Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals 8/24/20 - MLB Picks & Predictions

NL East Division rivals will battle on Monday evening, when the Miami Marlins and the Washington Nationals wrap up a five-game series from Nationals Park. On Sunday, Miami SP Humberto Mejia (0-2) gave up four runs (two earned) in three plus innings of an ugly 9-3 Miami loss. OF Corey Dickerson went deep for the Marlins, who stand at 11-11 on the season.

Twenty-four year old righty Pablo Lopez (2-1 2.42 ERA) will take the mound for the Marlins in this matchup. In his last start, Lopez gave up seven hits and two runs across six plus frames during a 5-3 home loss versus New York.

The Washington Nationals have dropped ten of their 16 home games and have yet to get things rolling in their title defense. On Sunday, Washington SS Trea Turner collected three hits and drove in three runs to provide the offense. 2B Luis Garcia contributed three hits and scored three times for the Nationals (11-14), who are four games out of first place.

Washington manager Davey Martinez will turn to right-hander Austin Voth (0-2 5.00 ERA) on Monday. Last time out, Voth was tagged for nine hits and five runs in four innings during a 8-5 road victory against Atlanta.