WASHINGTON -- Bryce Harper didn't get it done, but Ryan Zimmerman did, following Harper's fiery strikeout with the game on the line in the eighth inning by punching a two-out, two-run double for the go-ahead runs in the Nationals' 8-5 win over the Brewers on Wednesday night at Nationals Park.
The Nationals sent 11 men to the plate against four Brewers pitchers and scored seven runs in the decisive eighth -- all with two outs against Brewers reliever Jared Hughes -- to even the series at a game apiece.
Starters Jimmy Nelson for the Brewers and Gio Gonzalez for the Nats dueled for much of the night before Nelson's four-pitch walk to open the eighth sparked Washington's winning rally.