Davey Martinez told reporters last night that he wanted to see his club, which had lost three in a row in Atlanta, four straight, and five of six, come out and “knock the doors down early,” after they had struggled to score off the Braves’ starting pitchers in the first three games of the series in SunTrust Park, and they did just that, taking a 2-0 lead two batters in on a two-run home run by Adam Eaton and adding runs in the second and third before a four-run top of the seventh blew things open in what ended up a 9-4, sweep-avoiding win.
Washington Nationals avoid sweep, stop four-game slide, with 9-4 win over Atlanta Braves
