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Braves beat Nationals, snap five-game skid
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Atlanta Braves' Andrelton Simmons drops to his knee while swinging through on a fly out in the third inning against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday in Atlanta. - photo by David Goldman | Associated Press
ATLANTA - The Braves ended their five-game losing streak but gained no ground in their longshot chase for the playoffs. Three runs scored when Christian Bethancourt's sixth-inning single bounced off first baseman Tyler Moore's glove and into right field, lifting Atlanta to a 3-1 win over a Washington Nationals' lineup of backups on Wednesday night. The Braves remained 5½ games behind Pittsburgh for the second NL wild card with 10 games remaining.
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