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Nationals' 5-1 win over Marlins leaves them 5.5 games behind Mets in the NL East

The Washington Nationals finally picked up a game on the NL East-leading New York Mets with their 5-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Saturday night, which left them 5.5 games out in the division with 34 games left to play.

Before the Washington Nationals took the field Saturday night in the nation's capital, they knew they had a chance to pick up a game on the NL East-leading New York Mets, who dropped their second straight game to the Boston Red Sox.

They also knew they had an opportunity against a struggling pitcher in the Miami's Tom Koehler, who dropped six starts in a row and eight of his last nine and a Marlins' team that had lost seven of their last ten to fall to 25 games under .