Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 7, Atlanta 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Sunday, May 27, 2012
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Kerwin Danley, 1B - Paul Nauert, 2B - Doug Eddings, 3B - Dana DeMuth
Attendance: 38543

Nationals 7, Braves 2: Jesus Flores had three hits and drove in the tie-breaking run as Washington completed a sweep of host Atlanta.

The Nationals rallied from an early 2-0 deficit, winning for the sixth time in seven games. The Braves lost their seventh straight contest.

Flores singled to left to score Adam LaRoche in the fourth to bring Washington within 2-1. Eventual winning pitcher Gio Gonzalez followed with a sacrifice fly to tie the game 2-2.

Gonzalez (7-1) gave up just one hit in seven innings, striking out 10.

In the sixth, Flores singled to center to score Danny Espinosa with the go-ahead run. Steve Lombardozzi doubled to right to plate two, and Ryan Zimmerman followed with a single to score Lombardozzi and give Washington a 6-2 advantage.

Bryce Harper added a solo homer in the top of the eighth for the Nationals.

Atlanta starter Brandon Beachy (5-3) surrendered three runs and walked four in five innings.

GAME NOTEBOOK: LaRoche went 2-for-3, raising his average to .295. ... Atlanta’s Juan Francisco lined a single in the eighth for just Atlanta’s second hit.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Washington   Atlanta
Gio Gonzalez Player Brandon Beachy
Win W/L Loss
7.0 IP 5.0
10 Strikeouts 7
1 Hits 3
2.57 ERA 1.80
Hitting
Washington   Atlanta
Jesus Flores Player Juan Francisco
3 Hits 1
2 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 1
.750 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Washington 9 1 14 .257 16 11 7 5 0 0
Atlanta 3 0 6 .107 8 13 2 3 1 2