Mike Jacobs is providing the power for the first-place Florida Marlins. Jacobs hit two homers, including one that capped a seven-run inning, to back Scott Olsen's solid pitching and help Florida beat the Washington Nationals 10-4 on Wednesday night.
The pair of two-run shots give the first baseman four homers in the past five games, a surge that featured his first career game-ending homer Friday, his first career grand slam Saturday—and now his first multi-homer game since Aug. 24, 2005. The Marlins are 4-1 during that span to improve to 5-3 overall, best in the NL East. (More MLB stories.)