The Braves ended up winning this one 10-2 after tagging Ray King for five runs in the 1/3 of an inning he pitched. The left-hander picked a good time to have a bad outing, though, because as expected, he's on the final roster.
That leads us to more important news: The Nationals' Opening Day roster is set. The team made the following moves to get to 25:
- Placed catcher Johnny Estrada (right elbow) on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 21.
- Outrighted Ryan Langerhans, who cleared waivers, to Triple-A Columbus
- Optioned starting pitcher John Lannan to Triple-A
- Reassigned infielder Pete Orr to minor league camp
- Optioned relief pitcher Chris Schroder to Triple-A
Langerhans, Orr, Schroder, catcher Wil Nieves and pitchers Garrett Mock and Mike O'Connor will join the team for its Saturday exhibition against Baltimore at Nationals Park.
Here is the Opening Day roster:
INFIELDERS (7)
Aaron Boone
Ronnie Belliard
Cristian Guzman
Nick Johnson
Felipe Lopez
Dmitri Young
Ryan Zimmerman
OUTFIELDERS (5)
Elijah Dukes
Willie Harris
Austin Kearns
Rob Mackowiak
Lastings Milledge
STARTERS (4)
Odalis Perez
Matt Chico
Tim Redding
Jason Bergmann
RELIEVERS (7)
Luis Ayala
Jesus Colome
Chad Cordero
Joel Hanrahan
Ray King
Jon Rauch
Saul Rivera
No big shockers, although Hanrahan and Perez have to be the biggest surprises of camp. Perez will start Opening Day against the Braves, while Hanrahan looks like he could be a valuable arm out of the bullpen after spending his whole careeer as a starter.
We'll be back with more tomorrow for the Nationals' last game of the spring at Space Coast Stadium. First pitch is at 1:05 p.m.