WASHINGTON -- Tyrell Jenkins had recently been able to succeed despite his high number of walks.Sunday, he wasnt so lucky.Jenkins walked three batters in 4 2/3 innings, Atlantas bats were quiet as Tanner Roark won his fourth straight start and the Washington Nationals defeated the Braves 9-1.The Atlanta rookie right-hander has now walked 30 and struck out 21 in 46 innings. He had allowed just two earned runs in his last three starts before facing the Nationals.You cant go out and give free passes to these guys, Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said. Its a really good offensive ballclub and youve got to make them earn everything they get. You cant put extra guys on base or itll bite you, and it did.Jenkins (2-3) had settled in after three-run first and the Braves trailed 3-1 when Roark walked leading off fifth.Obviously I wasnt trying to walk him, Jenkins said. Once that happened it kind of went downhill from there. That cant happen and its something Ive got to work on.Bryce Harper walked later in the inning, followed by Wilson Ramos sacrifice fly and Anthony Rendons three-run homer to break it open, ending Jenkins day.Jenkins gave up seven runs on six hits.Erick Aybar drove in Atlantas lone run. Freddie Freeman had two hits.The Braves had runners on first and third with one out in the first, but Ender Inciarte was thrown out at home on a grounder back to Roark.You cant get behind and come back every day, Snitker said. That first inning . you kind of like to go out there and stay competitive in this game, and make their guy work a little harder.Harper hit an RBI double in his return to the lineup. Rendon drove in four runs and Chris Heisey added a solo home run.Harper had missed five straight games with a neck injury. The reigning NL MVP was set to sit out another, too, and wasnt in the original lineup -- the Nationals issued a revised lineup 90 minutes before the scheduled start and Harper was in right field..Harper finished 1 for 3 with a walk and scored twice, a day after general manager Mike Rizzo said results of an MRI on Harpers neck came back clean.Roark (13-6) allowed one run over seven innings.Washington took two of three from Atlanta, which closed its three-city, 10-game road trip 5-5.We had a lot of opportunities to win a couple more games than we did, outfielder Matt Kemp said of the trip, but we came up short.Trea Turner, who came up a double short for the cycle in Saturdays 7-6 win, led off with a two-base hit and scored on Ben Reveres single. Revere took second on a throwing error.Harper doubled and later scored on Rendons sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead.The three runs were one more than Jenkins allowed in his previous 18 innings over three starts.Roark improved to 4-0 with a 1.65 ERA over his last four starts. He has pitched at least seven innings in eight of his last 10 starts.STREAKINGInciarte has now reached base safely in a career-best 25 straight games. During the streak hes hitting .354 (35 for 99) with 18 runs scored.TRAINERS ROOMBraves: RHP Julio Teheran (right lat strain) allowed one earned run over five innings in a rehab start at Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday.UP NEXTBraves: Atlanta returns home for a two-game set with Minnesota starting Tuesday. Joel De La Cruz (0-5, 4.09) opens the series against fellow right-hander Ervin Santana (5-9, 3.62). USA Soccer Store . Sgt. 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JOHANNESBURG -- A South African judge on Friday dismissed an appeal by prosecutors for a harsher sentence against Oscar Pistorius, who was found guilty of murder for killing his girlfriend in 2013.Judge Thokozile Masipa said the states appeal to extend the six-year sentence against the 29-year-old double amputee Olympic sprinter had a limited prospect of success.I am not persuaded that there are reasonable prospects of success for an appeal, she said in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp, 29, in the early-morning hours of Feb. 14, 2013. He claimed he thought she was an intruder. The state charged that he shot her in anger after an argument. Pistorius was found guilty of murder and sentenced by Masipa to six years in prison.The sentence was described as shockingly lenient, prosecutor Gerrie Nel said Friday, adding that the judge should have used a 15-year minimum sentence as a starting point because Steenkamp had suffered a horrendous death.ddddddddddddPistorius never offered an acceptable explanation for having fired four shots through the toilet door, Nel said.The fact that Pistorius fired four shots using hollow-point bullets that are designed to inflict maximum damage meant the possibility of death was more likely and should have been an aggravating factor, Nel said.The state may appeal Masipas decision at the Supreme Court of Appeals in the city of Bloemfontein, but has yet to indicate whether it will do so. ' ' '