Braves Beat Nats 3-1″

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Rookie Jason Heyward gave Atlanta its first

steal of home in a decade, and Tim Hudson shut down Washington the

way he almost always does, helping the NL East-leading Braves beat

the last-place Nationals 3-1 Wednesday night.

Hudson (11-5) allowed one run in 7 2-3 innings, improving to

10-1 with a 1.49 ERA for his career against the Nationals

franchise.

Livan Hernandez (7-7) gave up three runs in 4 1-3 innings, his

shortest outing of 2010.

Chipper Jones drove in two runs, and Martin Prado had three hits

for Atlanta, which had lost four of its previous six games. The

Braves were shut out by the Nationals on Tuesday, when reliever

Miguel Batista went five innings as a last-minute replacement for

Stephen Strasburg, whose pitching shoulder felt stiff.