Braves fall to .500

The Atlanta Braves were beaten by Washington 6-3 today. Here's a brief glimpse at what transpired...

Tommy Hansen, Atlanta's most talented young pitcher Sucked. Dude gave up 3 earned runs in 4 and 2/3 innings, was consistently behind in the count, and committed an error, which led to Washington's first score.

Braves bats were unable to produce any clutch hitting. Infielder, Brooks Conrad was granted PH duties in the top of the 6th inning. Trailing
4-2, Atlanta had runners on 2nd and 3rd with one scrawny azz out.
Ahead of the count 3-1, Conrad errantly swung and missed at what should have been ball 4. Suddenly facing a 3-2 count, BC went down on strikes. With 2 gone, Martin Prado followed and flied out to end the inning. The Braves really wasted a grand opportunity to creep back into this game.

Washington's Rick Ankiel burned his former team, by driving in 3 runs. His 2 run homer off Tommy Hansen in the 3rd put the Nats up 4-2. As if that wasn't enough, Ankiel sac bunted in another run during the Nats 7th inning.

The Good: Alex Gonzalez and Dan Uggla both hit solo HR for Atlanta. Chipper had an RBI on a 2-5 day at the plate.
The Bad: Leadoff hitter Martin Prado is 0 for 2011.
The Ugly: It's way too early to write anything ugly. I'll save that for later.

Next up... Tim Hudson faces Jordan Zimmerman and the Nats at 1:05 Sunday afternoon.

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