The Nationals had a 1:15 minute rain delay tonight, but that did not affect Reynaldo Lopez who struck out 11 batters in his outing tonight where he went 7 innings with only 1 earned run tonight on his way to earn his 2nd big league win.
The Nationals clung to a 3-2 lead until the top of the 8th innings where they exploded for 5 runs that began with a swinging bunt single and followed by walks, HBP, and a single.
Jayson Werth continued his on-base streak with his 46th consecutive game, and tonight it came on 2 hits.
The Nats accumulated only 6 hits tonight to go with 7 walks and a HBP.
With this win the Nationals widened their lead in the NL East to 9 1/2 games over the Marlins.
