Corbin ends 10-game skid, pitches Nationals past Marlins 7-2

<p>WASHINGTON &mdash; Patrick Corbin ended his 10-game losing streak, pitching seven solid innings and leading the Washington Nationals over the Miami Marlins 7-2 on Saturday.</p>
<p>Josh Bell hit a bases-loaded double and drove in four runs, Yan Gomes had a two-run homer and Josh Harrison had three hits as Washington won its third in a row.</p>
<p>Corbin (1-3), who opened the season on the COVID-19 injured list, began the afternoon with a 10.47 ERA in four starts. He limited the Marlins to two runs and four hits, striking out four and walking four.</p>
<p>Corbin posted his first win since last August. A two-time All-Star with Arizona, the 31-year-old lefty signed a $140 million, six-year deal with the Nationals before the 2019 season and was a key member of their staff as they went on to win the World Series.</p>
<p>The Nationals helped Corbin by turning three double plays, and he exited with an 8.10 ERA.</p>
<p>Jesús Aguilar hit a solo home run for Miami, his sixth shot over his last eight games.</p>
<p>Paul Campbell (0-2), making his first major league start after four relief appearances, allowed four earned runs and nine hits in 3 2/3 innings.</p>
<p>The Nationals broke it open with a five-run fourth.</p>
<p>After Andrew Stevenson singled and Gomes homered, Trea Turner singled with one out. Former Nationals pitcher Ross Detwiler relieved Campbell and walked two to load the bases. </p>
<p>Bell, who had an RBI single in the first, lined an 0-2 fastball the opposite way to right, scoring three runs.</p>
<p>NOT SO MUCH FUN IN THE SUN</p>
<p>The afternoon sun bedeviled right fielders, especially in the seventh inning. In the top half, Yadiel Hernandez lost Chad Wallach’s fly ball, which hit off the wall for a double. Then Miami’s Garrett Cooper couldn’t find Starlin Castro’s fly, which bounced into the Nationals bullpen for a ground-rule double.</p>
<p>TRAINER’S ROOM</p>
<p>Marlins: OF Corey Dickerson grounded out as a pinch-hitter in the eighth, his first appearance since leaving Wednesday’s game in Milwaukee due to right groin discomfort.</p>
<p>Nationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (right shoulder) threw off the bullpen mound for the first time since going on the injured list. … OF Juan Soto (left shoulder), accompanied by two team trainers, threw in the outfield before the game.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Marlins: Rookie LHP Trevor Rogers (3-1) finished April with a 1.29 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 28 innings. He faces Washington for the first time.</p>
<p>Nationals: RHP Max Scherzer (1-2) is 13-5 with a 3.11 ERA in 24 career starts against the Marlins. He allowed seven runs (five earned) over five innings in a loss to the Blue Jays last time out.</p>
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