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W.Ramos grounded out, shortstop Simmons to first baseman K.Johnson.

Y.Escobar flied out to right fielder Markakis.

Grounded out, shortstop Simmons to first baseman K.Johnson.

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Braves fifth.  Uribe doubled to left.  K.Johnson flied out to right fielder Harper.  Simmons singled to center, Uribe scored.  Simmons was caught stealing, catcher W.Ramos to second baseman Uggla, Simmons out.  E.Perez popped out to first baseman T.Moore.

Nationals seventh.  Aardsma pitching.  Harper doubled to center.  W.Ramos singled to right, Harper scored.  Uggla struck out.  T.Moore grounded into a double play, shortstop Simmons to second baseman J.Peterson to first baseman K.Johnson, W.Ramos out.

Braves ninth.  Ciriaco pinch-hitting for Grilli.  Ciriaco hit an infield single to shortstop.  J.Peterson sacrificed, pitcher Scherzer to second baseman Uggla, Ciriaco to second.  Maybin singled to left, Ciriaco scored.

The Nationals have won eight straight games against the Braves, tied for their longest active winning streak against any opponent (also vs. Astros). The most consecutive wins by the Expos/Nationals over the Braves in franchise history is nine, spanning the 1972 and 1973 seasons.

The Braves have won six of their last eight home games entering tonight's contest. Dating back to May 5, Atlanta is 13-7 at home, compared to 11-19 on the road.

Shelby Miller is winless in his last seven starts, going 0-2 with five no-decisions and a 2.70 ERA in those outings. He has a run-support average of just 1.45 during that span.

Jordan Zimmermann has allowed three earned runs or less in 12 of his 13 career starts against the Braves. Zimmermann is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA over his last two starts at Turner Field.

Over his last 20 games at Turner Field, Bryce Harper is batting .262 (17-for-65) with 0 HR and 1 RBI. Harper hit three homers in his first seven career games at Turner Field.

Nick Markakis is still in search of his first home run of the season. His 328 plate appearances are the second most by any player without a single homer in 2015 (Dee Gordon, 331). Markakis hit at least 10 home runs in each of his first nine seasons in the majors.

HP - Iassogna, 1B - Barrett, 2B - Morales, 3B - Bucknor

While Max Scherzer's teammates remain in awe over his recent dominance, the right-hander continues going about the business of winning games for the Washington Nationals.
He'll try to win a fourth consecutive start Thursday night against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field.

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ATLANTA (AP)  Cameron Maybin drove in the go-ahead run with a chopper against Max Scherzer that bounced over third base in the ninth inning, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 2-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night.
Pinch-hitter Pedro Ciriaco began the Atlanta ninth with an infield single, beating shortstop Danny Espinosa's throw to stop a string of 10 in a row retired by Scherzer (9-6). He advanced to second on Jace Peterson's sacrifice and scored on Maybin's single.

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Washington Nationals @ Atlanta Braves on July 2, 2015

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