NATIONALS 4 MARLINS 3 F...NATS get a Late Rally as they put up Crooked 3 in the 8th to star in "ESCAPE Little Havana Hardball"..."GET AWAY DAY" as NATS lead the NL East by a Game over BRAVES Country! #WSHvsMIA

The Washington Nationals survive leaving the 305 and the Fish with a "W" after losing the first two games. It took a late rally in the 8th as the Nats avoid the Three-Game Sweep. Washington struck first off Marlins Starter Brad Hand on an Anthony Rendon Two-Bagger to make it 1-0. The Fish come back in their half of the 4th with Second Baseman Jordany Valdespin going Solo Bomb to tie the game at 1-1. Nats Starter Tanner Roark was solid as that would be the only run he would give up through seven.

That Nats then in the 8th with Hand still on the bump with the game tied at 1-1 puts up a crooked three highlighted by a Ian Desmond Two-Run Double. That would chase Hand as the Marlins would score two in the ninth but fall short on the rally as Marlins All-Star OF Giancarlo Stanton goes Solo Bomb in the 9th.

The Nats move to 58-47 as they win the last of three in Miami. The Marlins six games back of the Nats fall to 53-54 as the Braves are a game back of Washington as the NL East Race also involves the 'Amazins as they are 7.5 games back of the Nats.