Trea Turner considered to punish the Braves, but they withstood his onslaught and won the afternoon contest anyway, pounding 13 hits and scoring seven runs to even the series against the Nationals, making a winner out of Josh Collmenter in his first Atlanta start.
The game started in what feels like the only way it could have: a Trea Turner home run. However, the Braves got that run right back off of Gio Gonzalez, as Nick Markakis dunked in a two-out, opposite field single to score Ender Inciarte, who had doubled to lead off the inning.
Collmenter issued three walks in the second, loading the bases with one out, but then struck out Gio Gonzalez, bringing Turner to the plate.