The Washington Nationals continued to swing hot bats after the All Star break. The Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves on Sunday by a score of 15-6. The fifteen runs scored by the Nationals is a season high for the organization. The win brings the Nationals to 38-61 this season.
Odalis Perez started on the mound for the Nationals and got enough run support to pick up the win. Perez went five innings and gave up five runs on nine hits. Not his best start of the year but good enough to up his record to 3-7. The Nationals bullpen went the final four innings and gave up only one run the rest of the way to lock up the win.
Willie Harris was a one man wrecking crew against his former team. Harris went 2-3 with three walks and drove in five runs. Austin Kearns went 3-5 and scored five times. Catcher Jesus Flores went 5-6 as the Nationals just crushed the Atlanta pitching staff. Kearns and Harris each homered as the Nationals collected 17 hits. Seven different players had hits for the Nationals.
The Nationals will take Monday off as they head out west to start a series with the San Francisco Giants. Jason Bergmann is scheduled to start the opener on Tuesday. Game time is 10:15pm.