Brewers unable to back Nelson in finale

Jonathan Lucroy grounds out to short, scoring Ryan Braun and putting the Brewers on the board in the 8th inningMILWAUKEE -- No Stephen Strasburg? No problem for the Nationals, who pitched Tanner Roark instead and watched the right-hander carve through seven innings of a 3-2 win over the Brewers on Sunday at Miller Park, snapping Washington's seven-game losing streak.

Jose Lobaton hit a solo home run leading off the seventh inning and Clint Robinson added a two-run shot in the eighth to back Roark, who scattered seven hits in seven innings, walked one batter and struck out seven. He pitched on regular rest in place of Strasburg, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a recurrence of…