Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 9, Washington 8
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, July 17, 2011
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - D.J. Reyburn, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Dana DeMuth, 3B - Kerwin Danley
Attendance: 30314

Freddie Freeman lined a run-scoring single to right field with two outs in the ninth inning to give Atlanta a 9-8 walkoff win over Washington Sunday at Turner Field.

Freeman’s sharp single against reliever Ryan Mattheus (2-1) easily scored Martin Prado from second base and allowed the Braves to take two of three games from the Nationals. The winning pitcher was Craig Kimbrel (3-2), who struck out two of the three batters he faced.

The Braves tied the game at 8-8 with two outs in the eighth inning on Nate McLouth’s solo home run, his fourth, off reliever Tyler Clippard.

Washington had taken an 8-7 lead on Danny Espinosa’s two-run homer, his team-leading 17th, in the sixth. That came a half-inning after the Braves had rallied to score five runs - three of them coming on Brian McCann’s 16th homer - to take a 7-6 lead.

Atlanta starter Jair Jurrjens was knocked out after five innings as the All-Star was touched for eight hits and six runs in five innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Washington   Atlanta
Tom Gorzelanny Player Jair Jurrjens
No Decision W/L No Decision
2.0 IP 5.0
2 Strikeouts 6
1 Hits 8
9.00 ERA 10.80
Hitting
Washington   Atlanta
Danny Espinosa Player Freddie Freeman
3 Hits 1
3 RBI 1
1 HR 0
8 TB 1
.600 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Washington 11 1 21 .297 13 10 7 3 2 1
Atlanta 7 2 14 .219 10 10 8 6 4 1