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Related: About this forumBraves rally from 9-0, fifth-inning deficit to top Nationals in 11
WASHINGTON -- Chipper Jones has seen a lot in his 19 seasons with Atlanta. But even he hadn't seen anything like what the Braves did Friday night.
Atlanta was down 9-0 after five innings with Washington Nationals star pitcher Stephen Strasburg on the mound. The Braves came back to take the lead in the top of the ninth. After the Nationals tied it, Atlanta pulled out a wild 11-10 win on Paul Janish's run-scoring bloop single in the 11th.
"I don't even know where to start," said Jones, who drove in two runs with a single in the Braves' four-run eighth inning. "I still can't believe it. I mean, 9-0. That's never happened to me since I've been here."
In the top of the 11th, Dan Uggla led off with a single against Tom Gorzelanny (2-2), advanced to second on Ryan Zimmerman's throwing error and then went to third on a passed ball before scoring on Janish's bloop that just barely fell in past shortstop Ian Desmond's outstretched glove.
"A really crazy game, but it counts, right?" Janish said. "All that matters is that we end up with one more than them, so it worked out."
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Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Auggie
(31,173 posts)"It ain't over till it's over."
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)This season even.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)I have nothing against the Nats but that was funny.
Kingofalldems
(38,458 posts)That sucked more than anything has sucked before.