in the 7th c-struck out swinging for B Treinen in the 7th d-flied out to left for C Heisey in the 9th e-flied out to right for D Espinosa in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Ramos (24, Ramos) HR: Espinosa (22, 5th inning off Chen 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: Espinosa 3 (66) S: Espinosa GIDP: Zimmerman, Rendon Nationals RISP: 1-6 (Turner 0-1, Revere 0-1, Espinosa 1-1, Zimmerman 0-1, Drew 0-1, Robinson 0-1) Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Espinosa (16, throw); Glover (1, throw) DP: 1 (Ramos-Drew). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Marlins Park, Miami, FL |
| Attendance | 17,214 (46% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:50 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Dan Bellino, First Base - Phil Cuzzi, Second Base - Stu Scheurwater, Third Base - Tom Hallion |
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