Sánchez pitches Nationals past Marlins 9-3

WASHINGTON (AP) — Aníbal Sánchez pitched seven effective innings, Trea Turner drove in three runs and the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 9-3 on Sunday.

Sánchez (1-3) allowed one run and five hits in his longest outing of the season. The veteran right-hander went 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA in his first three starts this month.

“He was good. That’s the Aníbal that I’ve known for a very long time,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said.

Turner went 3 for 3 and scored two runs. Rookie Luis Garcia also had three hits and scored three times for the Nationals, who have alternated wins and losses over their last 10 games.

It was the second three-hit performance in eight games for Garcia after being called in to replace Starlin Castro, who is out after having wrist surgery.

Turner put Washington ahead to stay with an RBI single in the second. He capped the Nationals’ five-run fifth with a two-run triple, driving in Carter Kieboom and Victor Robles to make it 9-1.

Miami right-hander Humberto Mejía (0-2) allowed four runs, two earned, and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.

Corey Dickerson hit his third homer of the season and second in as many days to get the Marlins on the board in the second. Jon Berti singled in Magneuris Sierra in the ninth and scored on Jesus Sanchez’s double.

“It’s one of those games you walk away from and you’re disappointed, but you don’t deserve to win,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said.

STRASBURG’S SURGERY

World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg will have surgery on his pitching hand Wednesday in Baltimore to correct a nerve problem that ended his season after just two appearances.

Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo called it “a repetition injury,” adding: “You can only surmise that it’s from throwing breaking...

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