Marlins’ Straily kept team in game.

Starter limited Nationals to 3 hits, 1 run

MIAMI — Washington’s Ryan Raburn rounded the bases to a chorus of boos from the Camp Day crowd at Marlins Park. Dan Straily bent his head.

Straily had just made one of his few mistakes Wednesday. The Marlins right-hander’s changeup was down and inside, but Raburn went for it, sending it into the left field stands for a home run in the fifth inning.

It gave the Nationals a 1-0 lead, but Straily’s work for the rest of his outing kept Miami in position to rally in the eighth inning for a 2-1 victory, sparing Straily a loss.

“You just come in to these types of matchups like, ‘Alright, don’t be the first one to blink.’ And I was. I was the first one to blink,” Straily said. “[Fortunately], that was it.”

For most of the game, Straily was impressive. He pitched six innings, allowing three hits, one walk and striking out six. He retired 16 of the 19 batters he faced.

And in a pitchers’ duel against Washington’s Max Scherzer, who ranks second in baseball with 145 strikeouts and didn’t allow a hit until the eighth inning Wednesday, Straily held his own.

“Dan kept us in the game,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “He was right there with [Scherzer], inning for inning.”

Straily struck out two of the first three batters he faced and didn’t give up his first hit until the third inning.

Marlins catcher A.J. Ellis, whose single in the bottom of the eighth inning sparked Miami’s comeback, made sure to mention Straily’s effort — unprompted — in the clubhouse after the game.

“The big story for us was Dan Straily keeping us in the game,” Ellis said. “He was on the attack.”

Straily’s performance continued a solid streak that has established him as one of the Marlins’ steadiest starters in his first year with the team after an offseason trade from Cincinnati. Over his last five starts, the 28-year-old Straily has struck out 32 batters while walking just three.

He’s also been especially effective at home, posting a 2.17 ERA and limiting opponents to a .181 batting average in his eight starts at Marlins Park this season.

After Wednesday’s game, Straily said the victory meant a little more coming against the NL East-leading Nationals.

“It’s gonna take a lot of wins against these guys to get back in this thing,” Straily said, “but it’s good to take two out of three right there.”

One streak extended

With his walk in the first inning, Marlins’ outfielder

Christian Yelich reached base for the 14th consecutive game, a season high. In addition, Yelich’s stretch of reaching base in his last 15 home games marked the longest on-base streak at home by a Marlin this season. Outfielder Marcell

Ozuna, meanwhile, saw his seven-game home hitting streak snap at the hands of Scherzer. Ozuna went 0-for-3 with one a strikeout.

DAVID SANTIAGO/TNS Pitcher Dan Straily walked one batter while striking out six in the game.