Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 10, Washington 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: 89°
Umpires: Home - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Brian Knight
Attendance: 16911

The Atlanta Braves utilized a pair of four-run innings to give rookie Mike Minor his first major-league win in a 10-2 victory against the Washington Nationals Tuesday.

Minor (1-0) allowed two runs on five hits over six innings in his second major-league start. The lefty struck out five and walked two.

Nationals starter Scott Olsen (3-5) allowed only one hit through five innings, but he didn't record an out in the sixth. Diory Hernandez led off the inning with a pinch-hit homer to left, Omar Infante tripled and Jason Heyward drew a walk to chase Olsen. Martin Prado greeted reliever Joel Peralta with an RBI double and Matt Diaz followed with a two-run double.

Prado had three hits and two RBIs in his first game back after missing 16 games with a fractured right pinky.

Melky Cabrera's two-run double capped a four-run seventh in which the Nationals committed two errors and the Braves added two more runs in the eighth.

The Nationals scored their two runs in the sixth on back-to-back doubles by Wil Nieves and Mike Morse.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Washington   Atlanta
Scott Olsen Player Mike Minor
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 5
3 Hits 5
5.40 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Washington   Atlanta
Wil NievesPlayer Martin Prado
3 Hits 3
1 RBI 2
0 HR 0
5 TB 4
1.000 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Washington 7 0 11 .206 12 9 2 2 0 2
Atlanta 12 1 21 .324 18 8 9 4 1 0