Nats Nightly

Gio Gonzalez returned from a long layoff to make a solid start in his 2016 debut and the Washington Nationals scored late to go ahead 2-0 on a two-out, two-run double by Bryce Harper in what ended up a 2-1 win over the Atlanta Braves, who dropped their 12th straight game in the nation's capital and their 15 of the last 16 in D.C.