Braves 3, Nationals 2

Rookie Jason Heyward slapped a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday.

Heyward singled off Tyler Clippard to plate Rick Ankiel to lift Atlanta (71-49) to victory.

Alex Gonzalez had an RBI single and Martin Prado scored a run for the Braves, who remained 2.5 games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies atop the NL East. The Phillies posted an 8-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.

Closer Billy Wagner (7-2) picked up the win after striking out the side in the ninth inning.

Ryan Zimmerman and Roger Bernadina recorded run-scoring singles for Washington (51-69), which was unable to hold an early 2-0 advantage.

Sean Burnett suffered the loss after allowing one run and one hit in 1 1/3 innings.

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Season Series
Sep 26th 2010 Atlanta 2 @ Washington 4
Sep 25th 2010 Atlanta 5 @ Washington 0
Sep 24th 2010 Atlanta 3 @ Washington 8
Sep 15th 2010 Washington 4 @ Atlanta 2
Sep 14th 2010 Washington 6 @ Atlanta 0
Sep 13th 2010 Washington 0 @ Atlanta 4
Aug 19th 2010 Washington 6 @ Atlanta 2
Aug 18th 2010 Washington 2 @ Atlanta 3
Aug 17th 2010 Washington 2 @ Atlanta 10
Jul 29th 2010 Atlanta 3 @ Washington 5
Jul 28th 2010 Atlanta 3 @ Washington 1
Jul 27th 2010 Atlanta 0 @ Washington 3
Jun 30th 2010 Washington 1 @ Atlanta 4
Jun 29th 2010 Washington 7 @ Atlanta 2
Jun 28th 2010 Washington 0 @ Atlanta 5
May 6th 2010 Atlanta 2 @ Washington 3
May 5th 2010 Atlanta 7 @ Washington 6
May 4th 2010 Atlanta 3 @ Washington 6
AtlantaStatsWashington
8-10Vs10-8
.230Batting Average.244
3.3Runs / Game3.6
7Home Runs18
11Errors14