
Braves walk off, defeat Washington Nationals, 7-6
A Jace Peterson homer gave Atlanta a 7-6 walk-off, extra-inning win over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.

A Jace Peterson homer gave Atlanta a 7-6 walk-off, extra-inning win over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.

The Washington Nationals took a big lead with eight runs in the fourth, then held off a late Braves rally in an 11-9 win at Atlanta Saturday night.

Rookie Reynaldo Lopez struck out 11 to pitch the Washington Nationals to an 8-2 win at Atlanta on Thursday night.

Colorado took control after a lengthy rain delay in a 6-2 win over Washington Tuesday night at Coors Field.

A new Washington Post poll of Virginia voters gives Democrat Hillary Clinton a seven- to eleven-point lead on Republican Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

Max Scherzer had an off-night. Bryce Harper and Jayson Werth didn’t, and the Washington Nationals took advantage.

Tanner Roark (13-6, 2.81 ERA, 1.17 ERA) gave up a run on five hits in seven innings in a 9-1 Nats win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.

Atlanta scored four in the ninth to make it more than interesting, but Mark Melancon finally put out the fire for Washington in a 7-6 win Saturday night.

The ill-conceived Jonathan Papelbon era as the Washington Nationals closer is unceremoniously over.

Stephen Strasburg was shellacked for a second straight outing in an 8-5 Washington Nationals loss to the Atlanta Braves Friday night.