Article: Nats' Lannan Not Sharp, But Gets Rare Support

Nationals 8, Braves 2

Well, thank goodness, because John Lannan needed a night like this. A night when everything went right for baseball's most unfortunate pitcher.

Lannan, effective and luckless in so many losses this season, finally was lucky when he was largely ineffective. In an 8-2 drilling of the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field, Lannan received a karmic apology for all the nights when great efforts yielded only close defeats. Here, he survived just enough tight spots to mask a substandard outing. And more important, his longtime nemesis -- the Nationals' offense -- decided to demonstrate its worth as a partner.

Lannan managed to hold a narrow lead. Then, the offense, with a 14-hit ...

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