Another tough night for a Braves starting pitcher against Nationals

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

Tuesday’s scores

Washington 10, Atlanta 5

Boston 4, Philadelphia 3, 12 innings

Miami 8, Oakland 1

Chicago Cubs 14, N.Y. Mets 3

Wednesday’s games

Oakland (Gossett 0-0) at Miami (Volquez 3-7), 12:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 5-4) at Washington (Roark 6-3), 4:05 p.m.

Boston (Johnson 2-0) at Philadelphia (Hellickson 5-4), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Montgomery 0-3) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 4-3), 7:10 p.m.

Washington Nationals 39-25

▪ Ryan Zimmerman had two home runs against the Braves on Tuesday, including his 234th career home run, which tied Vladimir Guerrero for the Nationals/Montreal Expos franchise record.

▪ Daniel Murphy homered, doubled and had three hits and two RBI.

New York Mets 29-34, 9.5 GB

▪ Zack Wheeler set career worsts with eight earned runs allowed in 1 2/3 innings against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday.

▪ Mets starters had given up one run or fewer in six straight games, the team’s best run since 2010, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Miami Marlins 28-35, 10.5 GB

▪ Giancarlo Stanton hit his 17th home run of the season Tuesday against Oakland.

▪ Stanton is batting .354 with six homers in 18 games since moving to the No. 2 spot in the batting order.

Atlanta Braves 28-36, 11 GB

▪ R.A. Dickey allowed eight runs against the Nationals on Tuesday, the most runs he has allowed since April 24, 2015.

▪ Dansby Swanson and Brandon Phillips had three hits.

Philadelphia Phillies 21-42, 17.5 GB

▪ Ben Lively pitched seven innings in his third career start but the Phillies lost in 12 innings to Boston on Tuesday.

▪ Lively became the first Phillies pitcher to allow three earned runs or fewer in his first three career games since Bill Champion in 1969.

This story was originally published June 14, 2017 at 9:23 AM with the headline "Another tough night for a Braves starting pitcher against Nationals."