WASHINGTON (AP) — Brady House hit a three-run homer, Jackson Kent threw seven innings of one-run ball to pick up his first major league win, and the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 9-2 on Friday night.
Washington scored five runs in the third after Miami starter Eury Pérez walked the first three batters on just 14 pitches. The Nationals scored two on a wild pitch to take a 2-1 lead and House hit his 10th homer of the season 445 feet.
The Nationals added four runs in the seventh. Harry Ford hit his third home run of the season over the wall in left-center field for a 6-1 lead. Dylan Crews hit a double into the left-field corner to score two more and reach base for the eighth consecutive game.
Daylen Lile tripled over the center fielder to score another run, his sixth triple of the season.
Washington snapped an eight-game losing streak in the series with the Marlins. The Nationals had scored just 15 total runs over the last seven games against Miami.
Kent (1-2), who faced the Marlins for the second straight start, got through five full innings for the first time in his career. He threw 106 pitches and only allowed three hits and four walks in his fourth start in the majors.
Pérez (7-10) allowed five earned runs in three innings, with 41 of his 74 pitches coming in the third.
Miami's Heriberto Hernández hit his fifth home run in nine games against the Nationals this season.
Washington RHP Cade Cavalli (12-5, 3.21 ERA), who has allowed three earned runs or fewer in 26 of his 28 starts, takes the mound against Miami RHP Sandy Alcantara (13-8, 3.38) on Saturday.
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Miami Marlins staring pitcher Eury Pérez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Washington Nationals' Brady House watches his three-run home run to left center field during the third inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Jackson Kent throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno was sentenced Friday to 5 years in prison after a court found him guilty of accepting bribes from a Chinese company in exchange for helping it secure a contract to build a hydroelectric plant.
Moreno, who was present for the reading of the verdict, is 73 years old and has a physical disability that prevents him from walking. He will serve the sentence under house arrest.
Moreno was convicted as a direct participant in the bribery scheme during his tenure as vice president under Rafael Correa. His wife and daughter, two brothers and a brother-in-law were convicted as accomplices. The wife and daughter each received 30-month sentences. All were ordered to repay triple what they received illicitly within a period of 90 days.
Moreno is the third former Ecuadorian president to be sentenced for corruption, though he was tried for crimes before reaching the presidency.
Correa was sentenced in 2020 to eight years in prison in a bribery case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht but remains in Belgium, where he has lived for years. Former President Jamil Mahuad was also sentenced in 2014 to eight years for misuse of public funds. Another former president, Abdalá Bucaram, is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of organized crime.
Prosecutors said a corruption network operated from 2008 to 2018, collecting bribes equal to 4% of the value of the project carried out by Sinohydro. They said the money was distributed through domestic and international transactions to public officials and other beneficiaries, including Moreno.
Sinohydro began building the roughly $2 billion Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant in 2010 and handed it over to Ecuador in 2016. The project has since faced criticism over structural defects.
Moreno, a tourism entrepreneur, rose to national prominence in 2007 when he became vice president under Correa, who governed Ecuador for a decade. Moreno served until 2013, when Jorge Glas succeeded him.
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Ecuador's former President Lenin Moreno, who is charged with accepting bribes from Chinese company Sinohydro in connection with the construction of one of the country's hydroelectric power plants, arrives for a hearing accompanied by his wife, Rocio Gonzalez, at the National Court of Justice in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Ecuador's former President Lenin Moreno, who is charged with accepting bribes from Chinese company Sinohydro in connection with the construction of one of the country's hydroelectric power plants, attends a hearing accompanied by his wife, Rocio Gonzalez, center, at the National Court of Justice in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Ecuador's former President Lenin Moreno, who is charged with accepting bribes from Chinese company Sinohydro in connection with the construction of one of the country's hydroelectric power plants, attends a hearing at the National Court of Justice in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
