The Washington Nationals defeated the Seattle Mariners 2-1 on Wednesday night, and in the process reached the .500 mark for the first time since May.

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John Lannan earned the victory for Washington by limiting Seattle to three hits and one run in 5 2/3 innings. Erik Bedard took the loss for the Mariners despite striking out 10 batters in six innings of work. The Seattle defense betrayed Bedard, committing two errors that resulted in a pair of unearned runs.

Third baseman Chone Figgins made the first error, misplaying a hard hit grounder by Michael Morse with two outs in the first. The error kept the inning alive, and Danny Espinosa later delivered a single that scored Ryan Zimmerman for Washington’s first run.

A combination of a Bedard wild pitch and a throwing error by catcher Miguel Olivo led to the Nationals second unearned run in the fourth inning.

The Nationals record now stands at 37-37.