Melancon recorded his 33rd save in Saturday's 7-6 victory over the Braves, giving up an earned run on two hits over an inning.
The closer inherited a tough situation in the ninth, coming on in relief of Yusmeiro Petit with two men on and one out. Melancon surrendered a run-scoring single to Ender Inciarte and a two-RBI double to Erick Aybar before getting the dangerous duo of Freddie Freeman and Matt Kemp to line out to right and ground out to shortstop respectively. The 31-year-old had last given up a run on July 19 versus the Brewers, and owns a stellar 1.50 ERA since joining the Nationals at the trade deadline.