ATLANTA -- Ryan Zimmermans return from the disabled list helped Washington take a big lead with its highest-scoring inning of the season.That big offense was just enough to overcome late struggles by the bullpen.Zimmerman homered among his three hits and the Nationals used an eight-run fourth inning to take control before holding on for an 11-9 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night.Daniel Murphy and Trea Turner hit homers in Washingtons big fourth inning against Tyrell Jenkins (2-4). The Nationals trailed 3-1 before setting a season high for runs in an inning and taking a 9-3 lead.Zimmerman drove in two runs.Its huge, Turner said of Zimmermans return to the lineup. Hes obviously a great hitter. Hes proven it throughout his career and he showed again tonight what hes capable of.Washington set a Nationals record with nine hits in the inning, including eight straight, and had 17 hits in the game.Zimmerman, who had been out since Aug. 1 with a bruised left wrist, lined a first-pitch homer over the left-field wall in the second inning.Nationals manager Dusty Baker was expecting a big impact from Zimmerman.I didnt think he was going to hit it that quick, the first pitch he saw, Baker said. If it was that easy, Id have said it a long time ago. I was glad that he was here to help us.Max Scherzer (13-7) allowed four runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings, regrouping after giving up three runs in the second.Mark Melancon gave up a two-run single to Chase dArnaud, cutting the lead to two, before recording the final out for his 36th save.The first-place Nationals have won the first three games of this series and are 11-1 against the last-place Braves this season.Murphy also had three hits, including two in the fourth. He led off the inning with his 23rd homer, caught by a fan wearing a red Bryce Harper jersey on the first row of the right-field seats. Turner added a three-run homer off Jenkins, who gave up nine runs while lasting only 3 1/3 innings.Unfortunately, it just got out of hand, Jenkins said. It was tough. ... Going into the fourth it just kind of unraveled.Even Scherzer joined the fun with a run-scoring single in the fourth.Dusty had the confidence in me to go ahead and slash there, Scherzer said. As soon as I got the sign I said `Heck yeah, lets go.Scherzer beat out an infield hit in the seventh to drive in another run.Anthony Rendon had four hits and scored three runs.Adonis Garcia had a two-run double in Atlantas three-run second. Jeff Francoeur drove in a run with a pinch-hit, bases-loaded single off Matt Belisle in the eighth. Koda Glover gave up three runs in the ninth before giving way to Melancon.BIGGER INNINGThe nine hits in the fourth were the most for the Nationals/Expos franchise since Montreal had 13 hits and scored 13 runs in the sixth inning of a 19-3 win over San Francisco on May 7, 1997.DANSBYS DAY OFFBraves rookie shortstop Dansby Swanson, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 draft, had his first break from the starting lineup since being called up on Wednesday.Just pick and choose, really, Snitker said of the decision. He doesnt need to go out there every day. Its going to be a big enough acclimation to the major leagues.TRAINERS ROOMThe Nationals also reinstated catcher Jose Lobaton from the DL. He Lobaton has been out since July 20 with left elbow tendinitis. Right-hander A.J. Cole and catcher Pedro Severino were optioned to Triple-A Syracuse.UP NEXTNationals: LHP Gio Gonzalez will look for his 100th career win in the finale of the four-game series. Gonzalez threw six scoreless innings but received no decision in his only other start of the season against Atlanta, a 2-1 Nationals win on April 12.Braves: Joel De La Cruz (0-6) will make his first start against Washington. Vegas Golden Knights Gear . Jordan Lynch, the all-purpose Heisman Trophy finalist from Northern Illinois, failed to make it into that exclusive club. Golden Knights Jerseys 2020 . Nathan MacKinnon, Jamie McGinn and Jan Hejda also scored for the Avalanche, who won despite being outshot 38-23. 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Greg Rutherford maintained his impressive winning run at major championships by retaining his European long jump title in Amsterdam.The 29-year-old blew away any fitness concerns by leaping out to 8.25 metres on his penultimate attempt to overhaul Swedens Michel Torneus by just four centimetres.His victory came minutes after Dina Asher-Smith blazed to 200m gold to land her first major senior crown as Great Britains athletes kick-started their continental campaign in style on day two of competition.There were fitness doubts over the Milton Keynes man, given he had not competed for a month before heading to Amsterdam.Rutherford revealed he had lost the hearing in his left ear as a result of the whiplash injury he suffered on his last competition at the Birmingham Diamond League and was risking permanent damage by continuing to jump.He admitted he felt rusty in qualifying on Wednesday and it showed.Rutherford, though, is a proven championship performer, and, when it came to the final, having sat in second for much of the competition, he pulled out a winning jump when it mattered.While Rutherford has been there and done it, Asher-Smiths success marked another breakthrough for the 20-year-old history student, the brightest of Great Britains young sprint hopes.A kit carrier at London 2012, she flew round the bend to hold a commanding lead heading into the straight as she crossed the line in a seasons best 22.37 seconds.She comfortably beat Ivet Lalova-Collio, her only serious rival in the absence of Hollands world champion Dafne Schippers, into second.ddddddddddddhe time put Asher-Smith 10th in the world rankings this year, but she admitted ahead of the championships that this event was a building block to the Olympics and she wanted to be running her fastest in Rio next month.Asher-Smith said: I didnt expect it. I knew I was in a good position going in, but at the same time I knew I had to go in there and actually run a good race.Sometimes I get a bit nervous and I tie up the last 30m as I did, so I just wanted to cross the line first. I did so I was super-happy.My mums here. I saw her on the victory lap, she was jumping up and down crying at me.Jodie Williams, who won European silver two years ago in Zurich when Asher-Smith pulled up with a hamstring injury, was sixth in 22.96.Tiffany Porter took Britains medal tally to three, but the defending champion had to settle for bronze in the 100m hurdles in 12.76.James Ellington, having looked so impressive in clocking a personal best 10.04 in the 100m semifinals, had to settle for fifth in 10.19 as Hollands Churandy Martina took a shock victory in 10.07, much to the delight of the home crowd.There was worse news for Ellingtons team-mate Richard Kilty as the former world indoor champion was disqualified in the final for a false start. ' ' '
