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
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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
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 |
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