WASHINGTON – Mike Fontenot broke out of an 0-for-16 skid with three hits, including the tie-breaking single in the seventh inning, and former National Daryle Ward added two hits and two RBIs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 4-2 victory over Washington on Thursday night.

Fontenot’s second hit of the game gave the Cubs a 3-2 lead. Ward, who played 78 games with Washington last year before being traded to Atlanta on Aug. 31, then hit a sacrifice fly. He finished 2-for-4.

The win was Chicago’s 11th in 13 games and their third in this four-game series. The Cubs have gone a major league-best 21-10 since June 3.

The Nationals have lost eight of their last 10 games.

Will Ohman (1-4), the second of five Chicago pitchers, went 2-3 of an inning for the win. Bob Howry pitched the ninth for his fourth save.

The Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on Aramis Ramirez’s RBI single. The bloop hit to right scored Ward, who had singled and moved to second on Jason Bergmann’s wild pitch.

After Fontenot led off the sixth inning with a single, Ward doubled to left-center for a 2-0 lead.

Dmitri Young then sparked Washington’s two-run rally in the sixth. Ryan Zimmerman started the inning with an infield single and he scored when Young lined a triple to right field. Austin Kearns then drove in Young to tie the game with a sacrifice fly to right field off starter Sean Marshall.

Pinch-hitter Angel Pagan and Alfonso Soriano had consecutive one-out singles off Luis Ayala (0-1) in the Cubs’ seventh. Fontenot then lined a single to center to score Pagan for a 3-2 lead and Ward followed with the sacrifice fly to deep center. Ayala gave up two runs and three hits in his only inning.

Marshall allowed two runs and five hits in 5 1-3 innings. Bergmann also went 5 1-3 innings, giving up two runs and six hits.