Bringing the heat: Harper’s slam fuels Strasburg

MIAMI — Stephen Strasburg and Adam Conley were making quick work of hitters on Tuesday until the Nationals erupted for a record-setting seventh inning, smashing four home runs, punctuated by Jayson Werth’s career No. 200 blast and Bryce Harper’s two-out grand slam.

Werth and Wilson Ramos went back-to-back on solo shots off Conley with one out in the seventh, and Harper and Ryan Zimmerman connected off Chris Narveson in the Nationals’ 7-0 win over Miami at Marlins Park. It marked the first time Washington had belted four dingers in an inning, and the first time the Marlins surrendered that many.

The Nationals’ power-surge shocked the Marlins, as they scored seven times in what had been a scoreless pitchers’ duel. Conley, brilliant through six innings, had struck out eight batters. He was victimized by one-out shots from Werth and Ramos. Keeping the inning alive was Strasburg’s two-out single, his second hit of the night.

Strasburg was brilliant on the mound, as well, striking out 10 batters in eight innings, as he improved to 11-7 all-time against the Marlins.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDFab four: The Nationals ripped four homers in the seventh inning, the first time in franchise history (2005-present) they have homered four times in a single frame.

Werth got things started with a solo home run with one out, launching a 3-2 fastball 435 feet for his second homer of the year and 200th of his career. Ramos homered on the very next pitch, driving a slider to left-center field. Harper continued his stellar start to the season with his second career grand slam — and fifth homer in the past six games — followed by a solo dinger from Zimmerman.

The last MLB team to hit back-to-back homers twice in an inning was Milwaukee vs. Arizona on Aug. 11, …

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