The Washington Nationals opened up the second half of the season with a loss in Atlanta to the Braves. The Nats offense was surprising effective, but they couldn’t keep the Braves off the scoreboard. The Nationals 7-6 loss leaves them at 36-61 this season.
Tim Redding, the subject of many trade rumors, started for the Nationals and got hit around pretty hard. Redding went only four inning and gave up six hits and six earned runs. He also walked three and struck out three. His record is now 7-4 this season, a surprisingly good record on such a bad team.
Willie Harris and Ryan Langerhans led the Nationals with two hits each. Harris had a single and double while Langerhans had a single and a triple. Paul LoDuca led the offense with two RBI. Johnny Estrada hit fifth but went 0-4. Lo Duca was only 1-5 and left four men on base.
The Nationals and Braves will play again on Saturday night. John Lannan is set to start for Washington. Game time is 7:00.
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