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 WASHINGTON (AP) - Those maddening Washington Nationals did it again: another come-from-behind victory, this time punctuated by a three-run, eighth-inning homer from Ryan Church in a 6-3 win Sunday that completed a sweep of the Florida Marlins.
The win, coupled with Atlanta's loss to Pittsburgh, puts a team called Washington in first place this late in the season for the first time since 1933, when the Washington Senators won the American League pennant.
Church's homer off reliever Matt Perisho broke a 3-all tie and gave the Nationals their seventh win in eight games. They trailed in all seven victories, including 2-0 Sunday against Marlins starter A.J. Burnett, who appeared to be cruising toward a shutout before allowing three runs in the seventh.
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