WASHINGTON -- A day after the Nationals locked up home field advantage in the NL Division Series, they shared in Max Scherzers latest individual accomplishment.The ace earned his 20th victory of the season and drove in a career-high four runs to help Washington beat the Miami Marlins 10-7 on Sunday.Everybody had their fingerprints all over the game, said Scherzer, who last year threw two no-hitters and earlier this season tied a record with a 20-strikeout outing. Its just an absolute team win from everybody, from what they were able to do. Its really special.Scherzer (20-7) allowed five runs in five innings while striking out seven. It was his second career 20-win season, and he became the second pitcher to win 20 games for the Nationals since they moved to Washington. Gio Gonzalez won 21 games in 2012.Mark Melancon pitched the ninth to earn his 47th save in 51 chances.The NL East champion Nationals, who will face Los Angeles in the division series, finished the regular season 95-67, a 12-game improvement in manager Dusty Bakers first season.Austin Brice (0-1) gave up three runs in an inning for Miami (79-82), which recorded its best record since going 80-82 in 2010.Third baseman Martin Prado served as the Marlins manager, continuing a tradition actual manager Don Mattingly was a part of while working under Joe Torre in New York and Los Angeles and later when he managed the Dodgers. Prado went 1-for-2 with a caught stealing before removing himself from the game in the middle of the third inning.Sometimes you question managers making decisions, Prado said. Now that I was in that spot for only one game, I dont know if I can do it. Theres so much stuff. The games speed up and theres so many things you have to be aware of. I wont ever say anything bad about any manager.Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy, who had missed the previous 10 games with an injured glute muscle, pinch hit in the fifth. He had a chance to overtake Colorado second baseman DJ LeMahieu for the National League batting title, but flied to right.We accomplished one of our goals, Id say two of our goals actually, Murphy said. We won the NL East and were hosting a division series as well. So no, the batting title is not something I gave a lot of thought to.Washington broke a 5-5 tie in the fifth on Wilmer Difos RBI fielders choice. Shortstop Danny Espinosa drilled the next pitch to right for his 24th home run to put the Nationals up 8-5.Marlins starter Tom Koehler walked the bases loaded to open the second inning before catcher Jose Lobaton hit a sacrifice fly. Against a drawn-in infield, Scherzer hit one up the middle to score two more runs.A similar scenario unfolded in the fourth, when the first two men reached base and Lobaton sacrificed. Again, the Marlins brought the infield in. Again, Scherzer poked one up the middle to drive in two. The four RBI are the most for a Nationals pitcher since the franchise moved from Montreal in 2005.He was so determined, Baker said. What did he drive in, four runs? Thats what well never hear the end of.Outfielder Destin Hood and catch Tomas Telis both hit two-run shots off Scherzer for their first career home runs.ICHIRO AT 3,030Marlins OF Ichiro Suzuki, who earlier in the season collected his 3,000th hit, poked a pinch-single to right to lead off the fifth. He finished the year with 3,030 hits, 25th on the all-time list. The 42-year-old hit .291 in 327 at-bats.KIEBOOM DEBUTSC Spencer Kieboom made his major-league debut for the Nationals. He walked and scored as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning. Kieboom was recalled Tuesday after Wilson Ramos suffered a season-ending knee injury.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: Catcher J.T. Realmuto was out of the lineup on back-to-back days for the first time all season. He hit .303 with 11 homers and 48 RBI, and his .301 average as a catcher set a club record previously held by Ivan Rodriguez (.300 in 2003).Nationals: LF Jayson Werth (back tightness) sat out the second day in a row.UP NEXTMarlins: After improving from 71 victories last year to 79 in manager Don Mattinglys first season, Miami will try to record its first winning record since 2009 next year.Nationals: Scherzer is expected to meet Clayton Kershaw (12-4, 1.69) when the Dodgers visit Nationals Park for Game 1 of the NLDS on Friday. Cheap Custom Cubs Jersey . Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. But underneath the professional exterior he was, and is, compellingly human. Wholesale Custom Cubs Shirts . 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The ban was upheld by the IAAF in a vote last month.The IAAF ban allows a small number of Russians to compete at the Rio Olympics if they can show they have been based outside the country and subject to testing from a respected, non-Russian anti-doping agency.Brilliantova said Sunday that she believed only two Russians woulld fit the criteria out of more than 80 who have applied to the IAAF.ddddddddddddWhile Brilliantova did not name the duo, they are likely to be U.S.-based long jumper Daria Klishina, who is a two-time European indoor champion, and Italy-based pole vaulter Alyona Lutkovskaya.In addition, the IAAF has already approved an application from Russian athlete and doping whistleblower Yulia Stepanova, whose testimony of doping within the Russian team, including undercover footage of apparent doping confessions, formed an important part of the evidence against Russia in the WADA investigation.Stepanova is due to return to competition next week at the European championships, racing in the 800 meters as a neutral athlete not representing a particular country.European Athletics said Sunday that athletes at the championships would wear bibs with messages such as I run clean, I jump clean and I throw clean in a statement against performance-enhancing drug use. 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