Josh Bell homered to highlight his four-RBI performance and Mitchell Parker tossed 7 2/3 strong innings to fuel the visiting Washington Nationals to a 7-5 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.

Fresh off going deep twice in the Nationals' 15-7 victory over the Marlins on Monday, Bell belted a three-run homer to stake Washington to a 3-0 lead in the first on Tuesday. He deposited a 2-1 slider from Adam Mazur (0-3) over the wall in right-center for his fourth homer in the last three games and 20th this season.

Bell added a sacrifice fly in the sixth for the Nationals (60-84), who have defeated the Marlins four times during their 7-1 run over the last eight games.

Parker (8-15) allowed two runs on four hits with two strikeouts and two walks to record his first win since July 26. He was

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