NewsWhore
03-31-2008, 05:50 PM
The new Major League Baseball season got off to a fine start at the brand-new stadium in Washington, D.C. last night. Third baseman Ryan Zimmerman made it a perfect evening for local fans as he hit a game-winning homerun in the bottom half of the ninth inning to give the Washington Nationals a 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Dominican Odalis Perez threw five very good innings to open the game for the Nationals, coming away with a job well done, but no victory. Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta, also a Dominican, was pleased to win his season-opening game, and the first win in the new ballpark.
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