Washington 4, Atlanta 1
When: 1:05 PM ET, Saturday, September 24, 2011
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature:
71°
Umpires:
Home -
Tim Tschida, 1B -
Marty Foster, 2B -
Bill Welke, 3B -
Jeff Nelson
Attendance:
33986
By SportsDirect Inc.
Chien-Ming Wang pitched six strong innings as the Washington Nationals recorded a 4-1 win over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday at Nationals Park.
The Braves saw their wild-card lead shrink to two games over the St. Louis Cardinals, who rallied for a 2-1 victory on Saturday.
Wang (4-3) allowed four hits and struck out four to defeat the Braves for the first time in his career. He was 0-3 against the Braves in four previous starts.
Drew Storen pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn his 41st save of the season.
Atlanta's Brandon Beachy (7-3) struck out nine in six innings, but was victimized by a three-run outburst in the fourth that was highlighted by Danny Espinosa's two-run single.
Atlanta received its only run on rookie Freddie Freeman's 21st homer in the fifth.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Atlanta
|
6 |
1 |
9 |
.194 |
12 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Washington
|
6 |
0 |
6 |
.214 |
10 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
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