Flowers comes through in ninth inning for Braves against Nationals

By Daniel Shirley

June 13, 2017 9:40 AM

A look around Major League Baseball’s NL East race today.

Atlanta 11, Washington 10

Boston 6, Philadelphia 5, 11 innings

N.Y. Mets 6, Chicago Cubs 1

Atlanta (Dickey 4-4) at Washington (Ross 3-2), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 3-4) at N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 3-3), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Cotton 3-6) at Miami (Urena 4-2), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Lively 1-1) at Boston (Price 1-1), 7:10 p.m.

▪ The Nationals lost to the Braves on Monday despite having 17 hits.

▪ Stephen Strasburg allowed three home runs in five innings.

▪ Jacob deGrom threw the Mets’ first complete game of the season Monday against the Chicago Cubs.

▪ The Mets have won four straight games.

▪ Tyler Flowers hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the ninth inning of the Braves’ win over the Nationals on Monday.

▪ Matt Adams hit a pair of homers.

▪ Starter Mike Foltynewicz gave up a career-high eight runs and three homers, and lasted just 3 1/3 innings.

▪ The Marlins lost the final two games of a four-game series with Pittsburgh on Sunday.

▪ The Phillies lost to the Boston Red Sox on Monday for their 10th loss in their past 12 games at Fenway Park.

▪ Jerad Eickhoff remained winless after 13 starts, giving up four runs on seven hits in six innings.

This story was originally published June 13, 2017 at 9:40 AM with the headline "Flowers comes through in ninth inning for Braves against Nationals."