Nationals Park…..Again….

Written by Jonathan on April 29, 2008 – 6:40 pm

How is it that, in April, we are already making our third trip to Nationals Park and have only played 4 away games against them so far?  Either way, we’re back in Washington for a two-game series to close out the month against the Nationals.  The Braves are fighting a slew of injuries, but key performers Chipper Jones and Yunel Escobar are back in the lineup tonight, which is good to see for all of the fans.

Tom Glavine’s taking the mound for the Braves tonight in his first start off of the disabled list.  Tommy is admittedly rusty after not pitching with his strained hamstring over the past couple of weeks.  Hopefully he still looks good enough to tame Tim Redding tonight.  Redding has more wins personally than the rest of the Nationals’ starting rotation.

I’m hoping for a good two-game series for the Braves, but the Nationals always seem to have our number no matter how well we’re doing.  It’s time to break that streak and get back in the win column.


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Braves Look For Sweep

Written by Jonathan on April 13, 2008 – 1:36 pm

In today’s Sunday afternoon matchup, Tom Glavine faces off against Tim Redding as the Braves look to sweep the Nationals and get their record back to .500 on the season.  Both Glavine and Redding have sub-1.00 ERAs but have yet to have a decision this season; they’re both looking for their first win today.

Coming off their offensive thrashing of the Nationals yesterday, the Braves look to keep the hot bats going and strike early in the game to seal the sweep in this series before heading to Florida.  The Nationals started the season hot, going 3-0, but since have faltered and fallen to 3-9.  They’re looking to keep their streak of losses from going to 10 today.

Will the Braves finish the sweep and make it back to .500 today?  Or will the Nationals finally get back in the win column?


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