Braves hold off Nats, 8-4

BOXSCORE: 2005 Washington Nationals At 1995 Atlanta Braves 4/9/2010

Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
T.Raines LF 3 1 2 0 .350 M.Giles 2B 4 0 1 0 .211
R.Hunt 2B 4 0 0 0 .235 C.Jones SS 3 1 1 0 .278
D-R.Church PH 1 0 0 0 .000 H.Aaron RF 5 1 2 1 .238
N.Johnson 1B 4 0 1 0 .263 E.Mathews 3B 4 2 3 2 .353
V.Guerrero RF 4 0 3 0 .353 D.Murphy CF 4 1 1 1 .211
A.Dawson CF 4 0 1 0 .250 W.Berger LF 4 0 1 1 .167
R.Zimmerman 3B 4 0 0 0 .167 J.Lopez C 4 1 4 2 .400
G.Carter C 4 2 2 1 .400 J.Torre 1B 4 1 1 1 .333
W.Cordero SS 4 0 0 0 .167 J.Smoltz P 2 0 1 0 .500
K.Hill P 2 1 1 1 .500 A-B.Hazle PH 1 1 1 01.000
T.Burke P 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Garber P 1 0 1 01.000
B-B.Barberie PH 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Wohlers P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Henry P 0 0 0 01.000
C-M.Alou PH 0 0 0 1 ----
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Totals 35 4 10 3 Totals 36 8 17 8

A-Pinch Hit For Smoltz In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Burke In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Henry In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hunt In 9th Inning

Nationals....... 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 - 4 10 1
Braves.......... 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 - 8 17 4

Nationals (0-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
K.Hill LOSS(0-1) 5 9 4 4 5 3 0 120 7.20 A1 C8
T.Burke 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 17 6.00 C9 D5
B.Henry 2 4 3 3 0 3 3 48 16.62 D6
Totals 8 17 8 8 5 7 3

Braves (4-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Smoltz WIN(1-0) 6 5 2 1 1 4 1 85 1.50 A1 C6
G.Garber HOLD(1st) 2 2/3 5 2 1 1 1 1 61 2.45 C7 E1
M.Wohlers SAVE(1st) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 E2
Totals 9 10 4 2 2 6 2

ATTENDANCE- 49,051 DATE- Friday, April 9th 2010 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Harry Wendelstedt, Jerry Crawford, Mike Winters, Jeff Kellogg
T- 2:56
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 7 Braves:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 2 Braves: 1
ERRORS- T.Raines, C.Jones, E.Mathews, J.Torre, J.Smoltz
DOUBLES- V.Guerrero-3(4th), D.Murphy(1st)
HOME RUNS- G.Carter(2nd), K.Hill(1st), E.Mathews(2nd), J.Lopez(1st),
J.Torre(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- T.Raines(1st), C.Jones(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- T.Raines
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Alou, W.Berger
WALKS- T.Raines-2, M.Giles, C.Jones-2, E.Mathews, D.Murphy
STRIKE OUTS- R.Church, N.Johnson, A.Dawson, R.Zimmerman-2, W.Cordero, C.Jones,
H.Aaron-2, D.Murphy-3, J.Torre
GIDP- R.Hunt, M.Giles, J.Torre
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Ken Hill robbed Marcus Giles of a base hit.
Bot 5th: Wil Cordero robbed Joe Torre of a base hit.

Eddie Mathews lofted one into the 'cheap seats' and had 2 RBI as the Atlanta Braves topped the Washington Nationals by a score of 8 to 4 at Fulton County Stadium.

John Smoltz(1-0) earned his pay with a solid performance for Atlanta. He went 6 innings surrendering 5 hits and 1 walk. Atlanta ended up with 17 hits for the game while Washington had 10.

Mark Wohlers earned his 1st save. Ken Hill(0-1) took the loss. He was unable to control the Atlanta offense and allowed 9 hits and 5 walks in 5 innings.


*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 T.Raines 1- 8 4 Single b-1
0 1 1 Stolen Base 1-2
0 2 R.Hunt 3-10 2 Pop Out b-0
1 2 N.Johnson 5-12 1 Single & Error - 1B 2-H b-2
1 2 V.Guerrero 3- 7 2 Fly Out b-0
2 2 A.Dawson 5- 7 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 M.Giles 2- 6 6 Walk b-1
0 1 C.Jones 6- 7 5 Walk 1-2 b-1
0 12 H.Aaron 6- 6 6 Strike Out b-0
1 12 E.Mathews 3- 3 3 Single 2-o 1-2 b-1
2 12 D.Murphy 6- 2 5 Walk 2-3 1-2 b-1
2 123 W.Berger 6- 5 6 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0 R.Zimmerman 5- 7 3 Ground Out b-0
1 G.Carter 6- 3 3 1 Base Error - P b-1
1 1 W.Cordero 6-11 4 Strike Out b-0
2 1 K.Hill 3- 5 4 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0 J.Lopez 5- 7 2 Single b-1
0 1 J.Torre 5- 6 3 Strike Out b-0
1 1 J.Smoltz 1- 8 7 6 Single 1-2 b-1
1 12 M.Giles 6- 3 2 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0 T.Raines 2- 5 4 Ground Out b-0
1 R.Hunt 2- 7 4 Ground Out b-0
2 N.Johnson 2- 8 4 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0 C.Jones 4- 4 4 Fly Out b-0
1 H.Aaron 3- 7 2 4 Single b-1
1 1 E.Mathews 1- 5 6 Walk 1-2 b-1
1 12 D.Murphy 1- 6 16 4 Double 2-H 1-3 b-2
1 23 W.Berger 2- 2 5 Sac Fly 3-H 2-3 b-0
2 3 J.Lopez 6- 7 1 3 Single 3-H b-1
2 1 J.Torre 1- 9 5 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0 V.Guerrero 1- 6 12 5 Double b-2
0 2 A.Dawson 4- 4 4 Fly Out b-0
1 2 R.Zimmerman 5- 5 3 Strike Out b-0
2 2 G.Carter 1- 4 4 Fly Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0 J.Smoltz 3- 9 6 Ground Out b-0
1 M.Giles 6- 5 6 Fly Out b-0
2 C.Jones 3-10 6 Walk b-1
2 1 1 Stolen Base 1-2
2 2 H.Aaron 3- 9 4 Single & Error - LF 2-H b-3
2 3 E.Mathews 3- 7 4 Fly Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0 W.Cordero 5- 8 2 Fly Out b-0
1 K.Hill 4-12 5 2 Home Run b-H
1 T.Raines 6- 8 6 Walk b-1
1 1 R.Hunt 5- 9 6 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0 D.Murphy 6- 6 6 Strike Out b-0
1 W.Berger 6- 7 1 6 Single b-1
1 1 J.Lopez 6- 8 2 Single 1-3 b-1
1 1 3 J.Torre 5- 9 4 Ground Out Double Play 1-o b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0 N.Johnson 4- 6 5 Strike Out b-0
1 V.Guerrero 1- 6 18 1 Double b-2
1 2 A.Dawson 6- 5 5 Strike Out b-0
2 2 R.Zimmerman 5-12 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Tim Burke
SUBSTITUTE PH- Bob Hazle
0 B.Hazle 4- 5 14 3 Single b-1
0 1 M.Giles 1 Single 1-2 b-1
0 12 C.Jones 3-11 3 Single 2-3 1-2 b-1
0 123 H.Aaron 5- 5 1 Fly Out b-0
1 123 E.Mathews 3- 3 4 Single 3-H 2-o 1-3 b-2
2 23 D.Murphy 6- 7 5 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Gene Garber
0 G.Carter 1- 5 6 Home Run b-H
0 W.Cordero 5- 6 6 Fly Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- Bret Barberie
1 B.Barberie 5- 6 6 Fly Out b-0
2 T.Raines 2- 6 6 Walk b-1
2 1 1 Caught Stealing 1-o
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
SUBSTITUTE P - Butch Henry
0 W.Berger 3-10 5 Fly Out b-0
1 J.Lopez 2-10 5 Home Run b-H
1 J.Torre 3- 6 5 Home Run b-H
1 G.Garber 4- 8 2 5 Single b-1
1 1 M.Giles 2- 8 2 Pop Out b-0
2 1 C.Jones 6- 7 6 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
0 R.Hunt 5- 8 4 Fly Out b-0
1 N.Johnson 6- 8 4 Pop Out b-0
2 V.Guerrero 1- 6 6 4 Double b-2
2 2 A.Dawson 4- 5 3 Single 2-o b-1
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
0 H.Aaron 6- 7 5 Strike Out b-0
1 E.Mathews 4- 3 7 5 Home Run b-H
1 D.Murphy 6- 7 5 Strike Out b-0
2 W.Berger 6- 9 5 Ground Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0 R.Zimmerman 3- 6 4 Strike Out b-0
1 G.Carter 6-10 5 Single & Error - SS b-2
1 2 W.Cordero 4-10 4 1 Base Error - 3B 2-3 b-1
SUBSTITUTE PH- Moises Alou
1 1 3 M.Alou 6- 9 3 Sac Fly 3-H b-0
2 1 T.Raines 3-11 5 Single 1-2 b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Mark Wohlers
SUBSTITUTE PH- Ryan Church
2 12 R.Church 3- 7 3 Strike Out b-0