Braves’ cold bats, Uggla’s crucial strikeout costs Atlanta in 3-2 loss to Nats

ATLANTA — Center fielder Denard Span had two triples and scored two runs to help the Washington Nationals to a 3-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night at Turner Field.

Spann led off the first and sixth innings with triples, matching a club record, and scored on two sacrifice flies by Steve Lombardozzi to help the Nationals win the opener of a three-game series and cut Atlanta