Lane Thomas homered to highlight a seven-run third inning, and the Washington Nationals routed the Miami Marlins 8-1 on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.
struck out 10 over seven innings for Washington, which has won six of seven and improved to 5-0 against Miami this season.
Gore won for the fourth time in five starts, giving up a run on five hits while matching the longest outing of his career. The Nationals chased Miami starter Shaun Anderson , who was called up from Triple-A Jacksonville earlier in the day, with seven consecutive hits — many early in the count — to start the third. Afterhad a sharp infield single on the next pitch and Thomas followed with a first-pitch homer off the foul pole in left.poked a first-pitch single to left to score two runs, and Luis García Jr. ended Anderson’s night with a hit on a 1-0 fastball.
Four batters later, Abrams lofted a two-run single to left to make it 7-1. The seven runs — all charged to Anderson — matched the most scored by the Nationals in one inning this season. Washington also did it in the fourth inning of Sunday’s 8-5 victory over Atlanta.
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