AJ Smith-Shever prolonged six quality innings and Drake Baldwin prolonged three hits and one RBI, helping Atlanta Braves to win 5–2 over Washington National on Thursday afternoon.
Smith-Shever (3–2) allowed an unknown run on two hits on six hits, while attacking six and looked at two for Atlanta, who took three out of three against his National League East enemy. Brews’s Bulpen threw three innings in relief, including Risel Iglesius’ scorched ninth part as he earned his seventh savings of the season.
Trevor Williams (2–5) suffered losses, allowing four runs (three acquired) on five hits in 4 1/3 innings. Washington’s starter also hit four and no one went. CJ Abrams had two hits – including a single homer in the eighth – for citizens, who dropped their eighth game in nine attempts.
Washington threatened to top the other, as Nathaniel Lowe’s leadoff walk was done to load the hideouts of the Alex Call and the walk of Jose Tena. Smith-Shever then brought Jacob Young to the ground in an innings in 6-4-3 double play.
At the bottom of the third, Ellie White reached Tena’s Aut throwing error before stealing the second and scoring on Nick Elan’s RBI single.
Williams submerged Ozi Albis to start the bottom of the fifth, Alan, Alex Wordugo and Baldwin gave three straight solo-killing two to the Braves by 3–0. Williams then relieved by Brad Lord, who surrendered the run-scoring sacrifice fly of Marcel Ozuna to increase the edge of Atlanta to four.
Abrams stole a single and second place at the top of the sixth and then scored the first run on Washington’s first Basman Austin Riley’s fielding error.
Pierce Johnson gave relief to Smith-Shever in the seventh, thrown a scorched frame.
Dialon Lee threw the eighth position for Atlanta, allowing Abrams’s sixth homer to lead the sixth homer innings of the season. Amed Rosario then sang, before James Wood landed in a double game. After the Kebert Ruke doubled for the third hit of Washington’s innings, Lee retired Lowe to escape the jam.
The brave added an insurance run at the bottom of the eighth, as the two-out RBI Single of Nationals Relief George Lopez after the relay’s leadoff double.
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