Good, Bad & Ugly: Back to The Future; Nats Fall To Braves 6-2

  "I was going after them. I was a little more aggressive. ... It's no fun giving up home runs."--Craig Stammen, Aug. 12, 2009. THE RESULTS: The Washington Nationals were once again dominated by Derek Lowe early, and though they were able to get the tying run against him in the seventh inning, the bullpen frittered away the tie game and the Atlanta Braves completed the sweep of the two-game series, 6-2, before 17,886 at Turner Field. The loss drops the Nats to 40-74, and have lost two straight after their season-high eight game win streak. Jorge Sosa (L, 1-1, 3.00) gave up a bomb to Adam LaRoche (his 16th of the season and second of the game) in the bottom of the seventh to break a 2-2 tie, and the Braves got three in the eighth, as Sean Burnett turned his least effective performance of his brief Nationals career. Burnett started the inning allowing Martin Prado's eighth homer of the year. Chipper Jones then singled and Brian McCann doubled, putting runners a...