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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 9, Washington 0
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, April 14, 2013
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Bill Welke, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance: 39389


Braves 9, Nationals 0:
Andrelton Simmons hit a three-run homer and Paul Maholm tossed 7 2/3 shutout innings as visiting Atlanta completed a three-game sweep of Washington to stretch its winning streak to nine.

Chris Johnson went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and Justin Upton hit his major league-leading seventh homer as the Braves improved to 11-1, the franchise’s best start since winning 13 of 14 games to begin the 1994 season.

Maholm (3-0) struck out seven and allowed four hits with one walk in his third consecutive strong outing. The left-hander has not allowed a run in 20 1/3 innings this season.

Atlanta struck three times off Washington’s Gio Gonzalez (1-1) in the first inning with Evan Gattis doubling home one and Johnson delivering a two-run single. Upton hit a solo homer to right-center field in the third and Simmons hit his three-run blast to left later in the inning to make it 7-0.

Gonzalez left after allowing seven runs and seven hits in five innings. The Braves’ onslaught continued in the sixth as Jason Heyward added a run-scoring double and Gattis hit a sacrifice fly to boost the lead to nine.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Washington placed C Wilson Ramos (hamstring) on the disabled list and recalled C Jhonatan Solano from Triple-A Syracuse. … Maholm was only 1-6 against the Nationals before shutting them down in the series finale. … Nationals 2B Danny Espinosa left Sunday’s game after the fourth inning with a sore right hand two innings after being hit by Maholm’s pitch.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Atlanta   Washington
Paul Maholm Player Gio Gonzalez
Win W/L Loss
7.2 IP 5.0
7 Strikeouts 3
4 Hits 7
0.00 ERA 12.60
Hitting
Atlanta   Washington
Chris Johnson Player Kurt Suzuki
4 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
0 HR 0
4 TB 2
.800 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Atlanta 12 2 22 .316 18 4 9 6 0 0
Washington 4 0 4 .129 13 7 0 2 0 2