This weekend, the Braves had a perfect opportunity to make some hay in the divisional standings: the two teams ahead of them would be locking horns, while the Braves would be facing the now-depleted Washington Nationals. Good news: the first sortie went swimmingly, as the Braves creamed their opposition by a final tally of 8-4.
Washington starter Erick Fedde had been knocked around by the Braves in his career, and tonight was no different. After Kyle Muller struck out two in a 1-2-3 first, the Braves strung together three straight one-out singles of Fedde and then went ahead 2-0 on Adam Duvall’s two-out flare into right.