Overview
- Miami beat Washington 7-3 with Heriberto Hernandez hitting two homers and Joe Mack recording his first major-league home run.
- A walk by Owen Caissie set up a fifth-inning sequence in which Mack, Hernandez and Otto Lopez hit back-to-back-to-back homers to build a decisive lead.
- A trio of Marlins pitchers kept Washington hitless through four innings, and reliever John King worked 1 2/3 perfect innings to earn the win.
- Washington starter Miles Mikolas was charged with six runs on six hits over six-plus innings, and the Nationals mounted only a small rally late in the game.
- Miami added insurance in the ninth when Mack executed a safety squeeze and Hernandez homered again, giving him three homers in the first two games of the series and leaving Miami positioned to complete the sweep.