Daniel Murphy kept answering the Citi Field boos with booms, hitting his seventh home run this year against the team that let him go last winter and leading the Washington Nationals over the New York Mets 3-2 Sunday. Murphy tops the majors with a .348 batting average at the All-Star break, boosted by the damage he's done to the Mets. If there's any consolation for Mets manager Terry Collins, he'll soon have Murphy back on his side, albeit for just a day - Collins is guiding the NL team in the All-Star Game on Tuesday night in San Diego, and Murphy is on the squad.
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