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
By SportsDirect Inc.
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
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 |