Atlanta Braves win 2011 Opening Day Washington DC - March 31 2011 Baseball Opening Day 39,055 Attendance Derek Lowe started and won his 3rd straight opening day games, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 2-0 victory over the Washington Nationals. Derek Lowe painted the corners of the plate with his sinker ball for the visiting Braves, scattered 3 hits, 0 runs, 2 walks, 6 SO in 5 2/3 innings. Atlanta relievers held the Nats scoreless the rest of the way – Eric O’Flaherty 1 IP, Pete Moylan 1/3 IP, Jonny Venters 1 IP and Craig Kimbrel 1 IP. Craig Kimbrel threw 95 mph fastball and struckout 2 of the 3 batters in the 9th and collected a save. Atlanta’s all-star Chipper Jones went 2-4 and scored a run in the first inning on Brian McCann RBI single. Teammate Jason Heyward was 1-for-2, including a home run in the 2nd inning. The losing pitcher was Washington’s Livan Hernandez, who hurled solid baseball. He yielded 4 hits, 2 run in 6 1/3 innings and at one point retired 15 straight batters. Baseball 2011 Opening Day review by the first Internet baseball historian For complete stats of all baseball players, please see Players section on the upper left-side of our home page For loads of fun reading, type in Yankees, Cardinals, Pirates, Red Sox, Cubs or all other teams in our Search on the lower left-side of our home page |
