Brad Hawpe homered and drove in two runs Tuesday to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Nationals. Carlos Gonzalez and Clint Barmes also homered for the Rockies, who have won four of their last six games.

Craig Stammen and three relievers held New York to four hits Wednesday and Washington put together a rare winning streak with a 3-1 victory over the Mets. The Nationals ended a six-game losing skid and have won back-to-back games for the first time since July 4-5. Stammen (3-5) gave up all four hits and one run while striking out five over 7 1/3 innings.

Craig Stammen pitched his first career complete game Saturday and the Washington Nationals amassed 21 hits in a 13-2 rout of the Houston Astros. The hit total represented a franchise high since the former Montreal Expos moved to Washington in 2005. Josh Willingham hit two homers with four RBI, Nick Johnson and Adam Dunn hit solo shots, Alberto Gonzalez had four hits and two RBI, Johnson had three hits and two RBI and Ronnie Belliard had two hits. Stammen was one of three others with one RBI, while Dunn and Cristian Guzman had two hits apiece for the Nationals, who ended a four-game losing streak. Stammen (2-4) surrendered nine hits in his best effort in the majors. Houston's Lance Berkman and Michael Bourn had one RBI each.

Jason Marquis pitched eight scoreless innings and got his MLB-leading 11th win Monday when the Colorado Rockies beat Washington 1-0. Marquis (11-5) gave up seven hits and walked two.

Homers by David Ortiz and Jason Varitek accounted for five runs Wednesday and Boston held on to defeat Washington 6-4. The Red Sox overcame an early 1-0 deficit on a three-run blast by Ortiz in the fourth and Varitek added a two-run shot in the sixth to make it 6-1.