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WASHINGTON — Spencer Strider earned his major league-leading 19th win and the Atlanta Braves got their 100th victory of the season by beating the Washington Nationals 8-5 for a doubleheader split. Kevin Pillar and Forrest Wall homered, and Orlando Arcia drove in three runs for Atlanta, which has won 100 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2002-03. Luis García and Lane Thomas homered for last-place Washington, which dropped three of four in the series and has lost nine of 13 overall. In the opener, rookie Jackson Rutledge earned his first major league victory as the Nationals won 3-2.
