With the way the Washington Nationals are pitching these days, they hardly needed all of the runs Bryce Harper and his teammates provided from the start. Harper and Yunel Escobar homered as the Nationals scored a team-record nine times in the first inning, plenty for Gio Gonzalez to cruise past the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-2 Sunday. Read more http://espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=350621120