After nearly an hour and a half rain delay, Ryan Zimmerman drew a leadoff walk and went to third on a Belliard ground-rule double that kicked off and lodged under the center-field wall.
Zimmerman scored when third baseman McGehee couldn't field Elijah Dukes' grounder and another run scored on Jorge Padilla's double play.
Cameron increased the lead to 8-2 with his third hit in as many innings, an RBI double. But in the end, it was all for naught, as the Brewers scored an 11-9 victory against Washington Saturday night.
"I'm the eternal optimist. I'm just very happy our guys are competing like they are," Washington interim manager Jim Riggleman said. "They keep fighting, they keep coming back."
They aren't the only ones who keep fighting.
Riggleman was ejected in the third inning by home plate umpire Mike Reilly for arguing Reilly's swinging strike call when Zimmerman tried to hold up on a 2-2 pitch with the bases loaded. He may have been trying to get some sparks going; after Riggleman's ouster, Belliard hit Burns' next pitch into the left-field seats, cutting the lead to 8-6 with his third career slam.
Burns departed after three innings. He allowed six runs on five hits, walked two and struck out two.
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Washington completed the comeback in the fourth. With one out, Wil Nieves singled off Mark DiFelice and Rivera walked before Narveson relieved and allowed Morgan's double to left. Alberto Gonzalez followed with a sacrifice fly for an 8-all tie.
The Brewers' Casey McGehee singled in the tie-breaking run in the sixth inning. After he snapped the tie, Felipe Lopez drove in an insurance run with a seventh-inning double. Jason Kendall had an RBI double in the eighth.
Notes: Rivera singled in the third for his first major league hit. ... Belliard's was Washington's sixth grand slam this season. ... Riggleman was ejected for the second time since replacing the fired Manny Acta on July 13. ... Fielder walked four times.
