MIAMI — Things have just clicked for the Nationals as of late.
After winning five of their last six (including sweeping the Marlins in D.C. just a week earlier) coming into the series opener, Washington continued its hot streak with a gargantuan offensive statement in a 15-7 win over Miami on Monday night at loanDepot park.
The Nats had an 8-2 lead by the end of the fifth inning, highlighted by a three-run homer from Dylan Crews in the fifth. Former Marlin Josh Bell added a two-run homer in the sixth. Crews has now reached base safely in 21 of his past 26 games after missing 71 with a left oblique strain.
Bell meanwhile, sent echoes through loanDepot park with his bat as he mashed his second homer of the game in the seventh. The blast traveled a Statcast-projected 413 feet to right, and it marked Bell’s first multihomer game of the year.
On the bump, Cade Cavalli stumped Miami’s offense for the second time in six days. After giving up two runs on four hits over five innings in his second win of the season on Tuesday, Cavalli registered a near-identical outing Monday. He gave up the same number of runs in the same number of innings, while Miami notched six hits. The win was both Cavalli’s third of the season and career.
