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Nats hold off Braves for Lopez’s 1st MLB win
- Updated: August 14, 2016
WASHINGTON — The fifth spot in the Nationals’ rotation has been a bit of a revolving door during the past month, bouncing back and forth between two of the club’s top prospects while Joe Ross has been on the DL. But right-hander Reynaldo Lopez may have provided some stability in the rotation for the time being, after he tossed seven innings of one-run ball to help guide the Nationals to a 7-6 victory Saturday night against the Braves at Nationals Park.Daniel Murphy drove in four runs, including his 22nd homer in the first, and Trea Turner homered as part of a three-hit night, finishing a double shy of the cycle as Washington secured its seventh victory in the past 10 games.
The Nats led 7-1 after six innings, but the Braves got a run in the eighth and four in the ninth — two on Erick Aybar’s double in which he was thrown out trying to extend it to a triple — before Mark Melancon retired Matt Kemp on a grounder to short to pick up the save.
Atlanta was trying to win its first in Washington since April 2014, but could not overcome a rough outing from right-hander Rob Whalen, who gave up six …
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