Mike Morse hit the go-ahead home run in the sixth inning Monday to give the Washington Nationals a 2-1 win over the New York Mets. Ross Detwiler (1-6) allowed a run on seven hits and a walk in six innings for his first major league victory.

Cole Hamels and closer Brad Lidge combined on a six-hitter Thursday, leading Philadelphia to a 4-2 win over Washington and a three-game sweep. Hamels (10-9) gave up a run and five hits in eight innings with a walk and 10 strikeouts. Lidge surrendered Ian Desmond's ninth-inning RBI groundout before earning

Johnny Cueto held Washington to one run over seven innings Tuesday, pitching the Cincinnati Reds to 3-2 rain-delayed victory. Cueto (6-3) scattered four hits and four walks in a game that was held up for 1:47 by precipitation.

Aubrey Huff's two-out RBI triple Saturday lifted the Baltimore Orioles to a 2-1 win over the Washington Nationals. Huff's triple was one of only three hits for the Orioles, who will try for a three-game sweep of the Beltway inter-league series Sunday. Their other run was courtesy of an RBI infield single

Craig Monroe hit a three-run homer Monday to help the Pittsburgh Pirates post a 12-7 victory over the Washington Nationals. Jack Wilson was 4-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI and Ramon Vazquez had a pinch-hit two-run double for the Pirates, who have won three straight.