Nationals 7, Marlins 2
MIAMI -- Right fielder Bryce Harper hit a three-run, tiebreaking home run and added a second upper-deck blast, leading the Washington Nationals to a 7-2 win over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night at Marlins Park.
Harper, who drove in four runs, has 29 homers this season. Nationals center Michael Taylor hit a solo homer in the eighth.
The game-winning homer, in the fifth inning, was Harper's fourth this season off Marlins right-hander Tom Koehler. Three of those four homers were hit to the upper deck in right field, including the one Wednesday.
Harper, who entered the game leading the majors in slugging percentage and on-base-plus-slugging percentage, has reached base in 44 consecutive road games, the longest streak in the big leagues this season.
Koehler (8-7) struck out Harper in the first inning on a 3-2 pitch, a 94 mph fastball. That helped Koehler escape a two-one, one-out jam.
However, Harper got Koehler back in the fifth, snapping a 2-2 tie by hitting a 1-2 pitch -- a high, 93 mph fastball.
Still, that wasn't as bad for Koehler as what happened on May 6, when Harper hit three homers in three consecutive at-bats off of him in a 7-5 Nationals win at Washington.
Harper's second homer Wednesday was hit off of reliever Sam Dyson.
The win went to Washington starter Doug Fister (4-6), who allowed four hits, one walk and two runs in six innings.
Miami opened the scoring with a run in the second inning. With two outs, left fielder Derek Dietrich was hit by a pitch. He scored from first on an opposite-field double by right fielder Ichiro Suzuki, who got career hit No. 2,900.
Suzuki became just the eighth player in major league history to reach 2,900 hits and 500 steals, joining Ty Cobb, Rickey Henderson, Lou Brock, Barry Bonds, Honus Wagner, Paul Molitor and Eddie Collins.
Washington took a 2-1 lead in the fourth when Harper, whose opposite field popup fell for a hit in shallow left field, scored from first on shortstop Ian Desmond's line-drive triple to right. Desmond then scored on a sacrifice fly by Taylor.
Miami tied the score in the fourth when first baseman Justin Bour drew a leadoff walk and came around to score on shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria's two-out single.
Koehler wound up allowing five runs on six hits in six innings.
NOTES: Miami reportedly agreed to trade RHP Mat Latos, 1B Michael Morse and their 2016 competitive balance draft pick (No. 35 overall) to the Dodgers for three minor league prospects. However, the trade hit a snag and was in limbo. ... The Marlins are still seeking to trade RHP Dan Haren, whose contract expires after this season. In addition, the Indians reportedly shown interest in trading for Marlins CF Marcell Ozuna, who slumped this year and is currently in Triple-A. ... Nationals RHP Drew Storen, who lost his closer's job on Tuesday when Washington acquired RHP Jonathan Papelbon from the Philadelphia Phillies, said he has talked to his agent and to GM Mike Rizzo. "I'm aware of the move," Storen said. "I'm going to leave it at that and have no comment right now."