Olsen loses steam as Nats fall

By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

ATLANTA -- Almost a week after having his worst outing of the season, it appeared that Nationals left-hander Scott Olsen was going to make up for the poor showing and dominate the Braves on Tuesday night. But he ended up taking the loss as the Braves won the game, 10-2, at Turner Field.

Olsen loses steam as Nats fall....

Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Gonzalez, Al, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .278
Desmond, SS 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .266
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 .302
Dunn, A, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .269
Rodriguez, I, C 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .272
Nieves, C 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 .207
Morse, RF 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 .277
Mench, LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125
Bernadina, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268
Maxwell, CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .107
Olsen, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053
Peralta, Jo, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Kennedy, A, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .260
Slaten, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Stammen, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
b-Harris, W, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175
Totals 34 2 7 2 2 9 12 .255
a-Doubled for Peralta, Jo in the 7th. b-Grounded out for Stammen in the 9th.
Atlanta AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Infante, 2B 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 .341
Heyward, RF 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 .256
Prado, 3B 5 3 3 2 0 0 1 .318
Diaz, M, LF 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 .236
Farnsworth, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Conrad, PH 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .246
Saito, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Hinske, PH-1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .258
Glaus, 1B 5 0 1 1 0 3 6 .239
Martinez, Cr, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gonzalez, A, SS 5 0 0 0 0 2 6 .255
Cabrera, Me, CF-LF 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 .270
Ross, D, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .283
Minor, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
a-Hernandez, Di, PH 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .333
Ankiel, CF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .237
Totals 37 10 12 9 4 8 18 .258
a-Homered for Minor in the 6th. b-Walked for Farnsworth in the 7th. c-Singled for Saito in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Nieves 2 (8, Minor, Saito), Morse (4, Minor), Kennedy, A (11, Farnsworth).
TB: Desmond; Zimmerman, R; Nieves 5; Morse 2; Kennedy, A 2.
RBI: Nieves (15), Morse (22).
2-out RBI: Nieves; Morse.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rodriguez, I; Mench 2; Desmond; Morse.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
E: Gonzalez, Al (3, throw), Dunn, A (7, throw).

BATTING
2B: Prado (30, Peralta, Jo), Diaz, M (13, Peralta, Jo), Cabrera, Me (22, Stammen), Glaus (18, Stammen).
3B: Infante (2, Olsen).
HR: Hernandez, Di (1, 6th inning off Olsen, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Infante 4; Heyward; Prado 4; Diaz, M 2; Hinske; Glaus 2; Cabrera, Me 2; Hernandez, Di 4; Ankiel.
RBI: Hernandez, Di (1), Prado 2 (45), Diaz, M 2 (23), Cabrera, Me 2 (35), Hinske (43), Glaus (70).
2-out RBI: Cabrera, Me 2; Hinske; Glaus.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Glaus; Ross, D 3; Gonzalez, A 2.
Team RISP: 6-for-16.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Infante (6, 2nd base off Olsen/Nieves).

Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Olsen(L, 3-5) 5.0 3 3 3 1 4 1 5.14
Peralta, Jo(BS, 2) 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 2.76
Slaten 0.0 2 4 1 2 0 0 3.00
Stammen 2.0 5 2 2 0 2 0 5.16
Totals 8.0 12 10 7 4 8 1 4.17
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Minor(W, 1-0) 6.0 5 2 2 2 5 0 3.75
Farnsworth(H, 9) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.10
Saito 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.93
Martinez, Cr 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.95
Totals 9.0 7 2 2 2 9 0 3.41
Olsen pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.
Slaten pitched to 5 batters in the 7th.

IBB: Cabrera, Me (by Peralta, Jo).
HBP: Diaz, M (by Olsen).
Pitches-strikes: Olsen 70-40, Peralta, Jo 21-11, Slaten 23-12, Stammen 39-22, Minor 105-68, Farnsworth 18-12, Saito 15-10, Martinez, Cr 6-4.
Groundouts-flyouts: Olsen 6-4, Peralta, Jo 1-0, Slaten 0-0, Stammen 3-0, Minor 7-6, Farnsworth 1-0, Saito 0-1, Martinez, Cr 2-1.
Batters faced: Olsen 20, Peralta, Jo 6, Slaten 5, Stammen 11, Minor 25, Farnsworth 4, Saito 4, Martinez, Cr 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Peralta, Jo 2-2, Stammen 3-2.
Ejections: Washington Nationals catcher Ivan Rodriguez ejected by HP umpire Sam Holbrook (1st).
Umpires: HP: Sam Holbrook. 1B: Scott Barry. 2B: Gerry Davis. 3B: Brian Knight.
Weather: 89 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, Varies.
T: 3:04.
Att: 16,911