Rookie starter Josiah Gray and debuting righty Edward Cabrera had themselves a high-profile pitchers’ duel in the second of three between Gray’s Washington Nationals and Cabrera’s Miami Marlins in loanDepot park, with Gray giving up two runs in six innings against the Fish and Cabrera giving up three four hits in 6 1⁄3 IP versus the Nats.
Miami’s 23-year-old right-hander tossed six scoreless in his first major league start, but surrendered a leadoff walk and a one-out, two-run home run in the top of the seventh.
Josh Bell took Cabrera out to center on a line drive that cleared the fence, and Yadiel Hernández followed with a solo shot to left field as a 2-0 lead turned into a 3-2 deficit.