Washington 4 TORONTO 2 (ESPN Boxscore)

After dropping the first two games of the Toronto series, the Nationals rebounded behind another solid Micah Bowie outing and beat the Blue Jays 4-2. Bowie is 4-0 in six starts with a 3.81 ERA.

Ryan Zimmerman hit his twelfth homer of the year.

Bowie Finds a Home In Nationals’ Rotation – The Post

Bowie’s starts a relief for Nats – The Wash. Times

Levale Speigner is going back to the bullpen (The Wash. Times), at least for this week.

Old 00, Brandon Watson of AAA Columbus now holds the record for consecutive game hitting streak (The Post) in the International League. He is at 43 games and counting. The record had previously stood for 95 years.

On Wednesday, John Patterson, Mike O’Connor and Jason Bergmann are expected to make rehab stars at A Potomac, AA Harrisburg and AAA Columbus, respectively. Southeast Jerome Williams and Luis Ayala are also expected to see action in the minors around that time.

The list of players that part of the Nationals future (The Wash. Times) is much smaller than those who are not.