Scott Olsen watched Washington manager Manny Acta stroll to the mound in the eighth inning and figured his day was done. With the two down and the Nationals ahead 4-1, Olsen had walked two hitters to bring the potential tying run to the plate. Imagine Olsen's surprise when he didn't get the hook. "I told him to tell all these people to save their applause because you're getting out of it," Acta said. Olsen pitched into the ninth inning, newly acquired Nyjer Morgan had three hits and the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 5-3 on Sunday for their second straight victory.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Fri 4/10	Atl	WAS 5 at ATL 6	W: Campillo L: Beimel
Sat 4/11	Atl	WAS 3 at ATL 5	W: Kawakami L: Lannan
Sun 4/12	Atl	WAS 5 at ATL 8	W: Jurrjens L: Olsen
Mon 4/20	Was	ATL 2 at WAS 3	W: Zimmermann L: Lowe
Tue 4/21	Was	ATL 3 at WAS 4	W: Martis L: Kawakami
Wed 4/22	Was	ATL 1 at WAS 0	W: Gonzalez L: Mock
Fri 7/3	Was	ATL 9 at WAS 8	W: Logan L: Colome
Sat 7/4	Was	ATL 3 at WAS 5	W: Lannan L: Gonzalez
Sun 7/5	Was	ATL 3 at WAS 5	W: Olsen L: Lowe
Tue 8/11	Atl	WAS 1 at ATL 8	W: Hanson L: Lannan
Wed 8/12	Atl	WAS 2 at ATL 6	W: Lowe L: Sosa
Fri 9/25	Was	ATL 4 at WAS 1	W: Vazquez L: Lannan
Sat 9/26	Was	ATL 11 at WAS 5	W: Hanson L: Mock
Sun 9/27	Was	ATL 6 at WAS 3	W: Gonzalez L: MacDougal
Thu 10/1	Atl	WAS 2 at ATL 1	W: Clippard L: Soriano
Fri 10/2	Atl	WAS 6 at ATL 3	W: Hernandez L: Lowe
Sat 10/3	Atl	WAS 6 at ATL 4	W: Segovia L: Acosta
Sun 10/4	Atl	WAS 2 at ATL 1	W: Kensing L: Logan

Box Scores

Braves (39 - 41) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Nationals (23 - 55) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. N McLouth, CF 3 1 2 1 1 2. M Prado, 1B 4 1 1 0 0 2. M Gonzalez, P 0 0 0 0 0 2. P Moylan, P 0 0 0 0 0 2. E O'Flaherty, P 0 0 0 0 0 3. C Jones, 3B 4 0 1 1 0 4. G Anderson, LF 4 0 2 1 0 5. Y Escobar, SS 3 0 0 0 1 6. M Diaz, RF 3 0 2 0 1 7. D Ross, C 3 0 0 0 0 7. B McCann, PH 1 0 0 0 0 8. B Conrad, 2B 4 1 1 0 0 9. T Hanson, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. C Kotchman, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 3 9 3 3		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. N Morgan, CF 3 0 0 0 0 2. N Johnson, 1B 3 1 1 0 1 3. R Zimmerman, 3B 4 1 1 2 0 4. A Dunn, LF 3 1 2 2 1 4. W Harris, PR-LF 0 0 0 0 0 5. J Willingham, RF 4 0 1 1 0 5. M MacDougal, P 0 0 0 0 0 6. C Guzman, SS 4 0 0 0 0 7. A Hernandez, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 8. W Nieves, C 2 0 0 0 0 8. R Belliard, PH 1 1 1 0 0 8. A Kearns, RF 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Lannan, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. J Bard, PH-C 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 30 5 7 5 3
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* T Hanson 7.0 3 1 1 1 5 2.25 M Gonzalez (L, 3-1) (H, 7) 0.1 1 3 3 2 0 3.20 P Moylan (BS, 3) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 4.41 E O'Flaherty 0.2 2 0 0 0 2 3.60		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Lannan (W, 6-5) 8.0 9 3 3 1 1 3.45 M MacDougal (S, 4) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 1.17
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: M Prado (17), M Diaz (8)		BATTING HR: A Dunn (22)

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Player News

Braves Derek Lowe (ATL) News: Atlanta is trying to trade Lowe this offseason, but isn't finding much of a market due to the three years and $15 million left on his contract, FoxSports.com reports. Atlanta has had discussions with the Brewers about trading Lowe for Corey Hart, the FoxSports.com report adds. However, a later MLB.com report says the Braves are not interested in Hart.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Kyle Cofield (ATL) News: Cofield was added to Atlanta's 40-man roster.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Jeff Lyman (ATL) News: Lyman was added to Atlanta's 40-man roster. He had a 7.07 ERA and 11:6 K:BB ratio in 14 innings in the Arizona Fall League.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)

Nationals Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Strasburg's knee injury is officially a patellar subluxation of the left knee, the Washington Post reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Strasburg has a dislocation in his left knee joint and should be fine for spring training.  (STATS - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Updating a previous report, number-one overall pick Stephen Strasburg will not need surgery on his injured left knee, according to MLBlogs.com. Strasburg injured his knee shagging fly balls on Thursday.  (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)