Miami Marlins (11-14, fifth in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (10-12, third in the NL East)
Washington; Saturday, 1:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Paul Campbell (0-1, 8.22 ERA, 2.09 WHIP, 9 strikeouts) Nationals: Patrick Corbin (0-3, 10.47 ERA, 2.02 WHIP, 14 strikeouts)
LINE: Nationals -180, Marlins +150; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Washington and Miami will meet on Saturday.
The Nationals are 3-4 against the rest of their division. Washington ranks fifth in the MLB in hitting with a .249 batting average, Josh Harrison leads the team with an average of .333.
The Marlins have gone 4-3 against division opponents. Miami has a collective .229 this season, led by Corey Dickerson with an average of .320.
The Nationals won the last meeting 2-1. Brad Hand earned his second victory and Kyle Schwarber went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs for Washington. Yimi Garcia registered his second loss for Miami.
TOP PERFORMERS: Trea Turner leads the Nationals with six home runs and is slugging .558.
Jesus Aguilar leads the Marlins with 24 hits and has 22 RBIs.
LAST 10 GAMES: Nationals: 5-5, .216 batting average, 3.99 ERA, outscored by nine runs
Marlins: 4-6, .213 batting average, 2.83 ERA, outscored opponents by eight runs
INJURIES: Nationals: Wander Suero: (oblique), Stephen Strasburg: (right shoulder), Will Harris: (hand), Luis Avilan: (elbow), Juan Soto: (shoulder).
Marlins: Elieser Hernandez: (biceps), Jorge Guzman: (elbow), Jeff Brigham: (undisclosed), Starling Marte: (rib), Corey Dickerson: (undisclosed), Garrett Cooper: (foot), Jazz Chisholm Jr.: (hamstring), Brian Anderson: (oblique), Jorge Alfaro: (leg).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
