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He's the wily veteran of the Washington Nationals pitching staff, a 36-year-old right-hander whose better days are clearly behind him but who still has a gem in him every once in a while.
Pedro Astacio decided to bring out his best last night, and the result was a thing of beauty: a two-hit shutout of the Atlanta Braves in a briskly played 5-0 Nationals victory before 24,036 at RFK Stadium.
It was Astacio's first complete game in four years and the first by any Washington pitcher this season.
And it couldn't have come at a better time for the Nationals, who were reeling from unsightly losses the last two days and desperately needed a big-time performance from someone on their beleaguered pitching staff.
"Our best pitching performance of the year," catcher Brian Schneider said.

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