Nationals open 4-game series against the Marlins

Miami Marlins (68-66, third in the NL East) vs. Washington Nationals (63-73, fourth in the NL East)

Washington; Friday, 6:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Eury Perez (7-9, 3.17 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 137 strikeouts); Nationals: Jackson Kent (0-2, 8.03 ERA, 2.11 WHIP, 14 strikeouts)

LINE: Marlins -158, Nationals +128; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Nationals host the Miami Marlins on Friday to open a four-game series.

Washington is 63-73 overall and 29-38 at home. The Nationals have the highest team slugging percentage in MLB play at .431.

Miami has a 26-39 record in road games and a 68-66 record overall. The Marlins are 32-50 in games when they have allowed at least one home run.

The teams match up Friday for the 10th time this season. The Marlins are up 8-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jacob Young has 19 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 43 RBIs for the Nationals. Daylen Lile is 13 for 41 with two doubles and three home runs over the last 10 games.

Otto Lopez leads the Marlins with a .308 batting average, and has 30 doubles, seven triples, nine home runs, 30 walks and 59 RBIs. Javier Sanoja is 14 for 39 with two home runs and nine RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Nationals: 3-7, .218 batting average, 4.24 ERA, outscored by six runs

Marlins: 5-5, .239 batting average, 3.03 ERA, outscored opponents by five runs

INJURIES: Nationals: Josiah Gray: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drew Millas: 10-Day IL (finger), Connelly Early: 60-Day IL (elbow), James Wood: 10-Day IL (oblique), DJ Herz: 60-Day IL (elbow), PJ Poulin: 60-Day IL (flexor), Richard Lovelady: 60-Day IL (tricep), Mitchell Parker: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ken Waldichuk: 60-Day IL (forearm)

Marlins: Pete Fairbanks: 15-Day IL (nerve), Anthony Bender: 15-Day IL (shin), William Kempner: 60-Day IL (elbow), Robby Snelling: 60-Day IL (elbow), Max Meyer: 15-Day IL (neck), Andrew Nardi: 60-Day IL (ribs), Ronny Henriquez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Adam Mazur: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.