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Braves go for sweep against Nationals

Apr 13, 2008 - 1:19 PM Atlanta (5-6) at Washington (3-9) 1:35 pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Ticker) - The Atlanta Braves will be looking to complete a sweep and climb back to .500 when they visit the Washington Nationals on Sunday.

The Braves pounded out a 10-2 victory on Saturday as Jeff Francoeur homered twice and drove in seven runs. Brian McCann also doubled and homered for Atlanta, which has outscored the Nationals 13-2 in the first two games of the series.

Braves veteran Tom Glavine (0-0, 0.79 ERA) will attempt to earn his first win of the season Sunday in the series finale. The future Hall of Famer has had some tough luck this season, allowing just one earned run in his first two starts combined but not yet earning a decision.

Glavine, who has spent his entire career in the National League East with the Braves and the Mets, owns a 33-23 record with a 3.37 ERA in 67 starts against Washington. His next victory will be the 304th of his career.

The Nationals will counter with righthander Tim Redding (1-1, 0.82). The career journeyman pitched brilliantly in his first start of the season, allowing just one hit in seven scoreless frames, but was done in by some poor defense last Monday in a loss against Florida.








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

    BATTERIES: ATL - TOM GLAVINE, JEFF BENNETT (1ST), JORGE CAMPILLO (5TH), CHRIS
    RESOP (7TH), BLAINE BOYER (8TH) AND BRIAN MCCANN
    WAS - TIM REDDING, RAY KING (6TH), SAUL RIVERA (

    Apr 13 4:43 PM
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    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Braves 4, Nationals 5  Top 9, 0 OutsApr 13 4:28 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    ERROR BY WILY MO PENA ALLOWED JEFF FRANCOEUR TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M KOTSAY ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 4
    WASHINGTON 5 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M DIAZ (.250, 0-FOR-3)

    Braves 4, Nationals 5  Top 8, 0 OutsApr 13 4:18 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY JEFF FRANCOEUR SCORED MARK TEIXEIRA.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 3
    WASHINGTON 5 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M KOTSAY (.262, 1-FOR-2)

    Braves 3, Nationals 5  Top 6, 0 OutsApr 13 3:36 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CHIPPER JONES (2) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF TIM REDDING SCORED YUNEL ESCOBAR.
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 2, WASHINGTON 5
    DUE UP FOR ATLANTA: M TEIXEIRA (.178, 0-FOR-2)

    Braves 2, Nationals 5  Top 6, 0 OutsApr 13 3:25 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY AARON BOONE SCORED PAUL LO DUCA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A BOONE ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 0
    WASHINGTON 5 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: T REDDING (.250, 0-FOR-0, SAC)

    Braves 0, Nationals 5  Bot 3, 0 OutsApr 13 2:40 PM


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    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO AUSTIN KEARNS SCORED CRISTIAN GUZMAN.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A KEARNS ON FIRST, R ZIMMERMAN ON SECOND, L
    MILLEDGE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 0
    WASHINGTON 4 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: W PENA (.000, 0-FOR-1)

    Braves 0, Nationals 4  Bot 2, 0 OutsApr 13 2:24 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO RYAN ZIMMERMAN SCORED AARON BOONE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R ZIMMERMAN ON FIRST, L MILLEDGE ON SECOND,
    C GUZMAN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 0
    WASHINGTON 3 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A KEARNS (.250, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Braves 0, Nationals 3  Bot 2, 0 OutsApr 13 2:22 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    WILY MO PENA HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING LASTINGS
    MILLEDGE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R ZIMMERMAN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 0
    WASHINGTON 2 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: P LO DUCA (.212, 0 HR, 4 RBI)

    Braves 0, Nationals 2  Bot 1, 0 OutsApr 13 1:57 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RYAN ZIMMERMAN SCORED CRISTIAN GUZMAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R ZIMMERMAN ON FIRST, L MILLEDGE ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ATLANTA 0
    WASHINGTON 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A KEARNS (.250, 0 HR, 4 RBI)

    Braves 0, Nationals 1  Bot 1, 0 OutsApr 13 1:45 PM

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