Braves 4 - 7 Nationals
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Braves looking to keep playoff hopes alive

Sep 15, 2007 - 2:30 PM Atlanta (75-72) at Washington (65-82) 7:05 pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Ticker) - The Atlanta Braves will try to keep their slim playoff hopes alive when the club visits the Washington Nationals for the second game of a three-game series Saturday.

After winning 14 consecutive division titles from 1991-2005, the Braves are dangerously close to missing the postseason for the second straight year.

Atlanta's chance at the National League East crown is virtually over, trailing the division-leading New York Mets (83-63) by 8 1/2 games with just 15 to play.

The Braves' wild card hopes are not looking so bright either. The club will need to close a 4 1/2-game gap on the San Diego Padres (79-67) while jumping over four teams.

For this must-win contest, Atlanta will turn to righthander Lance Cormier (2-5, 6.60 ERA), who has won two of his previous three starts after starting the 2007 campaign with an 0-4 record. The 27-year-old Cormier surrendered four runs and seven hits in six innings of Sunday's 7-4 setback to the Nationals.

Washington, which has lost three straight, will send Jason Bergmann (4-5, 4.31) to the mound. The 24-year-old righthander has not lost since June 30, spanning seven starts.








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

    BATTERIES: ATL - LANCE CORMIER, BUDDY CARLYLE (3RD), PETER MOYLAN (5TH), RON
    MAHAY (7TH), ROYCE RING (8TH) AND CORKY MILLER
    WAS - JASON BERGMANN, ARNIE MUNOZ (7TH), JON RAUCH

    Sep 15 9:57 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RONNIE BELLIARD SCORED AUSTIN KEARNS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R BELLIARD ON FIRST, W PENA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 4
    WASHINGTON 7 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: B SCHNEIDER (.233, 1-FOR-2, BB)

    Braves vs. NationalsSep 15 9:45 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY AUSTIN KEARNS SCORED RYAN ZIMMERMAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A KEARNS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 4
    WASHINGTON 6 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: W PENA (.289, 0-FOR-3)

    Braves vs. NationalsSep 15 9:40 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CORKY MILLER (1) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    4TH OFF JASON BERGMANN.
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 4, WASHINGTON 5
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: B CARLYLE (.143, 0 HR, 3 RBI)

    Braves vs. NationalsSep 15 8:28 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY ROBERT FICK (2) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT
    IN THE 3RD OFF LANCE CORMIER SCORED D'ANGELO JIMENEZ AND RYAN
    ZIMMERMAN.
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 3, WASHINGTON 5
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A KEARNS (.265, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Braves vs. NationalsSep 15 8:16 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY CHIPPER JONES (26) TO RIGHT WITH 1
    OUT IN THE 3RD OFF JASON BERGMANN SCORED KELLY JOHNSON AND EDGAR
    RENTERIA.
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 3, WASHINGTON 2
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M TEIXEIRA (.321, 0-FOR-1)

    Braves vs. NationalsSep 15 7:57 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY D'ANGELO JIMENEZ (1) TO RIGHT WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 1ST OFF LANCE CORMIER SCORED NOOK LOGAN.
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 0, WASHINGTON 2
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R ZIMMERMAN (.268, 24 HR, 87 RBI)

    Braves vs. NationalsSep 15 7:21 PM

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