Smoltz Smokes Nats

Dear Mr. Smoltz, Thank you so much for your good work on Saturday, April 12th. Can you please keep this up all year? We would all appreciate it. Sincerely, The Writers and Staff at BravesBlast.com Coming off of their much needed victory last night, the Braves dove right in to claim another from the Nationals at Washington today. An initial 91-minute rain delay did nothing to soggy the Braves offense. In fact, they wasted no time at all scoring four runs in the first inning, with a little help from Jeff Francoeur knocking the first of his two homeruns for the day. When all was said and done, the kid From Parkview had a career-best seven RBI's. You know things are going well when all nine starters bat in the first inning. Francoeur's second homer came in the sixth, with one runner on base. Not to be outdone by his childhood friend, Francoeur's high-fives hadn't ended when Brian McCann knocked a single shot some 400 feet. Smoltz had a (for him) shak...