{"id":55516,"date":"2025-05-16T08:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=55516"},"modified":"2025-05-16T08:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:02:09","slug":"deadspin-aj-smith-shawver-leads-braves-past-slumping-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=55516","title":{"rendered":"Deadspin | AJ Smith-Shawver leads Braves past slumping Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26183703.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26183703.jpg\" alt=\"Deadspin | AJ Smith-Shawver leads Braves past slumping Nationals\" \/>May 15, 2025; Cumberland, Georgia, USA; Atlanta Braves pitcher AJ Smith-Shawver (32) pitches against the Washington Nationals during the first inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">AJ Smith-Shawver threw six quality innings and Drake Baldwin tallied three hits and an RBI, helping lead the Atlanta Braves to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Washington Nationals on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">Smith-Shawver (3-2) allowed one unearned run on two hits while striking out six and walking two for Atlanta, which took three of four against its National League East foe. The Braves&#8217; bullpen threw three innings in relief, including closer Raisel Iglesias&#8217; scoreless ninth as he earned his seventh save of the season.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-3\">Trevor Williams (2-5) took the loss, allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits across 4 1\/3 innings. Washington&#8217;s starter also struck out four and walked none. CJ Abrams had two hits &#8212; including a solo homer in the eighth &#8212; for the Nationals, who dropped their eighth game in nine tries.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-4\">Washington threatened in the top of the second, as Nathaniel Lowe&#8217;s leadoff walk was followed by Alex Call&#8217;s one-out double and Jose Tena&#8217;s walk to load the bases. Smith-Shawver then got Jacob Young to ground into an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">In the bottom of the third, Eli White reached on Tena&#8217;s one-out throwing error before stealing second and scoring on Nick Allen&#8217;s RBI single.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"section-6\">After Williams plunked Ozzie Albies to begin the bottom of the fifth, Allen, Alex Verdugo and Baldwin hit three straight singles &#8212; the last two to give the Braves a 3-0 lead. Williams was then relieved by Brad Lord, who surrendered Marcell Ozuna&#8217;s run-scoring sacrifice fly to extend Atlanta&#8217;s edge to four.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-7\">Abrams singled and stole second in the top of the sixth and then scored Washington&#8217;s first run on third baseman Austin Riley&#8217;s fielding error.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-8\">Pierce Johnson relieved Smith-Shawver in the seventh, throwing a scoreless frame.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-9\">Dylan Lee threw the eighth for Atlanta, allowing Abrams&#8217; sixth homer of the season to lead off the inning. Amed Rosario then singled, before James Wood grounded into a double play. After Keibert Ruiz doubled for Washington&#8217;s third hit of the inning, Lee retired Lowe to escape the jam.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-10\">The Braves added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth, as Riley&#8217;s leadoff double was followed by White&#8217;s two-out RBI single off Nationals&#8217; reliever Jorge Lopez.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-11\">&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadspin | AJ Smith-Shawver leads Braves past slumping Nationals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":55517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Deadspin | AJ Smith-Shawver leads Braves past slumping Nationals - 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