MIAMI — Josh Bell turned the second Washington participant to homer from each side of the plate in the identical recreation, ending with 4 hits and 6 RBIs to steer the Nationals over the Miami Marlins 15-7 on Monday evening.
Dylan Crews and Luis García Jr additionally homered because the Nationals matched their season excessive for runs and hits (19).
Miami drew simply 7,992, its twelfth crowd this season underneath 8,000.
Bell’s RBI single within the fifth put Washington forward 3-1 and, batting right-handed, he hit a two-run drive off Josh Simpson for a 10-2 lead within the sixth.
Hitting left-handed, Bell added a two-run homer within the sixth towards Simpson, a 413-foot, 110 mph drive 4 rows into the practically empty right-field higher deck for his nineteenth lengthy ball this season. Bell added an RBI single within the ninth, matching his profession excessive for hits.
Washington’s Danny Espinosa homered from each side of the plate twice in the identical sequence towards Cincinnati, on June 30 and July 3, 2016, a four-game sequence by which he had 5 homers and 15 RBIs.
Crews additionally had 4 RBIs for the Nats, who gained for the sixth time in seven video games.
Cade Cavalli (3-1) gave up two runs and 6 hits in 5 innings.
García homered within the second off Janson Junk (6-2), who was activated from the injured listing after recovering from tight ulnar nerve irritation and allowed six runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Heriberto Hernández had a tying single within the second and Crews had a go-ahead single within the fourth,
Victor Mesa Jr. homered, doubled and drove in three runs for the Marlins and Jakob Marsee hit a solo shot.
Key second
Crews hit a two-out homer for an 8-2 lead, capping a six-run fifth.
Key stat
Washington tying season excessive for runs and hits.
Up subsequent
Washington LHP Mitchell Parker (7-15, 5.87 ERA) takes the hill reverse RHP Adam Mazur (0-2, 5.74) in Tuesday’s second recreation of a four-game sequence.