The end of the season is not doing good to Jesús Luzardo. The Venezuelan added his eighth setback of the year on Tuesday and the Marlins fell to the Nationals 8-2.
Luzardo pitched 4 1/3 innings of four runs, two walks and a strikeout. His ERA dropped to 6.80 and his record was 5-8.
Ryan Zimmerman opened the board for the Nats with a solo homer in the second inning and Juan Soto extended the lead to 2-0 with a single in the third.
Miami discounted with a home run by Lewin Diaz in the fifth inning.
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But Luzardo could not contain the capital’s sluggers and allowed them to score two more at the end of that same episode with a double by Alcides Escobar and a bases loaded walk to Josh Bell.
The Nats sentenced with another four runs in the eighth. And finally the right-hander Erick Fedde won the victory (7-9).
