The Nats took the series rubber match in Sunday afternoon's 4-3 win over the Pirates. Mark & Al note that the Nationals are 9-4 to start September and need only one more victory to avoid a 100 loss season.

(04:35) Daylen Lile was the offensive hero as his 8th inning RBI double put Washington ahead for good.  Lile reached base four times and his OPS is now up to .796 on the season.

(09:00) CJ Abrams made his 20th error of the season, the 2nd most of any short stop in Baseball.

(17:45) Cade Cavalli struggled in the opening inning as he immediately fell behind 3-0.  Cavalli adjusted from there and didn't give up any more runs.

(20:35) The bullpen got the job done with four scoreless innings, but the choice of Clayton Better instead of Jose A. Ferrer was curious.

(28:15) The Braves come to D.C. on Monday for four games in the next three days.

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