MIAMI — The Miami Marlins have been playing their best baseball in the last month and they have a chance to make a dent in the National League East standings this week despite a tough weekend.
Miami (30-37) plays host to the division-leading Washington Nationals (42-27) at Marlins Park on Monday night in the first of the three-game series between the NL East teams.
The meeting is just the second this season between the division rivals. Miami opened the 2017 campaign by dropping two of three in the nation’s capital.
The Marlins have been looking up at the Nationals ever since.