Trevor Williams and the Washington Nationals will take the mound against Jesus Luzardo and the Miami Marlins on Friday night.
The Washington Nationals will head on the road this weekend to open up a three-game series against the Miami Marlins on Friday night at loanDepot Park in Miami, Florida. This will be the first game this season between these two teams. The Nationals are coming into this series with a 10-14 record overall which puts them as the No. 4 team in the National League East, 7.5 games back from the divisional-leading Atlanta Braves. They were swept in their last series in three games with a run differential of 17-4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Marlins have fallen to 6-20 on the season being just the second quickest team to 20 losses this year. They are the last-placed team in the same division as Washington. They were also swept in their last series by the top-of-the-division Braves by a run differential of 12-3.
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Trevor Williams will start this opening game for the road team, Washington. The right-hander is undefeated this season at 2-0 with a 2.91 ERA on 15 hits with 18 strikeouts in 21.2 innings. He pitched 6.0 innings in his last start which ended in a 5-4 win over the Houston Astros in the 10th inning. He allowed one earned run with four strikeouts.
Jesus Luzardo will be the starting pitcher for Miami in this opening game of the series. He is winless this season with a 0-2 record and a 6.58 ERA on 24 hits in 26.0 innings with 27 strikeouts. The right-hander went 6.0 innings allowing two earned runs with six strikeouts in a 3-2 win over the Chicago Cubs. That was his best start of the season.
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