Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson took advantage of an offensive outburst by his teammates, as he picked up his 10th win of the season in the 10-3 victory over the Nationals on Friday. Nelson allowed two runs on five hits over 5 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out four.
Nelson (10-9, 3.60 ERA) allowed a run in the second to put the Brewers down 1-0. But they rallied back and took a 5-1 lead into the sixth. Nelson surrendered a solo home run to Bryce Harper, but that would be all the damage against him. Meanwhile, the Brewers would continue to tack on, en route to the blowout victory.
Nelson is 3-0 with a 1.82 ERA over his last six starts.