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Freeman’s 4-RBI night leads Braves past Nats
- Updated: August 13, 2016
WASHINGTON — Freddie Freeman showed why he is a nemesis to the Nationals on Friday night. He homered and drove in four runs to lead the Braves to an 8-5 win at Nationals Park.
Right-hander Stephen Strasburg started for Washington and had his worst outing of the year, allowing a season-high six runs in 5 1/3 innings, and he was denied his 16th victory of the season.
Despite the loss, Jayson Werth reached base for the 41st consecutive game with a seventh-inning RBI double. Werth is two short of the Nationals record set by Ryan Zimmerman in 2009.
Freeman got the Braves on the board in the first inning with an RBI double. An inning later, Jace Peterson gave Atlanta a 2-0 lead with his sixth home run.
By the fourth inning, however, the Nationals took a 3-2 against right-hander Mike Foltynewicz. Anthony Rendon highlighted the scoring with a two-run homer. But Atlanta retook the lead in the fifth on Freeman’s three-run homer over the left-field wall to give Atlanta a 5-3 lead.
Strasburg left in the sixth inning with a runner on first with one out. Matt Belisle …
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