GAME IN A NUTSHELL: The Nationals’ recipe for wins lately has included a heavy helping of home runs and good starting pitching. That trend continued on Saturday in the Nats’ 8-6 matinee win over the Atlanta Braves – their ninth victory in their last 11 games – though this one required a walk-off homer by Bryce Harper after their bullpen caved in the eighth inning.
Braves reliever Cody Martin allowed the walk-off bomb, Harper’s sixth homer in the last three games. The Nats are now above the .500 mark for the first time in the 2015 season at 16-15.