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Max Fried Dominates Again on the Mound, Does Something Not Done in Last Eight Years of Braves History

The Atlanta Braves shut out the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night, 2-0, as Max Fried dominated once again. In fact, he did something not done for the last eight years of team history.

Brady Farkas

May 28, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; (Editors Note: Motion Blur) Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Max Fried (54) throws against the Washington Nationals in the eighth inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
May 28, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; (Editors Note: Motion Blur) Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Max Fried (54) throws against the Washington Nationals in the eighth inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports / Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
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The Atlanta Braves shut out the Washington Nationals, 2-0, on Tuesday night to move to 31-21 on the season. The loss dropped Washington to 24-29 on the year.

In the win, Max Fried once again dominated, going 8.0 shutout innings. He allowed just seven hits and one walk while striking out six. He's now 5-2 on the year with a stellar 2.97 ERA. Fried also accomplished something done for the last eight years of team history.

Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

Max Fried is the first Braves pitcher to go 8+ innings in back-to-back outings since Julio Teheran on June 19 & 25, 2016

last ATL P with more than 2 straight: 2007 Tim Hudson, 4 straight

Fried has been on a great roll for Atlanta, pitching to a 1.43 ERA over this last seven starts. He threw a complete game shutout his last time out against the Chicago Cubs. The 30-year-old Fried made his major league debut back in 2017 and has spent his entire career with the Braves, helping Atlanta win the World Series in 2021. He's in a contract season and is certainly setting himself up for a nice payday at the end of this year.

Lifetime, Fried is 67-28 with a 3.02 ERA over his career.

The Braves will take on the Nationals again on Wednesday night with first pitch from Washington coming at 7:20 p.m. ET.

MacKenzie Gore will pitch for Washington while Spencer Schwellenbach makes his major league debut for Atlanta.

Gore is 3-4 with a 3.04 ERA for the year.

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BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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