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Orioles 6, Nationals 5

Nick Markakis homered and drove in three runs, Brian Burres pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning and the Baltimore Orioles held on to beat the Washington Nationals 6-5 Saturday night for their fourth straight victory.

Burres (4-4) allowed two runs, walked two and struck out three in 6 2-3 innings as the Orioles won for the seventh time in eight games.

The left-hander had lost three consecutive decisions following a 3-1 start.

A triumph in the finale of the three-game series Sunday would match Baltimore's longest winning streak of the season and give the Orioles their first sweep of the Nationals.

Ryan Zimmerman hit a home run and Aaron Boone had two RBIs for Washington, which has dropped three of five games.

Jay Payton added a two-run homer and Alex Cintron matched a career high with four hits for Baltimore.

George Sherrill got three outs for his 17th save in 19 chances.

Melvin Mora doubled off the left-field wall with one down and Markakis' RBI single up the middle put the Orioles ahead 1-0 in the first. Washington tied it in the second when Dmitri Young singled, Boone doubled to left-center and Jesus Flores hit a run-scoring groundout.

Baltimore went up 4-1 in the third. Brian Roberts led off with a double, stole third and scored on Mora's single to left before Markakis crushed Odalis Perez's first pitch over the right-center wall for his eighth homer.

Zimmerman's solo homer off Burres, a liner to left in the fourth, made it 4-2.

Payton's two-out, two-run shot gave the Orioles a 6-2 lead in the fifth. After Kevin Millar singled off third baseman Zimmerman's glove, Payton hit a 3-1 pitch into the left-field seats.

Perez (1-4) departed after yielding a season-high six runs on 10 hits, walking two and striking out two in five innings.

Flores, the Nationals' catcher, was ejected in the top of the sixth by home plate umpire Tim McClelland after receiving a low pitch McClelland called a ball The Nationals got to 6-4 in the eighth on Boone's two-run, bases-loaded single off Dennis Sarfate. Jim Johnson relieved and walked Wil Nieves to load the bases before hitting Lastings Milledge on the left shoulder to force in a run.

Johnson then struck out Austin Kearns on a 3-2 pitch to end the threat.

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