![]() Even a rain delay playing into the wee hours of the morning. We have a big seven week stretch ahead of us. “It’s rewarding,” Swanson said about getting the win in the first game of nine-game road trip that was delayed by over three hours. “Every time he goes out there he’s giving us an opportunity to win the game and that’s awesome,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said about his new pitcher. He has allowed five runs in his three starts with Washington - all coming on solo homers. Gray was acquired at the trade deadline when Max Scherzer and Trea Turner were shipped off to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nationals starter Josiah Gray (0-1) permitted three runs and five hits in six-plus innings. Will Smith earned his 24th save despite allowing the first two batters to reach in the ninth. You see those first innings like that but (Morton) settled. “They kind of jumped us in the first inning before the dust settled,” Snitker said about the Nationals productive first. Josh Bell added a sacrifice fly, making it 2-0 in the first. The Nationals came out fast after the long delay, opening with three consecutive hits off Charlie Morton (11-4), including Juan Soto’s RBI single. “It’s pretty when he hits balls like that,” said Braves manager Brian Snitker when asked about Riley’s shot that gave Atlanta the lead for good. Riley’s 24th homer of the season put Atlanta ahead to stay in the seventh, and Dansby Swanson hit his 21st homer in the ninth. ![]() Ozzie Albies tied it at 2 with his 21st homer in the sixth, giving him four homers and seven RBI in his last five games. Travis d’Arnaud got the Braves on the board with his third homer, a solo shot just over the wall in left in the fifth. It carried a 2-0 lead into the fifth before Atlanta rally with the long ball. Washington dropped its fifth straight game. ![]() Both the Phillies and Mets lost on Friday. The start of the game was delayed 3 hours, 12 minutes due to severe weather.Ītlanta entered Friday in third place in the NL East, a game behind Philadelphia and a half-game back of the New York Mets. The announced attendance of 24,812 had noticeably diminished by the time the final out was recorded at 1:19 a.m. WASHINGTON - Austin Riley homered in the seventh inning of a weather-delayed game, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 early Saturday morning to move into a first-place tie in the NL East with Philadelphia. MLB, Washington Nationals, Atlanta Braves Braves hit 4 solo HRs, beat Nats early Saturday morning
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