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Braves seek to get four-game split in nation's capital

May 17, 2007 - 1:38 PM Atlanta (25-15) at Washington (14-26) 1:05 pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- The Atlanta Braves seek to get a split of a four-game series against the Washington Nationals when the teams meet on Thursday.

After dropping a season-high eight straight games, Washington has bounced back to win five or its last six outings, including Wednesday's 6-4 victory over Atlanta.

It was a most unlikely victory for the Nationals, who were forced to give rookie reliever Levale Speigner his first career start because their starting rotation has been plagued by injuries.

Matt Chico (2-4, 5.59 ERA) hopes to continue Washington's recent success as he goes for his first win in three starts. In his last outing Saturday against Florida, the lefthander allowed just one run in 4 1/3 innings but did not figure in the decision.

Chico split his two starts vs. the Braves this season, including his first major league win on April 16.

Atlanta will counter with Chuck James (4-3, 4.04), who had a no-hitter for 6 1/3 innings last Saturday before giving up just one hit in seven shutout frames in a 9-2 win over Pittsburgh. The lefthander is 2-2 with a 3.95 ERA in five lifetime starts against the Nationals.

The Braves have lost three of their last four games, including two of three here.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ATLANTA 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 x 4 11 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: ATL - CHUCK JAMES, CHAD PARONTO (6TH), TYLER YATES (6TH), PETER
    MOYLAN (8TH) AND JARROD SALTALAMACCHIA
    WAS - MATT CHICO, BILLY TRABER (7TH), JESUS COLOME
    (8TH), JO

    May 17 3:41 PM
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    Braves vs. NationalsMay 17 3:35 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY FELIPE LOPEZ SCORED CRISTIAN GUZMAN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, F LOPEZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 3
    WASHINGTON 4 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R BELLIARD (.267, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Braves vs. NationalsMay 17 2:59 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DMITRI YOUNG SCORED JESUS FLORES.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D YOUNG ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 3
    WASHINGTON 3 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: F LOPEZ (.241, 2-FOR-3)

    Braves vs. NationalsMay 17 2:56 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY AUSTIN KEARNS SCORED FELIPE LOPEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A KEARNS ON FIRST, R CHURCH ON SECOND, R
    ZIMMERMAN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 3
    WASHINGTON 2 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: T BATISTA (.167, 1-FOR-2, RBI)

    Braves vs. NationalsMay 17 2:33 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MATT DIAZ SCORED SCOTT THORMAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M DIAZ ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 3
    WASHINGTON 1 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: E RENTERIA (.335, 1-FOR-1, BB)

    Braves vs. NationalsMay 17 2:19 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TONY BATISTA SCORED RYAN ZIMMERMAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T BATISTA ON FIRST, R CHURCH ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 2
    WASHINGTON 1 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: J FLORES (.310, 0-FOR-1)

    Braves vs. NationalsMay 17 2:09 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CHIPPER JONES (11) TO CENTER WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 4TH OFF MATT CHICO SCORED EDGAR RENTERIA.
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 2, WASHINGTON 0
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: A JONES (.229, 0-FOR-1)

    Braves vs. NationalsMay 17 1:56 PM

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