Dillon Peters set a pretty high standard for himself in his first major-league start.
While his second on Wednesday night wasn’t awful, Peters’ performance wasn’t good enough to keep the Marlins from dropping another game to the Nationals.
The Marlins’ latest anemic offensive performance led to a 8-1 defeat — their eighth consecutive loss to the National League East leaders. The Marlins (67-72) have scored only 12 runs during those losses. The Nationals (85-54) have won 13 of the 19 meetings this season.
Peters, the Marlins’ rookie lefty, who pitched seven shutout innings in his debut last Friday against the Phillies, gave up two quick runs in the first inning.