Major League Baseball
Washington 8, Miami 5
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, June 27, 2019
Where: Marlins Park, Miami, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - John Libka, 1B - Paul Emmel, 2B - Mike Estabrook, 3B - Bruce Dreckman
Attendance: 7751

Matt Adams and Victor Robles homered during a five-run sixth inning, and the Washington Nationals stormed back to beat the Miami Marlins 8-5 on Thursday and sweep the three-game series.

The Nationals, who have won 21 of their past 30 games, reached the .500 mark (40-40) for the first time since they were 11-11 in late April.

Washington's Stephen Strasburg (9-4) beat the Marlins for the 10th straight time, giving up four runs in seven innings. That is the longest winning streak in Nationals history over a single opponent and is now tied for the second-longest among active pitchers. Clayton Kershaw has defeated the San Diego Padres 11 times in a row, and Michael Wacha has bested the Reds 10 straight.

The Marlins fell despite getting four hits from leadoff man Miguel Rojas.

Miami starter Sandy Alcantara (4-7) had given up just one run in five innings before the Nationals erupted in the sixth.

Trea Turner led off with a single and stole second before Anthony Rendon was hit by a pitch with one out. With two outs, Adams launched a towering homer down the right field line for a three-run shot that tied the game at 4-4. Kurt Suzuki then doubled, and Robles followed with a two-run homer to make it 6-4.

Suzuki added a solo homer in the eighth, and Adam Eaton hit an RBI single in the ninth to give Washington an 8-4 lead.

Strasburg gave up seven hits and no walks while striking out four. Wander Suero fanned all three batters in the eighth. Nationals closer Sean Doolittle gave up a run in the ninth in a non-save situation.

The Marlins took a 3-0 lead in the third on a two-run double by Rojas and an RBI groundout by Harold Ramirez.

Juan Soto hit a solo homer in the fourth to put Washington on the board.

Miami made it 4-1 with an RBI single in the fifth by Garrett Cooper.

Alcantara allowed six runs on seven hits in six innings with one walk and one strikeout.

The Nationals were 19-31 after losing four straight at New York against the Mets in a series that ended May 23.

The Marlins had won four in a row before dropping all three against Washington this week.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Washington   Miami
Stephen Strasburg Player Sandy Alcantara
Win W/L Loss
7.0 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 1
7 Hits 7
5.14 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Washington   Miami
Kurt Suzuki Player Miguel Rojas
2 Hits 4
1 RBI 2
1 HR 0
6 TB 7
.500 Avg .800
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Washington 10 4 26 .270 7 4 8 1 2 0
Miami 8 0 11 .229 8 7 5 1 1 1