Braves snap eight-game road skid, beat Nats in 10 innings

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05/05/2010 - Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Matt Diaz singled in the winning run in the 10th inning as the Braves won a back-and-forth contest, 7-6, over the Washington Nationals, in the second of a three-game set.

Omar Infante homered and four players tallied two hits for the Braves, who have won four-of-five. They also snapped an eight-game skid on the road.

Tommy Hanson surrendered four runs on nine hits in six frames. Kris Medlen (1-1) picked up the win after tossing a scoreless ninth inning. Billy Wagner earned his third save.

Ian Desmond belted a home run and scored twice for the Nationals, who have dropped three-of-four.

Luis Atilano lasted 5 1/3 frames while allowing six runs on seven hits with five walks. Matt Capps (0-1) was saddled with the loss after giving up the winning run in two innings of relief.

The lead changed hands five times before Atlanta went ahead for good.

Diaz came to the plate with one down in the 10th after Troy Glaus singled. Brandon Hicks took his place on the bases and moved to second on Melky Cabrera's sacrifice bunt. Diaz then nailed a single to right for the go-ahead hit.

Wagner allowed a Cristian Guzman lead-off single, but retired the next three batters.

The Nationals put a run on the board in the first after Nyjer Morgan led off with a ground-rule double and moved to third on Adam Kennedy's sacrifice bunt. Ryan Zimmerman then drove him in on a broken-bat sacrifice fly to center. Ivan Rodriguez then doubled after Adam Dunn walked, but Willie Harris fouled out to end the threat.

Atlanta countered in the second as Infante drilled a two-run shot to left. Glaus started the frame with a walk and scored on the homer.

Washington took back the lead at 3-2 in the bottom of the second on Desmond's lead-off blast and Morgan's one-out RBI double.

The back-and-forth scoring continued in the third as the Braves tied the game at three on Chipper Jones' one-out RBI single, which followed Martin Prado's double. They took the lead in the fifth when Glaus brought home Prado with a groundout.

In the bottom of the fifth, Kennedy singled and Dunn walked with one out to allow Rodriguez to single in Kennedy on a hit-and-run for a 4-4 tie.

The Braves took a 6-4 advantage in the sixth. After Diaz and Infante reached to start, Hanson struck out to make way for Sean Burnett to enter. Nate McLouth doubled off him for the first run as Prado came up next and grounded out to short, allowing Infante to come home. Jones was then intentionally walked, but Brian McCann struck out, stranding runners on first and third.

Pinch-hitter Josh Willingham tied the game for the Nats in the eighth. Desmond reached first on an error with one down and moved to third on Roger Bernadina's double. Willingham then singled in both with a liner to left off Takashi Saito.

Game Notes

Atlanta placed pitcher Jair Jurrjens on the 15-day disabled list and recalled pitcher Craig Kimbrel from Gwinnett...Braves outfielder Jason Heyward left the game in the second inning with a sore right groin. He is listed as day-to- day...Washington finished 3-for-8 with runners in scoring position...Rodriguez went 2-for-5 and is now batting .405...Prado, Jones, Diaz and Infante all tallied two hits.

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