Jose Urena snapped an eight-game home losing streak and added an RBI single as the host Miami Marlins defeated the Washington Nationals 5-0 on at Marlins Park on Sunday afternoon.
Miami held Washington to just two hits as Urena and three relievers were brilliant all afternoon.
A day after blowing a save chance Saturday, the Marlins bullpen did not let up in the series finale. Adam Conley and Brad Ziegler each pitched a perfect inning, and, in the ninth, Drew Steckenrider pitched around a walk and a single to secure the victory.
Martin Prado smacked a pair of RBI hits to help the Marlins split the four-game series against Washington.
Urena (3-10) won his first game at Marlins Park since beating the New York Mets on Sept. 20, 2017. He held the Nationals scoreless for six innings, giving up one hit -- a single -- and four walks, striking out five.
Jeremy Hellickson (4-2) took the loss, surrendering five runs (three earned) on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings, though he did not walk a batter and struck out four.
Miami opened the scoring in the second when Miguel Rojas looped a two-out single to center, advanced to third on Magneuris Sierra's opposite-field, hit-and-run single to left, and scored when Urena got jammed but had enough strength to loft a broken-bat hit up the middle.
It was Urena's third career RBI and his first this year.
The Marlins took a 2-0 lead in the third as Brian Anderson was hit by a pitch and scored on Prado's two-out double to left-center. Washington center fielder Bryce Harper, who was shaded to right, made a long run to the opposite alley but missed the ball by inches as it landed on the warning track.
Miami extended its lead to 5-0 with a three-run fifth. After hits by Anderson and J.T. Realmuto, Prado's two-out RBI single chased Hellickson.
Reliever Matt Grace got JT Riddle to hit a grounder, but second baseman Daniel Murphy was charged with a fielding error off his backhand, allowing Realmuto to score. Rojas' RBI double capped the inning.
--Field Level Media
Washington | Miami | |
Jeremy Hellickson | Player | Jose Urena |
Loss | W/L | Win |
4.2 | IP | 6.0 |
4 | Strikeouts | 5 |
8 | Hits | 1 |
5.79 | ERA | 0.00 |
Washington | Miami | |
Bryce Harper | Player | Brian Anderson |
1 | Hits | 2 |
0 | RBI | 0 |
0 | HR | 0 |
1 | TB | 2 |
.500 | Avg | .667 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Washington | 2 | 0 | 2 | .074 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Miami | 9 | 0 | 11 | .265 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |