Daylen Lile's two-homer game powers Nats' comeback over Marlins

Field Level Media|published: Mon 31st August, 21:56 2026

Aug 31, 2026; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Nationals left fielder Daylen Lile (4) hits a home run during the fifth inning against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images

Reigning National League Player of the Week Daylen Lile went 3-for-3 with a pair of two-run home runs and the Washington Nationals rallied past the visiting Miami Marlins 6-3 Monday night.

His fourth multi-homer game of the year gave Lile 20 round-trippers on the season for Washington, which took three of four from Miami.

Lile was named Player of the Week on Monday after hitting .458 with 11 hits, three homers, 10 RBIs and five walks from Aug. 24-30.

Matt Waldron (2-2) pitched three scoreless innings of relief for the win.

With Washington trailing 3-2 in the seventh, Nasim Nunez bunted for a hit, stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. With one out, Josh Ekness (1-2) came on to face Lile, who rocketed a 1-0 pitch off the facade of the second deck in right to put the Nationals ahead 4-3.

The Nationals added more. Abimelec Ortiz walked and when Andres Chaparro singled, Ortiz raced for third and scored on right fielder Esteury Ruiz's throwing error. Chaparro took second on the play and scored on a Brady House single to make it 6-3.

The Marlins loaded the bases on singles by Otto Lopez, Griffin Conine and Javier Sanoja to start the eighth. Erik Tolman replaced Waldron and struck out Kyle Stowers before getting Leo Jimenez to ground into a double play.

Tolman struck out the side in the ninth to complete his first major league save.

Heriberto Hernandez led off with a walk against Luis Perales in the fourth. With one out, singles by Agustin Ramirez and Sanoja loaded the bases. The runners moved up on a wild pitch by Perales and Miami led 1-0. Stowers singled up the middle, scoring Ramirez and Sanoja to make it 3-0.

In the bottom of the fifth, Andrew Pinckney singled with one out and Lile hit an opposite-field homer to left center to pull the Nationals within 3-2.

Nationals infielder CJ Abrams was scratched with back tightness.

Marlins starter Ryan Gusto allowed a run on four hits over 4 1/3 innings.

Will Dion led off a bullpen game for Washington with three scoreless innings.

--Field Level Media

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