Braves top Nationals thanks to four solo homers
Austin Riley belted a go-ahead homer to lead off the seventh inning to lift the visiting Atlanta Braves to a 4-2 victory over the slumping Washington Nationals on Friday.
Ozzie Albies homered in his third straight game and Dansby Swanson and Travis d'Arnaud also went deep for the Braves, who have won eight of their last 10 contests.
The victory propelled Atlanta into a first-place tie with the Philadelphia Phillies in t