Nationals 7 - 4 Braves
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Braves look for sweep of error-prone Nationals

Sep 9, 2007 - 1:15 PM Washington (63-79) at Atlanta (73-69), 1:05 pm EDT

ATLANTA (Ticker) -- The Atlanta Braves send Lance Cormier to the mound Sunday to try and complete a three-game sweep against the Washington Nationals, who have been their own worst enemy.

The Nationals committed five errors in a 7-1 loss on Friday and three more in Saturday's 9-2 defeat, their fifth straight loss to the Braves.

Cormier (2-4, 6.69 ERA) seeks to win his third straight start for Atlanta (73-69), which trails the New York Mets (80-61) by 7 1/2 games in the National League East and are 4 1/2 games back of the wild card-leading San Diego Padres (77-64).

In a 5-1 win over Philadelphia on Monday, Cormier yielded just a run and four hits in 5 2/3 frames.

Washington counters with Jason Bergmann (3-5, 4.30), who has had some success against Atlanta. The righthander is 1-1 but has allowed just two runs in 18 innings.

In his last outing Monday against Florida, Bergmann yielded just a run and four hits in seven innings in a 6-3 triumph, his first win since July 18.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 7 13 0
    ATLANTA 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: WAS - JASON BERGMANN, LUIS AYALA (7TH), ARNIE MUNOZ (7TH), JON RAUCH
    (8TH), CHAD CORDERO (9TH) AND JESUS FLORES
    ATL - LANCE CORMIER, PETER MOYLAN (7TH), RON MAHAY


    Sep 9 4:04 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY RYAN ZIMMERMAN (23) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 9TH OFF JOSE ASCANIO.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 7, ATLANTA 4
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: N LOGAN (.270, 0 HR, 20 RBI)

    Nationals vs. BravesSep 9 3:44 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MARK TEIXEIRA (11) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 8TH OFF JON RAUCH.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 6, ATLANTA 4
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: B MCCANN (.276, 1-FOR-3)

    Nationals vs. BravesSep 9 3:37 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY D'ANGELO JIMENEZ SCORED JESUS FLORES.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D JIMENEZ ON FIRST, R FICK ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 6
    ATLANTA 3 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R BELLIARD (.278, 1-FOR-3, SAC)

    Nationals vs. BravesSep 9 3:30 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY D'ANGELO JIMENEZ SCORED RYAN LANGERHANS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D JIMENEZ ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 5
    ATLANTA 3 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R BELLIARD (.278, 1-FOR-3)

    Nationals vs. BravesSep 9 2:50 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY RYAN CHURCH (12) TO CENTER WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 6TH OFF LANCE CORMIER SCORED DMITRI YOUNG AND AUSTIN KEARNS.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 4, ATLANTA 3
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: W PENA (.231, 0-FOR-2)

    Nationals vs. BravesSep 9 2:34 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MARK TEIXEIRA SCORED CHIPPER JONES.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEIXEIRA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    ATLANTA 3 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: B MCCANN (.275, 0-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. BravesSep 9 1:54 PM


  • NL
    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY D'ANGELO JIMENEZ SCORED JESUS FLORES.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D JIMENEZ ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    ATLANTA 2 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R BELLIARD (.277, 0-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. BravesSep 9 1:41 PM


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    AT ATLANTA - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CHIPPER JONES (25) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 1ST OFF JASON BERGMANN SCORED WILLIE HARRIS.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 0, ATLANTA 2
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M TEIXEIRA (.309, 10 HR, 34 RBI)

    Nationals vs. BravesSep 9 1:17 PM

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