JUPITER, Fla. — Giancarlo Stanton homered for the first time since he was beaned last September, part of a three-hit game that helped the Miami Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 5-4 Wednesday.

Stanton doubled in the first inning against Doug Fister, had an RBI single that made it 2-0 in the third and tied the score 3-3 when he homered leading off the sixth against Casey Janssen.

ATHLETICS: Pitcher Jarrod Parker threw two innings of a simulated game and faced hitters for the second time this spring while continuing his comeback from a second Tommy John surgery.

ORIOLES: Catcher Matt Wieters has elbow tendinitis following his return from Tommy John surgery and won’t play until at least Sunday.

RAYS: Pitcher Alex Cobb has tendinitis in his right forearm and will miss his planned opening-day start against Baltimore on April 6.

ATHLETICS: Pitcher Jarrod Parker threw two innings of a simulated game and faced hitters for the second time this spring while continuing his comeback from a second Tommy John surgery.

Yankees: Center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury will be out for a week because of a strained oblique. Ellsbury was scratched from the lineup Tuesday and didn’t make the road trip for the game Wednesday night against Atlanta.

n Former Yankee teammates Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui will take part in a charity baseball game Sunday in Tokyo to support survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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