MIAMI -- Danny Espinosas three-run homer run accounted for the Washington Nationals only runs of the game.It was not enough, though, as Washington fell 4-3 to the Miami Marlins on Monday night.We made a couple mistakes during the game, Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. We had opportunities to win the game and take the lead and we didnt get it done.Washington trailed by a run to begin the ninth when Wilson Ramos led off with a double to left-center field. Michael Taylor pinch-ran for Ramos and was thrown out at third on a groundball to shortstop Miguel Rojas.I cant speak for what a guy was thinking, but that was a mistake, Baker said.Pinch-hitters Bryce Harper and Daniel Murphy flied out to end the game leaving a runner stranded at first in the Nationals third consecutive loss.The Nationals trailed by a run in the seventh and had two on and no outs. Fernando Rodney was able to get out of the jam without allowing a run to score.Wei-Yin Chen was sharp through his four innings in his first game for the Marlins since July 20. Espinosas homer ended his outing.Obviously, a good one for us being on life support, Marlins manager Don Mattingly said in reference to the teams slim playoff chances. A lot of good things happened. Wei-Yin was really good, the air came out of the balloon quick in the fifth.Miami trails San Francisco and St. Louis for the second wild card spot with 12 games left.Giancarlo Stanton hit his 26th home run and Christian Yelich, Ichiro Suzuki and Derek Dietrich drove in runs for the Marlins.Brian Ellington (3-2) picked up the win with an inning of relief and A.J. Ramos pitched the ninth for his 38th save in 41 chances.A.J. Cole allowed two runs and four hits in four innings for the Nationals. He struck out three and walked two.I didnt have my best stuff, but I fought to keep my team in the game and I went out there and still tried to throw my stuff where I wanted to and battle through it, Cole said.Mat Latos (7-3) took the loss, allowing two runs in 1 1/3 innings.Chen made his first start in two months due to an elbow strain, and allowed three runs and four hits, ending his night after 4 1/3 innings.The Marlins took an early 2-0 lead on Stantons solo home run and an RBI double by Yelich.Espinosas homer put the Nationals on top 3-2.I was trying to get something out over the plate so I could get it to the outfield and ensure one run -- a fly ball or something like that, Espinosa said. He threw me a couple good changeups and I just tried to settle down and wait for a pitch that I could get at least one run in.Miami responded with two runs in the sixth to take a 4-3 lead behind an RBI double by pinch-hitter Dietrich and a fielders choice by Suzuki that allowed Justin Bour to score as second baseman Wilmer Difos throw was wide to home plate.These guys could have quit after the three-run homer but we put up good at-bats and kept going hard and we prevailed, Marlins second baseman Dee Gordon said.BOURS BUNTBour dropped down a successful bunt to the open left side of the infield in the pivotal sixth inning with the Nationals in a shift for the left-handed hitter and he later scored the eventual game-winning run.It was Bours first bunt for a hit this season and he does not have a sacrifice bunt in 247 career games.I saw a situation and at this point every game is huge for us, Bour said. Whatever it takes to get the job done and I had an opportunity to bunt.TRAINERS ROOMNationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (elbow) played catch on Monday for the first time since leaving his Sept. 7 start early. ... C Jose Lobaton (ankle) has not played since Sept. 13 when he was a defensive replacement.Marlins: LHP Adam Conley (finger) is going to throw a simulated game on Wednesday and could re-join the team in some capacity before the end of the season. Hes feeling really good, Mattingly said. He came into my office and told me he feels totally healthy.UP NEXTNationals: RHP Tanner Roark (15-8, 2.75) will start the second game of the series with the Marlins. Roark is 2-1 with a 1.08 ERA over his last four starts.Marlins: RHP Jose Fernandez (15-8, 2.99) enters Tuesdays start with 174 1/3 innings on the season with the goal of keeping him in the 180-inning range. Jeff Kent Jersey .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. 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MOSCOW -- The Russian Parliament adopted an anti-doping bill Thursday that includes prison terms for coaches found guilty of coercing young athletes into using performance-enhancing drugs.The bill, passed unanimously by the State Duma, comes ahead of the publication of a fuller version of World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLarens report into doping in Russia.Under the new law, coaches or sports officials could be liable for fines up to 300,000 rubles ($4,700) or up to a year in prison in cases where young athletes are coerced into doping.The bill calls for extra punishments in cases where athletes are forced to dope using threats or violence or if an athlete suffers severe health problems as a result. There are no sanctions for athletes who dope.Alexander Zhukov, the president of the Russian Olympic Committee who also has a Duma seat, said the bill confirms Russias stance against doping especially toward coaches who coerce underage athletes to use banned substances..ddddddddddddThe bill is also an answer to our foreign critics who accused our country of a certain supposed government project to support doping, Zhukov added in comments reported by the Tass state news agency.Track and fields world governing body, the IAAF, had urged Russia to consider criminalizing doping as part of a series of conditions to reinstate the Russian track and field federation. The IAAF banned the Russians from international competition last year after receiving evidence of systematic drug use. As a result, only one member of the Russian track team was allowed to compete at this years Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.McLarens first report in July accused Russian government officials of colluding to cover up hundreds of failed drug tests with the assistance of a corrupt laboratory official. A second part of the report is expected next month. ' ' '