Albies Fractured Hamate Likely Ends Season

The Atlanta Braves extended a major-league-leading 10-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals, though the club has already been eliminated from postseason contention. Michael Harris II hit two long solo homers, rookie Hurston Waldrep allowed one run in six innings to improve to 6-1, and Raisel Iglesias recorded his 28th save. Waldrep’s 6-1 mark is the highest win percentage for a Braves rookie with at least 10 appearances, and the run included six wins over the last-place Nationals and the franchise’s first four-game sweep of the Washington/Montreal club. Separately, second baseman Ozzie Albies left Monday’s game after fouling a pitch and was diagnosed with a fractured hamate bone in his left hand that likely ends his season. Albies had played every game this year and was at 16 home runs and 74 RBIs; the injury compounds his recent left-hand/wrist history and he was replaced in the game by Nick Allen.