Dan Uggla drove in five runs, three on a homer in the ninth, to help the Washington Nationals rally from the franchise’s biggest deficit to overcome the Braves in Atlanta, 13-12, on Tuesday night and end a seven-game losing streak.
The Nationals twice trailed by eight runs, but they chipped away at the lead as Jose Lobaton hit a three-run homer in a four-run fifth, Denard Span hit a solo homer in the sixth and Uggla had a two-run triple and Reed Johnson a pinch-hit R.B.I. single in the seventh.
Uggla, released last year by the Braves and still owed more than $18 million at the time, was booed in every at-bat, but he quieted the crowd with his first homer for Washington, a blast into the seats in left field off closer Jason Grilli (0-1).