Nationals top Braves 6-2

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer delivers during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Sunday, July 22, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)Nationals Park was nearly empty when Washington topped Atlanta 6-2 Sunday evening — almost 40,000 fans had been chased out of the stadium hours before by a midsummer monsoon.

But they left knowing starter Max Scherzer had again staked the Nationals to a lead most competitive teams could hang on to.

This time, the Nationals did, though they had to outlast a long rain delay first.

It wasn’t Scherzer at his best, and coming two days after he confronted ineffective teammate Stephen Strasburg in the dugout…