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Nationals vs. Braves - Box Score - April 22, 2008
Washington Nationals Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG F Lopez 2B 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 .275 C Guzman SS 5 0 0 1 0 1 6 .303 R Zimmerman 3B 5 0 1 2 0 2 1 .225 N Johnson 1B 4 0 0 0 1 3 1 .222 A Kearns RF 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 .213 L Milledge CF 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .284 W Harris LF 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 .179 W Nieves C 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .182 J Lannan P 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 R King P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 L Ayala P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a- ...
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John Smoltz Gets 3000 strikeouts, Pitches His Best Game, Loses 6-0
Atlanta Braves — ... He’s a Hall of Famer. Some people may not have realized it till now, but he’s in. Mark it down. And he’s pitching some of the best baseball of his life. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite enough against the immortal John Lannan… Nationals 6, Braves 0 John Lannan is a crappy left-handed pitcher (whom we annihilated just a week ago), so naturally we couldn’t get a single run off him. Chipper went 0-4, bringing his average down to .430. When Smoltz exited, after giving up only 5 hits in 7 innings and striking out 10, it was 1-0. ...

And That Happened
ShysterBall — ... Nationals 6, Braves 0: John Smoltz gets his 3000th strikeout and puts up a 7 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 10K performance, only to get hung with a loss because the Braves' bats decide to go silent. Smoltz now has a 0.78 ERA, by the way. More earned/unearned foolishness, as Jorge Campillo comes into a 1-0 game in the ninth inning, gives up two hits, two walks, and five runs, but only one is "earned" because of an error. Worth noting that it was his error. I hope he's very proud of himself when he wakes up and reads the newspaper tomorrow and sees that shiny 1.23 ERA staring ...

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