The Miami Marlins made a roster move on Saturday, recalling infielder Deyvison De Los Santos from Triple-A Jacksonville and optioning catcher Logan Driscoll to Jacksonville, as reported by NBC Sports and Sports Illustrated. De Los Santos, a 23-year-old slugging prospect, has been called up and optioned twice already this season. He has posted 18 home runs and 17 steals in 95 Triple-A games this season, according to NBC Sports. The Marlins are also expected to activate Kyle Stowers from the injured list before Sunday's game, a move reported by NBC Sports. De Los Santos was not in the lineup for Saturday's game, with Javier Sanoja handling left field, according to NBC Sports.
The roster move came as the Marlins secured a 4-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday, as reported by the Associated Press. Heriberto Hernández and Jakob Marsee hit solo home runs, while Eury Pérez pitched five innings, allowing one earned run and striking out four. Calvin Faucher earned his second save of the season with a hitless ninth inning. Otto Lopez drove in Miami's first two runs with a single in the first inning. The Marlins improved to 40-25 at home, the first time they have reached 40 home wins since 2023, according to the Associated Press.
Washington's Jake Irvin allowed all four runs on six hits in six innings, taking the loss, as reported by the Associated Press. The Nationals scored a run in the fourth on a throwing error by Lopez, and Dylan Crews added an RBI double in the fifth.
Saturday's game was the second of a three-game series. On Friday, the Marlins won 3-2 in walk-off fashion, with RBI singles from Javier Sanoja and Otto Lopez in the eighth, and a game-winning RBI single from Sanoja in the ninth, as reported by Sports Illustrated. That win left Miami four games out of the final National League wild-card spot, according to Sports Illustrated.
For Saturday's game, the Marlins released a lineup that included Javier Sanoja starting at third base after coming off the bench on Friday, as reported by Sports Illustrated. Eury Pérez took the mound for Miami, entering with a 6-9 record and a 3.23 ERA, according to Sports Illustrated, which also noted his strong August performance: a 2.00 ERA in three starts and 133 strikeouts in 122.2 innings. Jake Irvin started for Washington with a 5.80 ERA, as reported by both NBC Sports and Sports Illustrated.
NBC Sports also noted that Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams was out of the lineup for the third consecutive game due to an ankle injury on Saturday.
Sunday's series finale is set to feature Nationals left-hander Jackson Kent (0-1, 9.39 ERA) against Marlins right-hander Janson Junk (6-8, 4.37), according to the Associated Press.