Nats fall to Braves; magic number remains 6

ATLANTA — Adonis Garcia went 3-for -4 with three RBIs to help the Braves defeat the Nationals, 6-2, on Sunday at Turner Field. Washington’s magic number to clinch the National League East remained at six as the second-place Mets edged the Twins, 3-2.

The rubber game was called because of rain with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. There were two rain delays that each lasted more than an hour — one in the top of the sixth and the one in the seventh.

The Braves were able to get to right-hander Joe Ross in the second, when Matt Kemp scored on a single by Jace Peterson. Ross was gone by the fourth, when Atlanta scored two more runs off Reynaldo Lopez on hits by Dansby Swanson and Garcia.

The Nationals made it a one-run game by the sixth before the Braves pulled away with a three-run sixth. Garcia highlighted the scoring, driving in two runs with a single to left.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDDouble dip: Matt Wisler retired 15 of the first 18 batters faced and held the Nationals scoreless through the first five innings with the assistance of a few timely ground balls. Swanson ranged to his right to begin a double play after Clint Robinson opened the second inning with a single. Wilson Ramos’ fifth-inning leadoff single was negated when Ben Revere followed by grounding into a double play.

A Ross sighting: Ross pitched his first game …

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