WASHINGTON (CBSMiami) – Giancarlo Stanton and the Miami Marlins were happy to get over an annoying hump in the nation’s capital.
Stanton had home runs in three of the Marlins past four games, but Miami had lost each contest their slugger went deep.
That changed Tuesday when monster dinger by Stanton proved to be the difference as Miami evened their four-game set against the NL East leading Washington Nationals with a 7-3 win.
Stanton now has a new career-high in homers with 38 and the Marlins still have 51 games to play.
It won’t be easy to keep the good times rolling as the Nationals will send Miami native Gio Gonzalez to the hill, who nearly no-hit the Marlins in his last start.