WASHINGTON — Max Meyer tied a 29-year-old franchise record and Joe Mack delivered a two-run go-ahead single as the Miami Marlins completed their first road sweep of 2026 with a victory over the Washington Nationals.
Meyer, 27, allowed just one run on two hits and two walks while striking out seven across seven innings, throwing 97 pitches — 57 for strikes. The outing was his 13th start of the season, a career high that tied Liván Hernández’s 1997 club record for most starts completed without a loss.
“It definitely feels like a career high,” Meyer said. “I’m glad my body feels good. It’s a long season, I don’t want to get ahead of myself — I’ve done that before in the past, and it just falls apart. But really good start health-wise, feeling good.”
Meyer’s 2.81 ERA anchors a Miami rotation that has leaned heavily on him with nine pitchers on the injured list. He is tied with Sandy Alcantara for the team lead in starts, though Alcantara carries a 4.59 ERA by comparison. Meyer has not taken a loss all season, with seven of his 13 starts reaching at least the sixth inning, including season-high seven-inning outings on May 2 against the Phillies and May 23 against the Mets.
“You start with Max,” manager Clayton McCullough said. “He was, again, fantastic. Other than the third inning, only time he really ran into a little bit of trouble — there was some traffic, but he was able to get the double play ball to get out of it and leave it with one run.”
The Marlins broke a 1-1 stalemate in the eighth when Mack lined a two-run single into right field less than 24 hours after hitting his first career home run. Xavier Edwards opened the frame with a line-drive single, Liam Hicks drew a four-pitch walk and Jakob Marsee laid down a bunt single to load the bases against Nationals reliever Clayton Beeter. Kyle Stowers added an RBI triple in the ninth, accounting for Miami’s 10th and final hit of the game — just the third time this season the Marlins have recorded double-digit hits. All three instances came against Washington: 12 hits on May 9 in Miami and 10 hits in each of the final two games in Washington.
Ruiz set the tone early with his third home run of the year and first since May 3, launching a 3-1 fastball a Statcast-projected 365 feet off the left-field foul pole. The Marlins hit eight home runs across the three-game series after managing just two in a weekend set against the Mets. Miami still ranks with the fifth-fewest home runs in the Majors at 54.
“I think Miami came in and they punched us in the mouth,” Nationals manager Blake Butera said.
The 3-0 sweep in Washington salvaged a road trip that began with a 1-2 series loss in Toronto and an 0-3 sweep at the hands of the Mets in New York, leaving Miami 4-5 over the nine-game stretch. “We kind of came in here scuffling from Toronto and New York,” McCullough said, “but I think for us to kind of put that behind us and come out — Sandy set the tone in Game 1, and the first couple days, how we were able to swing the bat, score some runs. And then for Max to follow that up and give us a start that we needed to win this game? Great way to finish this trip and get to the off-day and get back home for a while.”
The Marlins return to loanDepot park for a homestand as they look to climb back above .500.