Nats Nightly

Bryce Harper hit his first home run since May 13th off the facade of the upper deck in right and Danny Espinosa visited the second deck out there with a solo blast of his own for the only two runs the Washington Nationals needed to beat the St. Louis Cardinals tonight, 2-1. Joe Ross allowed just one run in seven strong innings to beat Mike Leake and the Cards in the series opener in D.C. as the Nationals improved to 29-19 on the year.