The Braves outlasted the Nats today 8-5 in Atlanta. Nats' start Scott Olsen had a great first three innings, but gave up five runs in the next two innings of work. The bullpen of Steven Shell and Wil Ledezma gave of three runs in their 2.1 innings of work. Saul Rivera also worked in relief by not giving up a run in 2/3 of an innings.
The Nats' offense which had five runs was lead by Elijah Dukes who had 2 hits and 3 RBI. Cristen Guzman and Adam Dunn also had two hits apiece.
Today's box score is the following:
http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_04_12_wasmlb_atlmlb_1
The Nats drop to 0-6 and continue to stay in last place in the National League East. They are five games behind the Braves and Marlins.
The Nats' home opener is tomorrow at Nationals Park against the World Champions Phillies. The game start tomorrow with Daniel Cabrera versus the Phillies' Jamie Moyer.
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