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Washington Nationals' Ian Desmond follows through with a two-run home run home run in the fourth inning against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday, in Atlanta. The homer represented the only scoring in the game. - photo by Associated Press
ATLANTA — Jordan Zimmermann turned in another dominant performance with two-hit ball over eight innings, Ian Desmond hit a two-run homer in the fourth and the Washington Nationals finally beat the Atlanta Braves, 2-0 Wednesday night. The Braves had won five in a row this season over their NL East rival, and nine straight dating to last season. Zimmermann (5-1) made sure that streak ended with what is starting to become a typical outing, snapping a three-game losing streak that had knocked the Nationals under .500.