Going up against a tough lineup in the series finale in Atlanta on Sunday, Washington’s left-hander, Patrick Corbin, got off to a rough start, when Ronald Acuña, Jr. hit a comebacker off Corbin’s left leg on the mound.
He brushed off the 115 MPH screamer though, and tossed three scoreless to start, on 49 pitches, before the home team got to the southpaw in the fourth.
Austin Riley singled and Adam Duvall hit a ground-rule double to left for back-to-back, one-out hits, and both runners scored on a Tyler Flowers’ double down the right field line Adam Eaton hustled for but couldn’t catch, 2-1 Braves.