The Washington Nationals shutout the Atlanta Braves by the score of 6-0 on Tuesday night.  The Nationals were only ahead 1-0 heading into the ninth inning but they exploded for five runs in the top of the ninth inning as they beat the Braves 6-0.

John Lannan pitche seven innings to pick up the win for the Nationals.  Lannan only allowed five hits and zero runs in his seven innings of action.  Behind Lannan, Ray King, Luis Ayala, and Jon Rauch pitched the final two innings without giving up a run.

Ryan Zimmerman led the Nationals with two RBI while Felipe Lopez, Cristian Guzman, and Willie Harris all had one RBI.

The Nationals improved their record to 6-15 with the victory over the Braves.  It was a big win for the Nationals who had been on a long losing steak.

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The Washington Nationals got shut out by the New York Mets by the score of 6-0 on Tuesday night.  The Nationals hitters just couldn’t get anything going against Mike Pelfrey and the Mets relievers.  With the loss, the Nationals record drops to 4-10 on the season.

Odalis Perez drops his record to 0-3 on the season as he picked up the loss.  Perez pitched six inning and gave up two earned runs.  He was pretty wild as he gave up four walks as well.  It wasn’t all on Perez however as the Nationals bullpen really pitched badly.  Ray King and Luis Ayala gave up an earned run each and Joel Hanrahan gave up two runs in his inning of action.

Overall, it was just a bad day for the entire Nationals lineup.  We will see if they can turn around and pick up a win in their next game.

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