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While the Mets are celebrating their ascension back into relevance with their eight-game winning streak and Phillies are floundering without their anchor, Jimmy Rollins, the Nationals are on a high of their own.

With the win over the Florida Marlins last night, the club earned their third win in a row, finished April above .500 for the first time in five years, and quietly slipped into second place in the National League East.

While the club has had to get by without him for most of the second half of the month, the Nationals welcomed back Ryan Zimmerman to slam the door on what has been an exciting April.

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