Marcell Ozuna capped a three-run eighth inning with a two-run homer and the visiting Atlanta Braves rallied to beat the Washington Nationals 5-2 on Thursday night.
Adam Duvall also homered for the Braves, who have won three of their last four games.
Ozzie Albies doubled against Hunter Harvey (2-2) with two outs in the eighth inning and Austin Riley blooped a single to center, scoring Albies to give Atlanta a 3-2 lead. Ozuna followed with his 18th home run of the season, a shot to left-center, to make it 5-2.
Aaron Bummer (2-2) pitched one inning for the win, and Raisel Iglesias worked the ninth for his 16th save.
CJ Abrams and Lane Thomas hit back-to-back homers for the Nationals, who have lost four straight. Abrams had gone 1-for-21 over his past five games.
Washington starter Mitchell Parker took a no-hitter into the sixth inning. The rookie went seven innings, allowing two runs on three hits.
Atlanta did not have a baserunner until Duvall was hit by a pitch in the fifth. The first Braves hit was Orlando Arcia's ground-rule double leading off the sixth. One out later, center fielder Jacob Young robbed Albies with a sliding catch in right center to save a run.
Abrams led off the bottom half against Reynaldo Lopez with a home run to right-center, his 10th of the season, and Thomas followed with a shot into the visitors' bullpen in left-center to make it 2-0.
Lopez had not allowed a home run in 34 1/3 innings.
Jesse Winker and Luis Garcia Jr. followed with singles, but Keibert Ruiz lined out and Lopez got Joey Meneses to ground into a double play.
Lopez allowed two runs on six hits over six innings. He struck out seven and walked one.
Atlanta tied it in the seventh. Ozuna led off with a single and, with one out, Duvall homered to left-center on a first-pitch fastball to make it 2-2.
--Field Level Media
Atlanta | Washington | |
Reynaldo Lopez | Player | Mitchell Parker |
No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
6.0 | IP | 7.0 |
7 | Strikeouts | 2 |
6 | Hits | 3 |
3.00 | ERA | 2.57 |
Atlanta | Washington | |
Marcell Ozuna | Player | Jesse Winker |
2 | Hits | 2 |
2 | RBI | 0 |
1 | HR | 0 |
5 | TB | 2 |
.500 | Avg | .500 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Atlanta | 7 | 2 | 15 | .206 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington | 6 | 2 | 12 | .188 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |