Atlanta's offense had eleven hits in the game but could only manage two runs. Those two runs came on home runs by Gerald Laird and Evan Gattis in the sixth inning. Laird's home run was his first of the spring, Gattis' was his sixth of the spring. Ramiro Pena led the Braves with three hits. Andrelton Simmons, Chris Johnson and Jordan Schafer all had a hit for the Braves along with other minor leaguers that played in the game.
In a surprising move, Eric O'Flaherty started the game and pitched a perfect first inning. He gave way to Daniel Rodriguez who only made it through two innings and gave up eight runs on six hits, including four home runs. He took the loss, he is 0-2 on the spring. Luis Avilan pitched a perfect fourth inning, Cristhian Martinez pitched two innings but gave up a solo home run. Dusty Hughes also pitched an inning and gave up two runs, including a home run, but struck out three men. Washington's Ryan Zimmerman had three of the Nationals' home runs, catcher Wilson Ramos had two and Tyler Moore hit one.
The Braves are now 19-15 on the spring. They will play their final spring training game in Florida tomorrow against the Houston Astros at 1:05 p.m. Paul Maholm will make the start and try to increase his scoreless innings streak. Also, the Braves announced that Jose Constanza, Tyler Pastornicky and David Carpenter didn't make the team and they were sent to minor league camp. All three players will start the year at Triple-A Gwinnett.
Eric O'Flaherty started the game against the Nationals on Wednesday, he pitched a perfect inning. The Braves lost though, 11-2.
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