Atlanta Braves vs Washington Nationals Live Streaming

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7:05 pm EDT Wed May 5, 2010

Just when it seemed the Atlanta Braves were back on track, their struggles on the road continue to threaten their progress. The Braves look to avoid a ninth consecutive road loss when they continue their series with the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night. Coming off a brutal 0-7 road trip to New York and St. Louis, Atlanta bounced back by sweeping a three-game home set with Houston over the weekend. Even with some renewed confidence, the Braves were unable to carry it over and fell 6-3 at Washington on Tuesday to open a nine-game road swing. Atlanta, 3-11 away from Turner Field, is mired in its longest road losing stretch since dropping 10 straight Aug. 31-Sept. 14, 1996. The Braves have hit .228 and scored 17 runs during their eight-game road skid. Rookie Jason Heyward hit his eighth homer and Brian McCann had two hits with an RBI on Monday for the Braves, who’ve scored 12 runs during a five-game losing streak to Washington.

Heyward has bounced back from a 1-for-20 stretch by going 9 for 16 with four homers and eight RBIs in his last five games. After starter Kenshin Kawakami lasted just five innings in the series opener, the Braves hope for a longer outing from Tommy Hanson as he tries to continue his success against the Nationals. The right-hander has pitched into the seventh inning in all four career starts versus Washington, going 2-0 with a 2.28 ERA. Hanson, who had not lasted more than six innings in any of his first four starts this year, allowed two runs and struck out seven without a walk in eight innings of a 4-2 win over Houston on Friday.Adam Dunn and Josh Willingham are a combined 1 for 19 against Hanson, but each homered Tuesday as the Nationals avoided a third straight loss with their third win in four games at home. Dunn is batting .316 with four of his five home runs on the season in his last 10 games.