Nats Nightly

It was all going so well for Mat Latos, who homered and allowed just one run in 4+ innings in his first start for the Nationals in what ended up an 8-1 win over the Mets. But he left the outing with cramping in his right hamstring, which wasn't considered too serious. The Nationals improved to 86-58 with the win, and ended the night with a 10.0 game lead in the NL East and a magic number of 9 to clinch the division. Two more with the Mets the next two days...