Ozzie Albies homers again as Braves beat Nationals

Second baseman Ozzie Albies homered for the fourth straight game and drove in four runs to lift the Atlanta Braves to an 8-5 win over the visiting Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.

Albies was 2-for-3 with a walk and scored two runs. His two-run homer in the seventh inning, his 27th, broke a 5-5 tie.

Albies, a switch-hitter, batted right-handed against Washington right-hander Ryne Harper (0-2) and hit a 3-1 curvebal