Smith, Candelario homer as Nationals cease 6-game skid, Braves’ 7-game win streak

ATLANTA — Dominic Smith and Jeimer Candelario hit two-run homers within the sixth inning and the Washington Nationals beat Atlanta 6-2 on Sunday to cease a six-game skid and the Braves’ seven-game successful streak.

Trevor Williams (3-4) allowed two runs, seven hits and one stroll in 5 innings with six strikeouts, successful for simply the second time since April 8.

Carl Edwards Jr., Kyle Finnegan and Hunter Harvey mixed for two-hit reduction.

Bryce Elder (4-1), who entered with a National League-leading 2.26 ERA, noticed it rise to 2.69 after giving up a season-high 5 runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. Elder struck out a season-low one – Lane Thomas beginning the sport.

Keibert Ruiz had two hits and an RBI for the Nationals, and Luis García additionally had two hits. Matt Olson hit his 18th residence run for the Braves.

Matt Olson put the Braves forward with a two-run homer within the first, a 421-foot drive that landed on high of the Chop House in proper area.

Ruiz reduce the deficit with an RBI single within the fourth, and the Nationals burst forward with a five-run sixth.

García doubled main off, superior on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Joey Meneses that prolonged his on-base streak to 18 video games. Candelario homered for a 4-2 lead, Ruiz singled to chase Elder and Smith homered on Kirby Yates’ first pitch, a 444-foot drive over the bullpen in right-center that was the longest residence run of Smith’s massive league profession.

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Alex Call robbed Michael Harris II of a doable two-run residence run within the sixth inning, leaping on the high of the wall in left-center for a backhand seize.

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