WASHINGTON — Nick Senzel homered for the first time in nearly six weeks and drove in three runs, Eddie Rosario had three RBIs against his former team, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Atlanta Braves 7-3 on Saturday.
Washington won consecutive games for the first time since May 29-30, when it also beat the Braves on back-to-back days. The Nationals, who have lost the season series with Atlanta the past six years, are 5-2 against Atlanta this season.
Sean Murphy homered for the Braves (35-27), who have dropped three of their past four games to fall a season-high nine games behind the first-place Philadelphia Phillies (45-19) in the National League East, where Atlanta is the six-time reigning division champion.
The third-place Nationals (29-35) are seven games behind the Braves in the standings.
Atlanta was 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position Saturday, dropping to 2-for-17 in the first three games of the series, which wraps up Sunday afternoon.