Luis Garcia Jr. homered, DJ Herz allowed just one run in five innings and the Washington Nationals defeated the Miami Marlins 4-1 on Friday night.
Jacob Young added an RBI single as the Nationals scored three unearned runs on three Miami errors.
Otto Lopez homered for Miami, which has dropped four of five.
Washington mustered only one hit in six innings against Marlins starter Edward Cabrera - Dylan Crews' infield single to lead off the first - but quickly took advantage once he left the game.
Garcia ripped reliever Anthony Veneziano's second pitch into the seats in right field to lead off the seventh inning for his 16th home run of the year to make it 3-1. It was his first homer in 101 plate appearances against left-handed pitchers this season.
