WASHINGTON — Dan Haren won his third straight winning start while Anthony Rendon and Ryan Zimmerman homered to help the Washington Nationals snap a four-game losing streak with a 9-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
Haren (7-11) limited the Phillies to two runs and four hits over seven innings for his first career win against Philadelphia in eight starts. He struck out seven without issuing a walk.
John Lannan (3-5) allowed eight runs, nine hits and five walks over five innings. The Phillies have lost seven of their last nine games.
Adam LaRoche snapped a 0 for 16 lifetime skid against Lannan with an RBI double in the fourth. Denard Span's two-run single capped a four-run fifth inning. Bryce Harper added an RBI single.
The Nationals went 6 for 10 with runners in scoring position.
Rendon hit a two-run homer off Lannan in the second inning after the umpires confirmed it on instant replay. Three batters later, Zimmerman hit his 13th of the season, which landed several rows deep in the left-center stands.
Washington scored only six runs during a three-game sweep by the NL East-leading Braves this week.
Rather than keep Lannan as a potential fifth starter, Washington signed Haren to a lucrative one-year deal this offseason.