Nationals aim to avoid series sweep against the Marlins

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Miami Marlins (28-34, fourth in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (31-31, third in the NL East)

Washington; Wednesday, 1:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Max Meyer (5-0, 2.97 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 74 strikeouts); Nationals: Andrew Alvarez (1-0, 4.02 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 17 strikeouts)

LINE: Nationals -110, Marlins -110; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins and the Washington Nationals play in the final game of a three-game series. The Marlins can sweep the series with a victory.

Washington has gone 12-19 in home games and 31-31 overall. The Nationals have a 22-12 record in games when they scored five or more runs.

Miami has a 28-34 record overall and a 10-19 record on the road. The Marlins have the ninth-ranked team batting average in the NL at .243.

The matchup Wednesday is the sixth meeting between these teams this season. The Marlins hold a 4-1 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: James Wood leads the Nationals with 31 extra base hits (15 doubles and 16 home runs). Curtis Mead is 11 for 38 with a double, four home runs and 10 RBIs over the past 10 games.

Otto Lopez has a .335 batting average to lead the Marlins, and has 15 doubles, two triples and five home runs. Xavier Edwards is 11 for 36 with an RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Nationals: 6-4, .251 batting average, 3.44 ERA, outscored opponents by 10 runs

Marlins: 5-5, .243 batting average, 4.39 ERA, outscored by three runs

INJURIES: Nationals: Drew Millas: day-to-day (lip), Dylan Crews: day-to-day (undisclosed), Josiah Gray: 60-Day IL (elbow), Max Kranick: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Irvin: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Trevor Williams: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ken Waldichuk: 60-Day IL (forearm), DJ Herz: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Marlins: Josh Ekness: 15-Day IL (calf), Andrew Nardi: 60-Day IL (ribs), Griffin Conine: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Janson Junk: 15-Day IL (shin), Eury Perez: 15-Day IL (gracilis), Robby Snelling: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ronny Henriquez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adam Mazur: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.