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Division Rivals Clash in Our Nation's Capital

Posted on May 7, 2014 at 10:10 PM.

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Washington D.C. -- After losing two of their first three games of the season against the Milwaukee Brewers, the Braves looked for a good pitching performance from David Hale, in just his second year in the Majors and his first start of the season.

Hale delivered for Atlanta, pitching 9 innings, giving up 4 runs (all in the 8th inning), and earning the 5-4 victory for Atlanta.

Nate McLouth and Jayson Werth both drove in runs for the Nats in the 8th inning, giving the Nationals a 4-1 advantage going into the top of the 9th. The Braves scored one run in the 9th before Dan Uggla hit a shallow fly ball into right field that got through the glove of Bryce Harper, tying the game for the Braves and handing Nationals closer Rafael Soriano his first blown save of the season. Evan Gattis took the first pitch of the inning from Drew Storen into the Nats' bullpen, scoring the decisive run of the game and pulling out the win for the Braves. Craig Kimbrel picked up his second save in three chances with a perfect bottom of the 10th.

"Sometimes things go your way," said manager Fredi Gonzalez after the win, "and today, we caught a break and took advantage of it. These type of things are bound to happen with a 162-game schedule." The Braves look to Opening Day starter Julio Teheran to put up another Cy Young-like performance on Saturday night against Taylor Roark for the Nationals.

Braves at Nationals \|
Apr 4, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Atlanta (2-2)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	9	0
Washington (2-2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	8	1
W: Hale (1-0) L: Storen (0-1) S: Kimbrel (2)

Atlanta Braves
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Heyward, RF	5	1	2	0	0	2	0	.263
B. Upton, CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.200
Freeman, 1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.388
Johnson, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.187
J. Upton, LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.176
Uggla, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.187
Gattis, C	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	.466
Simmons, SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266
Hale, P	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000
Schafer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Kimbrel, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	36	5	9	3	0	7	1
BATTING: 2B: Heyward, Freeman, Gattis HR: Gattis RBI: J. Upton, Gattis, Hale SF: Hale

Washington Nationals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Span, CF	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.187
Werth, LF	5	1	1	3	0	0	1	.222
Zimmerman, 3B	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.357
Ramos, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.062
Harper, RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.181
LaRoche, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.266
Desmond, SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.312
Rendon, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.214
Gonzalez, P	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
McLouth	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
Frandsen, 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	35	4	8	4	1	5	1
BATTING: 2B: Desmond 3B: McLouth HR: Werth RBI: Werth 3, McLouth HBP: Zimmerman GIDP: LaRoche
BASERUNNING: CS: Zimmerman
FIELDING: E: Harper

Atlanta Braves
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hale (W, 1-0)	9.0	8	4	4	1	5	1	4.00
Kimbrel (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38
TEAM TOTALS	10.0	8	4	4	1	5	1
PITCHING: HBP: Hale

Washington Nationals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Gonzalez	7.0	4	1	1	0	5	0	1.28
Stammen	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Blevins	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	13.50
Soriano (BS, 1)	1.0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0.00
Storen (L, 0-1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	6.75
TEAM TOTALS	10.0	9	5	3	0	1	1