Ronnie Belliard hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning off starter John Smoltz, aiding the Washington Nationals in a 2-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves in only their second win of the season Thursday night, halting a six-game skid.
The hard-hitting Ryan Zimmerman also hit an RBI single for the Nats, who had never led in any games so far this year. Jason Bergmann struck out a career-high eight in six innings for the Braves, allowing just one hit - a leadoff double in the fourth by Andruw Jones.
Smoltz gave up four hits and four walks - two intentional - over eight innings, striking out six. He is a career 16-9 against the Nationals/Expos in 35 starts.
[MLB]
3 comments:
and a walkoff homer by Morneau!!! What an insane inning that was.
2 strong outings by my boy carlos!! i knew you could do it baby! keep it up, you'll get the win next time!
juannie, i heard your moms in law died. that sucks, so we won't talk about those two runs.
Hey, did you read that the Cleveland Indians of Milwaukee/LAA series drew a larger crowd than the Brewers/Marlins did in Florida???
Was it the quality of the play or the $10/ seat ticket price, we will never know.
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