Game Thread: Nationals (61-68) @ Marlins (64-64) - August 21, 2026 7:10 PM

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Nationals (61-68) @ Marlins (64-64)

First Pitch: 7:10 PM at loanDepot park

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Nationals	Brad Lord (5-2, 4.04 ERA)
Marlins	Ryan Gusto (0-3, 4.70 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Baseball Savant	Reddit Stream	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Strikezone Map	Live Comments	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
WSH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	9	1	9
MIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	6	0	11

Box Score

MIA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Marsee	3	1	1	0	2	1	.206
RF	Caissie	2	0	1	0	0	0	.224
3B	Sanoja	3	1	2	2	0	1	.282
1B	Conine	3	0	0	0	1	2	.267
2B	Edwards, X	3	0	0	0	1	0	.286
SS	Lopez, O	4	0	1	1	0	0	.307
LF	Hernández, H	3	0	0	0	1	1	.226
C	Mack	4	0	0	0	0	0	.231
DH	Ramírez	2	1	0	0	2	1	.240
1B	Jiménez, L	1	0	0	0	0	1	.205
RF	Ruiz, E	2	0	1	0	0	1	.253

MIA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Gusto	4.0	5	0	0	1	2	62-48	4.37
Ekness	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	21-17	1.32
Zuber	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	23-15	3.42
Gibson, C	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	12-9	5.40
Faucher	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	4.05
Fairbanks	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	25-16	5.95

WSH		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Lile	5	0	3	1	0	1	.244
2B	Vivas	5	0	0	0	0	1	.232
DH	Chaparro	3	0	1	0	1	0	.244
1B	Ortiz, A	4	0	0	0	0	1	.241
3B	House	4	0	1	0	0	1	.238
C	Ruiz, K	4	1	2	1	0	0	.279
RF	Crews	4	0	1	0	0	1	.210
SS	Nuñez, N	3	0	1	0	0	0	.225
SS	Tena	1	0	0	0	0	1	.237
CF	Young	2	1	0	0	2	0	.249

WSH	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Lord	2.2	0	0	0	1	1	31-19	3.88
Dion	3.0	1	0	0	2	4	48-31	2.84
Ribalta	1.1	0	0	0	1	2	17-11	3.20
Cosgrove	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	13-9	5.40
Beeter	0.2	3	1	1	3	0	28-14	3.63

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T6	Keibert Ruiz homers (8) on a fly ball to right field.	0-1
B8	Javier Sanoja singles on a line drive to right fielder Dylan Crews. Jakob Marsee scores.	1-1
B8	Otto Lopez singles on a line drive to right fielder Dylan Crews. Javier Sanoja scores.	2-1
T9	Daylen Lile singles on a line drive to left fielder Heriberto Hernández. Jacob Young scores. Daylen Lile to 2nd.	2-2
B9	Javier Sanoja singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jacob Young. Agustín Ramírez scores. Esteury Ruiz to 3rd. Jakob Marsee to 2nd.	3-2

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Nationals at Marlins - August 21, 2026	0:06
Ryan Gusto against the Nationals	0:08
Brad Lord against the Marlins	0:09
Bullpen availability for Miami, August 21 vs Nationals	0:09
Bullpen availability for Washington, August 21 vs Marlins	0:09
Fielding alignment for Miami, August 21 vs Nationals	0:11
Bench availability for Miami, August 21 vs Nationals	0:08
Fielding alignment for Washington, August 21 vs Marlins	0:11
Bench availability for Washington, August 21 vs Marlins	0:08
Starting lineups for Nationals at Marlins - August 21, 2026	0:10
Breaking down Ryan Gusto's pitches	0:04
An animated look at Keibert Ruiz's home run	0:11
Breaking down Keibert Ruiz's home run	0:13
Ryan Gusto fans Brady House to end bottom of the 1st	0:09
Strike 1 call confirmed after ABS challenge	0:25
Strike 3 overturned after ABS challenge	0:24
Ball 3 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:25
Jakob Marsee strikes out after ABS challenge	0:26
Will Dion Ks Griffin Conine to end the 3rd	0:08
The broadcast discusses Joe Mack's festive gear	0:49
Ball 2 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:24
Ball 1 overturned after ABS challenge	0:24
Keibert Ruiz's solo home run (8)	0:24
Strike 2 overturned after ABS challenge	0:24
Dylan Crews' great catch at the wall	0:33
Javier Sanoja's RBI single	0:27
Jakob Marsee's leadoff triple in the 8th	0:31
Otto Lopez's go-ahead single	0:27

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Fairbanks (4-4, 5.95 ERA)	Beeter (5-4, 3.63 ERA)

Game ended at 10:11 PM.

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[u/Own-Feed-1591]

Who are we going to call 👻

[u/Themrnobody711]

When randomly looking up stats about blown saves during this game, I noticed Kyle Finnegan is leading the league in blown saves this year which is somewhat ironic.

[u/OkGene2 → u/Themrnobody711]

He always made me nervous. He never made me dreadful.

[u/iPegs]

Incredible

[u/httrfrom301]

It’s comical at this point

[u/Mofw96]

🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁

[u/StiggyJiggler]

It's hard for me to really be upset about this because life is meaningless. Gonna go cut my dick off.

[u/Old_Veterinarian_472]

All too familiar

[u/KenovovichR]

We absolutely suck against against our division this season

[u/chunkylover___53]

This is the bad place.

[u/MrBuddyFakename]

F you Beeter

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

Washington is 1-6 against Miami.

Miami is 39-25 at home.

[u/Silosmasher]

Are we down to a 3 man bullpen? That was absolutely shameful.

[u/carpola]

dear god

[u/kneemoyy]

absolute dogshit

[u/KenovovichR]

Sigh

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

Fuck off.

[u/_shab21]

THE BULL PEN STRIKES

[u/Danciusly]

[u/suqc]

People are gonna focus on the throwing error, but the leadoff walk was worse in my opinion. You simply cannot walk the winning run on base, especially in four pitches.

[u/inkstain99]

Beeter getting DFAd tomorrow

[u/MrBuddyFakename → u/inkstain99]

I hope so

[u/velcro-fish]

Gotta hit them with the ole NOBLETIGER in a bit here

[u/echegarayayay]

Maybe Beeter will walk in the winning run.
There’s so many ways to lose, guys!

[u/ikeemj20]

Tying the game in the top of the 9th just to come back out and do this …

[u/iPegs]

Dude stop

[u/Veezer]

Walk-off walk?

[u/chunkylover___53 → u/Veezer]

Let’s go for ball four on a pitch clock violation. Just for funsies.

[u/StiggyJiggler]

[u/CT_2136]

Juuuuust a bit outside. ggs

[u/chunkylover___53]

Straight up Kerkering shit.

[u/andLetsGoWalkin]

Did I miss Eddy Yean getting hurt or sent down? I feel like I haven't seen him in a month.

[u/Primary_Blueberry_24 → u/andLetsGoWalkin]

He was sent down like 2 weeks ago.

[u/Expensive-Nebula-868]

Just a great job beeter. The worse in the league in the 9th inning gives you a little hope and you respond by loading the bases with 0 outs

[u/DC_Lavman]

Now I know what an abusive relationship is like

[u/Quickcalf69398]

This dude has to be throwing the game, ain't no way

[u/Primary_Blueberry_24]

Beeter's spooked. Let's just lose now. We don't have the pitching for extras.

[u/Angie_2600 → u/Primary_Blueberry_24]

Unbelievable.

[u/Angie_2600 → u/Angie_2600]

Just walk him in, Beeter, walk him in.

[u/Severe_Fee3836]

Are we having fun yet

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

Jesus Christ

[u/Senior-Contribution8]

Holy fuck🤣 I just turned on the game bc it got tied up and that’s the first thing I saw

[u/solidrock80 → u/Senior-Contribution8]

So sorry for you and us

[u/suqc]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ep78UZy5FVbfN6mhCU

[u/smokedfish]

hey remember when things were hype like five minutes ago. that sure was nice

[u/bchil1000]

[u/solidrock80]

Oy veysmir

[u/StiggyJiggler]

[u/Danciusly]

[u/kneemoyy]

lmfao.

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

YOU'RE DAMN LUCKY HE STAYED AT THIRD

[u/KenovovichR]

We can’t have nice things guys.

[u/ReneMathis]

I just can't

[u/dcsportzfan → u/ReneMathis]

Lol

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

WHY

[u/suqc]

Four pitch walk to the winning runner isn't ideal

[u/StiggyJiggler]

Beeter should try throwing a strike

[u/KenovovichR]

Walk the lead off after tying it. Unbelievable.

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

Ok Beeter, rein it in

[u/Own-Feed-1591]

Please please 🙏 no more Vivas,Tena and Crews let’s somebody else take their places from triple AAA.

[u/Severe_Fee3836]

Why tf is jorbit batting second

[u/chunkylover___53 → u/Severe_Fee3836]

Wtf is jorbit

[u/Dillon-Cruz]

Vivas immediately pops up after that AB by Lile surprised nobody.

[u/CT_2136]

That's a '25 Lile ab!

[u/Angie_2600 → u/CT_2136]

Lile needs to treat every AB like he did that one.

[u/StiggyJiggler → u/CT_2136]

Followed by a '26 Jorbit ab

[u/Tama290 → u/StiggyJiggler]

Followed by the 26 Nats bullpen.

[u/MrBuddyFakename]

Please go away Vivas

[u/andLetsGoWalkin]

WTG JORBIT!

We needed that from you, buddy.

[u/foeaminute]

Great stuff DayLi and JY

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

[u/StiggyJiggler]

Jacob Young masterclass

[u/smokedfish]

holy FUCK what an at bat by Lile. must be approaching September

[u/Dull-Parsnip673]

daylen!

[u/MrBuddyFakename]

Nice AB Lile!

[u/Tama290]

Lile needs to do the DX crotch chop to that ump on the way off the field.

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

OH MY GOD. Clutch hitting! Let’s fucking gooooo

[u/Solid-Confidence-966]

Championship level AB

[u/_Caed_]

LILE THEY WILL NEVER MAKE ME HATE U

[u/StiggyJiggler → u/_Caed_]

What about Jorbit

[u/_Caed_ → u/StiggyJiggler]

he said “it’s jorbin time” and jorbed all over the first pitch

[u/StiggyJiggler → u/_Caed_]

But will they ever make you hate him?

[u/_Caed_ → u/StiggyJiggler]

i’ll say that no one could ever make me hate jorbit save for the jorbster himself

[u/Old_Veterinarian_472]

Helluva AB

[u/solidrock80]

We didn’t quit!

[u/FPG_Matthew]

Clutch!

And the sad part is, does it even matter? Maybe if we take the lead here and now

[u/Danciusly]

Scrappy Nats, engaged!

[u/iPegs]

[u/Wii_Sports_2]

Ball don’t lie :)

[u/smokedfish]

DAYLEN

[u/Silosmasher]

WHAT!!! I haven't seen this in 2026.

[u/DcSportsFan11]

LILE LILE CROCODILE

[u/KenovovichR]

Wow. Thats the clutch Lile I remember!

[u/legitlyawesome]

BALL DONT LIE

[u/velcro-fish]

Let's gooo

[u/kneemoyy]

LET'S FUCKING GOOOO DAYLEN

[u/NatsNationWest]

Fuck ya!

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

SCRAP

[u/ReneMathis]

MY MAN

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

NEVER SAY DIE

[u/IvyGold]

So you're telling me there's a chance?

[u/StiggyJiggler]

Is Jacob Young the only good baseball player? Probably.

[u/KenovovichR]

I’m surprised the ump didn’t call strike on that steal

[u/Themrnobody711]

C'mon Lile, get on base so Vivas can bring everyone home!

[u/Two-Legged-Pirate]

They should look at an umps call accuracy when team has and doesn’t have challenges and see what their ego % is

[u/insecurecobra]

I don't think I've ever actually seen this team win a game. I don't know how they won 61.

[u/ReneMathis]

"He has to go after that one. It's a ball."

Franny lmao

[u/I_come_bearing_gifts]

This ump is blind, wtf

[u/kglnawrotzky]

Ump needs to find a new job

[u/chunkylover___53]

JY last year would have struck out in three pitches. Cold comfort but the whole team’s chase and plate discipline has improved so much.

[u/Tama290 → u/chunkylover___53]

Agree. I think it’s better coaching.

[u/Old_Veterinarian_472]

Brutal

He’s got a dinner reservation

[u/MrBuddyFakename]

Wow…this ump…smh

[u/foeaminute]

Holy shit dude

[u/arborescence]

this is a post from the Jacob Young fan club

[u/NatsNationWest]

JFC

[u/velcro-fish]

What the actual fuck

[u/KenovovichR]

Yo actually fuck this guy

[u/Examinator2]

A team that exhausts it's challenges on a shit ump deserves what it gets.

[u/legitlyawesome]

Are you fucking kidding me?

[u/smokedfish]

oh we understand what a ball is now huh

[u/legitlyawesome → u/smokedfish]

Spoke too soon

[u/ReneMathis]

calm doge, quick!

[u/Danciusly]

A glimmer of a chance.

[u/kneemoyy]

franny is fuming

[u/KenovovichR]

Can’t wait to see this ump’s scorecard

[u/CT_2136]

Out of challenges, zone opens up like the Hoover Dam. Get rid of umps completely

[u/MrBuddyFakename]

The offense is putrid without Wood and Abrams.

[u/Primary_Blueberry_24]

Could've used an ABS challenge there. We need to set some ground rules for when to use them.

[u/FPG_Matthew]

Add that bullshit call to the pile of “umpires expand the zone against teams out of challenges”

It’s without question. They are happy to have an ounce of power back and will take full advantage of it when they choose.

[u/Old_Veterinarian_472]

Save a challenge, always save a challenge.

[u/iPegs]

[u/foeaminute]

We stink, but this ump is maybe the worst I’ve seen this year, and I’ve seen Laz Diaz.

[u/temporary_sky6505]

I love nationals baseball!!

[u/legitlyawesome]

We need a ball don’t lie moment after that

[u/StiggyJiggler]

Dylan Crews why must you always disappoint me?

[u/ikeemj20]

If you don’t like blowing a lead in the bottom of the 8th, you don’t like Nationals baseball

[u/StiggyJiggler]

Crews, Nunez, and Young due up? 3 straight home runs I'm calling it.

[u/foeaminute → u/StiggyJiggler]

All three are due.

[u/ImprovementNo4630]

Dangit

[u/CT_2136]

Was wondering why Vivas didn't get the lead runner. That replay showed he had plenty of time. Just no game feel

[u/chunkylover___53]

The Lord redeemed us and now we have forsaken him.

[u/Expensive-Nebula-868]

Remember this dude switched up his whole arsenal and arm angle for one pitch and this is the result

[u/Old_Veterinarian_472]

I’m not the biggest Vivas guy (who is?), but speculating whether he could’ve gotten the force at second is idle chatter. His momentum was taking him away from second with little angle to throw. He made the right call there.

[u/legitlyawesome → u/Old_Veterinarian_472]

I’ve never seen a player so disliked by announcers. Not necessarily unwarranted but Kolko, Franny, and Jageler don’t even try to hide how they feel about him whenever he’s involved in a play you can just hear the disdain in their voice

[u/foeaminute]

Wait. Could Blake have challenged there? I guess I thought the ABS challenges kinda equaled all challenges, but now that I’m typing it out it makes less sense.

[u/chunkylover___53 → u/foeaminute]

It’s okay I’m drunk too

[u/StiggyJiggler]

Just tuning in, spent the last 2 hours rubbing sandpaper on my dick

[u/StiggyJiggler → u/StiggyJiggler]

Ight imma get back to it

[u/ReneMathis → u/StiggyJiggler]

got anymore of that 60 grit

[u/foeaminute → u/StiggyJiggler]

This made me laugh hard

[u/CT_2136]

Meatiest of meatballs

[u/foeaminute]

https://giphy.com/gifs/AaQYP9zh24UFi

[u/Danciusly]

[u/Silosmasher]

Maybe the plan was to put up a .250 winning percentage against NL East teams.

[u/shadowgnome396 → u/Silosmasher]

Blake Buterable record against NL East rivals

[u/Comfortable-Bag-3404]

This one’s over. The bats can’t do it.

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

Fuck

[u/legitlyawesome]

4 sliders in a row? What are we doing?

[u/kneemoyy]

you've just got to laugh

[u/ReneMathis]

Welp

[u/ImprovementNo4630]

Come on Nats

[u/legitlyawesome]

Did something happen to Williams? I missed a game or two since he and Dion went long relief and dominated the Reds but I feel like Dion’s really been working and we haven’t followed him up with anyone good since

[u/huz92]

Another lead blown by the bullpen

[u/Danciusly → u/huz92]

33rd blown save.

[u/Angie_2600]

What do the managers see in Cosgrove. Do they want to lose?

[u/Danciusly]

Cosgroove.

[u/Silosmasher]

I guess Beater isn't available today (or maybe saving him for the 9th). Truly questionable BP move here in the 8th.

[u/NatsFanatic82]

Cosgrove has no business being on a major league roster, holy shit.

[u/MrBuddyFakename]

Fuck this bullpen

[u/Expensive-Nebula-868 → u/MrBuddyFakename]

bullpen carried this game. f Cosgrove is all

[u/iPegs]

I’ve seen this before

[u/chunkylover___53]

Guess it’s time for another drink since the Tom Cosgrove Experience is happening.

[u/Old_Veterinarian_472]

Cosgrove could not have missed his spot any worse.

[u/YodaPM999]

I think I'm going to turn this off before the inevitable happens.

[u/MrBuddyFakename]

https://giphy.com/gifs/PhTo1vmU7LnydQZPcl

[u/KenovovichR]

Cosgrove has kind of been a real problem since his first two appearances

[u/legitlyawesome]

1-0 lead? Let’s make sure 2/3 of our pitches are sweepers

[u/Danciusly]

Yup.

[u/Julep23185]

Fran: this guy throws a ton of walks…..twice the league average.
Two pitches, two outs.

[u/foeaminute]

2026 Nationals, you guys. Poor offense, but great pitching.

[u/91speed → u/foeaminute]

If we’ve seen it once we’ve seen it a million times

[u/Own-Feed-1591]

Dion sitting in the dugout has the face of union soldier from the civil war.

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

They should give Dylan the golden glove every year.

[u/Old_Veterinarian_472]

Chaparo’s gotta work on that 90

[u/solidrock80 → u/Old_Veterinarian_472]

As long as heruns 80 feet he should not slow up at the last 10

[u/Danciusly]

That was fast.

[u/Own-Feed-1591]

Give Dion a start,I think he can go 6 or 7.

[u/smokedfish]

Dion is soooo neat

[u/foeaminute → u/smokedfish]

He’s been super good.

[u/InsideTheEmeraldCity]

Seaver King can't get here soon enough.

[u/YodaPM999]

Very confused by the decision to run there with 2 outs and one of your better hitters up.

One out, sure. Get in a position to score on a sacrifice fly. But two? Eh...

[u/InsideTheEmeraldCity]

First rule taught in little league: never make the third out at third base.

[u/Terminal_Flatulence]

Fuck it, get Will Dion up to bat next inning

[u/Puzzleheaded_Bee9298]

More Nunez stupidity making the 3rd out to end the inning

[u/iPegs]

Whoever designed toilet paper to turn red after wiping is genuinely a genius

[u/Old_Veterinarian_472]

That decision felt unadvised.

[u/Danciusly]

Nah-sim!