Brewers top Nationals 6-1

WP: Jhoulys Chacin (9-3); LP: Gio Gonzalez (6-7); Save: none; Homeruns: Was - Daniel Murphy (2); Mil - none

Both starting pitchers in tonight’s ballgame between the Milwaukee Brewers (57-45) and Washington Nationals (49-50) continued their recent trends, which was good news for the Brewers. Jhoulys Chacin bumped his record to 9-3 and lowered his ERA to 3.58 for the Brewers, while Gio Gonzalez (who was once 6-1 with an ERA just over 2) fell to 6-7 and an ERA of 3.94.

Chacin worked 5.2 innings and held the Nats to one run on a lead off second inning homer by Daniel Murphy. He allowed just two hits, walked none, and struck out nine. He hit Ryan Zimmerman with two down and nobody on in the sixth…