Washington’s Nationals came into this series with a .285/.357/.480 line versus left-handed pitchers this season, good for 2nd/1st/2nd among National League teams, but had 7 hits, 0 runs vs Atlanta Braves’ lefties Max Fried and Dallas Keuchel, with Fried holding them to one hit last night in seven scoreless and Keuchel limiting the visiting team to six hits in six solid and scoreless innings on the mound in the second of four in SunTrust Park.
The Braves took last night’s series opener, 4-2, and beat the Nats again tonight with a 4-3 win that gave them 12 straight at home in Atlanta.