Atlanta (6-6) at Washington (1-10)

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Lowe to try to right ship at Nationals Park

Mark Bowman / MLB.com
When Derek Lowe takes the mound to face the Nationals on Monday night at Nationals Park, he'll be attempting to prolong the Braves' momentum and get back on track on the mound.
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Braves probable pitcher

Derek Lowe

  • #32 RHP
  • (1-0) 2.81 ERA 15 SO
Lowe struggled with his control while throwing 106 pitches and matching a career-high five walks in a five-inning effort against the Marlins on Tuesday night. His April 10 start against the Nationals was limited to three innings because of a lengthy rain delay. In his two starts against the Nationals last year, he worked 16 innings, surrendered seven hits and allowed just two earned runs. The 36-year-old sinkerballer began this season by allowing two hits in eight scoreless innings against the Phillies.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 127-107 3.74 1956.1 553 1290 .257
Season 1-0 2.81 16.0 7 15 .220
April 1-0 2.81 16.0 7 15 .220
Vs. Washington 0-0 3.00 3.0 2 6 .333

Series at a Glance

Standings - 04/20/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Atlanta Braves (NL East) 6 6 .500 5.0 3-3 3-3
Washington Nationals (NL East) 1 10 .091 9.5 1-4 0-6
Stats - 04/20/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
ATL .269 56 13 55 2 69 4.84 106.0 107 55 106
WSH .268 54 11 52 4 108 6.38 97.1 112 45 70
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Zimmermann set for Major League debut

Bill Ladson / MLB.com
Monday's game between the Nationals and Braves will be worth watching. Why? Washington right-hander Jordan Zimmermann will make his Major League debut.
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Nationals probable pitcher

Jordan Zimmermann

  • RHP
  • (0-0) -.-- ERA 0 SO
Zimmermann will be called up from Triple-A Syracuse to make his Major League debut. Selected by the Nationals out of the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point in the second round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft, Zimmerman went 10-3 in the Minors last year with a 2.89 ERA.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG

Braves hitters vs Jordan Zimmermann

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blanco, Gregor - - - - - - - -
Canizares, Barbaro - - - - - - - -
Church, Ryan - - - - .500 2 0 0
Conrad, Brooks - - - - - - - -
Diaz, Matt - - - - 1.000 2 1 2
Escobar, Yunel - - - - .000 3 0 0
Hernandez, Diory - - - - - - - -
Infante, Omar - - - - - - - -
Johnson, Kelly - - - - .333 3 0 0
Jones, Brandon - - - - - - - -
Jones, Chipper - - - - .333 3 0 0
McCann, Brian - - - - - - - -
McLouth, Nate - - - - - - - -
Prado, Martin - - - - - - - -
Ross, David - - - - 1.000 1 0 0
Sammons, Clint - - - - - - - -
Schafer, Jordan - - - - .000 2 0 0

Nationals hitters vs Derek Lowe

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bernadina, Roger - - - - - - - -
Desmond, Ian - - - - .500 4 1 3
Dukes, Elijah .000 2 0 0 .214 14 0 2
Dunn, Adam .000 1 0 0 .200 25 0 1
Flores, Jesus 1.000 1 0 0 .333 9 0 2
Gonzalez, Alberto - - - - .250 8 0 1
Guzman, Cristian 1.000 1 0 0 .429 21 0 1
Harris, Willie .000 1 0 0 .286 21 0 0
Maxwell, Justin - - - - .667 3 0 0
Morgan, Nyjer - - - - .538 13 0 0
Morse, Mike - - - - .333 3 1 1
Nieves, Wil - - - - .000 1 0 0
Willingham, Josh - - - - .182 22 3 6
Zimmerman, Ryan .500 2 0 1 .273 33 2 4

Wet win worth the wait for Zimmermann (6-7) (2-10)

Nationals 3, Braves 2

Lowe takes the loss

Jeff Seidel / Special to MLB.com
After waiting more than two hours to play, the Braves jumped out to a lead in the fourth inning courtesy of Matt Diaz's second homer of the season, a two-run blast. But Derek Lowe gave those runs back in the bottom of half of the frame, as well as the go-ahead run in the sixth.

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Series at a Glance

 
Jordan Zimmermann, the team's top prospect entering this season, went six innings and gave up two runs on six hits. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Rookie shines

Bill Ladson / MLB.com
It came two hours and 10 minutes late, but Jordan Zimmermann's Major League debut was well worth the wait. The Nationals' top prospect earned his first career victory after allowing just two runs on six hits, backed by RBI hits off the bats of Elijah Dukes and Jesus Flores.
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Nationals 3, Braves 2

Atlanta AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Johnson, K, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .244
Escobar, Y, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .308
Jones, C, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .323
Kotchman, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .273
Francoeur, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .308
Diaz, M, LF 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 .259
Schafer, CF 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .255
Ross, D, C 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 .444
Lowe, D, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
  O'Flaherty, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Norton, PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Prado, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
  Soriano, R, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 30 2 6 2 3 4 10  

a-Batted for O'Flaherty in the 8th. b-Popped out for Norton in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Kotchman (4, Zimmermann, J), Diaz, M (3, Zimmermann, J).
3B: Jones, C (1, Zimmermann, J).
HR: Diaz, M (2, 4th inning off Zimmermann, J, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Johnson, K; Jones, C 3; Kotchman 2; Diaz, M 6; Ross, D.
RBI: Diaz, M 2 (7).
2-out RBI: Diaz, M 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Schafer.
GIDP: Escobar, Y; Lowe, D.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
DP: (Escobar, Y-Johnson, K-Kotchman).
 
Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Hernandez, A, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .208
Johnson, N, 1B 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .381
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .273
Dunn, A, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .316
  1-Maxwell, PR-RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dukes, CF 4 1 2 1 0 2 1 .342
Willingham, LF 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .105
Flores, J, C 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 .286
Gonzalez, Al, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 .231
Zimmermann, J, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Cintron, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
  Wells, K, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Beimel, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Mock, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Belliard, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091
  Hanrahan, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 29 3 8 3 4 6 19  

a-Flied out for Zimmermann, J in the 6th. b-Struck out for Mock in the 8th.
1-Ran for Dunn, A in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Dunn, A (3, Soriano, R).
TB: Johnson, N; Zimmerman, R; Dunn, A 2; Dukes 2; Willingham; Flores, J 2.
RBI: Dukes (8), Flores, J 2 (4).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hernandez, A; Gonzalez, Al; Cintron 2; Belliard 2.
S: Zimmermann, J.
SF: Flores, J.
GIDP: Zimmerman, R.
Team RISP: 2-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Dukes (1, 2nd base off Lowe, D/Ross, D), Maxwell (1, 3rd base off Soriano, R/Ross, D).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Willingham (Ross, D at 2nd base).
DP: 2 (Gonzalez, Al-Johnson, N, Johnson, N-Hernandez, A-Willingham-Gonzalez, Al).
 
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lowe, D (L, 1-1) 6.0 7 3 3 3 2 0 3.27
O'Flaherty 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.23
Soriano, R 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0.00
 
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Zimmermann, J (W, 1-0) 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 1 3.00
Wells, K (H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Beimel (H, 4) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.23
Mock (H, 1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Hanrahan (S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7.50

IBB: Willingham (by Lowe, D).
HBP: Willingham (by Soriano, R).
Pitches-strikes: Lowe, D 115-64, O'Flaherty 19-13, Soriano, R 24-13, Zimmermann, J 72-51, Wells, K 8-4, Beimel 5-4, Mock 2-2, Hanrahan 15-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lowe, D 8-8, O'Flaherty 2-0, Soriano, R 0-0, Zimmermann, J 9-5, Wells, K 1-2, Beimel 1-1, Mock 1-0, Hanrahan 1-1.
Batters faced: Lowe, D 27, O'Flaherty 3, Soriano, R 6, Zimmermann, J 22, Wells, K 4, Beimel 2, Mock 1, Hanrahan 4.
Umpires: HP: Jim Wolf. 1B: Gary Cederstrom. 2B: . 3B: Brian O'Nora.
Weather: 58 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 5 mph, In from CF.
T: 2:24 (2:43 delay).
Att: 12,464.
April 20, 2009

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