Livan Hernandez had a gutsy outing and the offense pop came back as the Nats beat the Braves 6-3. The Nats are 14-12 and one game out of first place.
Pitching
Hernandez pitched 5.1 innings while giving up 2 runs. Sean Burnett gave some good relief by pitching one inning of shut out relief. Tyler Clifford pitched 1.2 innings of lights out relief. Miguel Batista struggled in his .1 inning of work as he gave up one run. Matts Capps got his 11 save of the year on a double play ball.
Hitting
The Nats got 6 runs on 11 hits. Four Nats each had two hits apiece. The Josh Willingham, Ian Desmond and Adam Dunn all went yard for the Nats. Desmond also had two RBI.
Box Score:
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