WASHINGTON (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton hit his career-high and major league-leading 38th home run of the season and drove in three runs as the Miami Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 7-3 on Tuesday night.
Stanton crushed a first-pitch fastball from A.J. Cole (1-2) deep into the center-field stands in the fifth for a 4-1 lead following singles by Miguel Rojas and Dee Gordon.
Derek Dietrich also homered and drove in three runs for the Marlins, who scored seven runs on six hits. Gordon’s RBI double and Dietrich’s two-run single put Miami up 7-1 in the seventh.
Vance Worley (2-2) thwarted the Nationals for the second time in nine days.