Braves 5, Nationals 2

Chipper Jones and Brian McCann belted solo home runs as the Atlanta Braves posted a 5-2 home win over the Washington Nationals on Thursday.

McCann hit his 23rd homer of the season in the first inning and Jones followed with his 15th in the second off Washington starter Chien-Ming Wang (2-3).

Wang allowed seven hits in 5 2/3 innings and lost to Atlanta for the second time this season.

Tim Hudson (14-8) allowed one run on five hits and struck out five in six innings of work. It was his sixth win in seven starts.

Craig Kimbrel struck out the side in the the ninth inning to earn his 42nd save, extending his own rookie record.

Jayson Werth hit his 17th home run for the Nationals.

Final1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9thRHE
Washington NationalsNationals000001010270
Atlanta BravesBraves110101010581
WP:Tim Hudson (ATL)
LP:Chien-Ming Wang (WAS)
HR:(ATL): Brian McCann, Chipper Jones
(WAS): Jayson Werth
Season Series
Sep 25th 2011 Atlanta 0 @ Washington 3
Sep 24th 2011 Atlanta 1 @ Washington 4
Sep 23rd 2011 Atlanta 7 @ Washington 4
Sep 1st 2011 Washington 2 @ Atlanta 5
Aug 31st 2011 Washington 1 @ Atlanta 3
Aug 30th 2011 Washington 9 @ Atlanta 2
Aug 3rd 2011 Atlanta 6 @ Washington 4
Aug 2nd 2011 Atlanta 3 @ Washington 9
Aug 1st 2011 Atlanta 3 @ Washington 5
Jul 17th 2011 Washington 8 @ Atlanta 9
Jul 16th 2011 Washington 5 @ Atlanta 2
Jul 15th 2011 Washington 1 @ Atlanta 11
May 12th 2011 Washington 5 @ Atlanta 6
May 11th 2011 Washington 7 @ Atlanta 3
May 10th 2011 Washington 7 @ Atlanta 6
Apr 3rd 2011 Atlanta 11 @ Washington 2
Apr 2nd 2011 Atlanta 3 @ Washington 6
Mar 31st 2011 Atlanta 2 @ Washington 0
AtlantaStatsWashington
9-9Vs9-9
.239Batting Average.241
4.6Runs / Game4.6
21Home Runs23
11Errors11