Read: Today in the NL East
The National League East took a beating Tuesday night at the hands of the AL East.
Washington’s poor defense and shoddy relief pitching allowed New York to score twice in the seventh inning and once more in the eighth as the Yankees came from behind to defeat the Nationals, 5-3.
In Philadelphia, the Blue Jays scored once in the ninth inning off Ryan Madson to tie the game and erupted for five more runs in the tenth off Clay Condrey to stun the Phillies, 8-3.
Boston got to Florida’s Chris Volstad early and often, and starter Tim Wakefield had the knuckleball working throughout the evening as the Red Sox dominated the Marlins at Fenway Park, 8-2.
In other action, Cincinnati defeated Atlanta, 7-2. Chipper Jones broke out of his 0-for-21 five-day slump by going 3-for-4, but it wasn’t enough for the Braves to get by the Reds.
Atlanta starter Jair Jurrjens pitched only 2 innings before a long rain delay ended his night early.
Before the game, the Braves activated 1B Casey Kotchman from the disabled list.
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