MIAMI -- Marlins left-hander Ryan Weathers tossed five scoreless innings in his return from the 60-day injured list in Thursday night’s 5-0 victory over the Nationals at loanDepot park.
Weathers struck out four and walked none, scattering five hits -- all singles -- in a 68-pitch outing that helped Miami take the season series against Washington, 7-6.
The 25-year-old Weathers permitted CJ Abrams’ ground-ball single through the left side of the infield on the first pitch of the game, then proceeded to strike out two of the next three batters to escape the inning unscathed.
After a perfect second, Weathers allowed a one-out single to Jacob Young in the third to snap a stretch of seven consecutive batters retired. Later in the frame, with runners on the corners and two outs, Weathers s