There’s nothing quite like watching your favorite team play against the worst team in baseball and get their brains beat in. The Braves opened the series against the Nationals on Friday night in disappointing fashion, putting their season record against them at 4-8.
Campillo started this game and wasn’t what we’ve come to expect of him. He provided a short outing, only 3.2 innings, giving up 8 hits, 5 runs, and 3 walks, while striking out 3. Buddy relieved him in the 4th inning, and got a ground out from the only batter he faced. Elmer Dessens, making his debut for the Braves, pitched an inning and 2/3rds, while giving up 2 runs. Boyer followed, and he gave up a hit and recorded a strikeout. Nunez pitched the last two innings, and he was perfect with a strikeout. At the end of the day, 7 runs were given up, which was just too great of a deficit for the offense to overcome.
The offense only provided 3 runs, which came mostly from a pinch-hit home run by Norton. His two run shot was followed by an RBI double from Prado. Other than that, McCann had a pair of hits, and the rest of the offense was pretty tame. Not enough, as always seems to be the case, against a team that they’ve had few problems against in the past. But, such is this season.
Braves lose, 7 - 3.