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It was bound to happen sooner or later, as long as the Washington Nationals kept losing games.

This franchise can preach patience, but general manager Jim Bowden won't let this early season rut continue without making a change.

So there were numerous moves following yesterday's 10-2 loss to the visiting Atlanta Braves, the Nationals' ninth straight defeat — their worst stretch since arriving in the District in 2005.

The team optioned right-hander Jason Bergmann, who has surrendered 11 runs over his last three innings, to Class AAA Columbus.

Washington activated closer Chad Cordero activated off the 15-day disabled list, and he will be available to pitch out of the bullpen beginning today.

And Wily Mo Pena likely will be activated off the DL and start in left field for today's series finale.

Whether the roster shakeup will produce Washington's first victory in 11 days remains to be seen. But at 3-9, Bowden felt something had to be done.

"When you do it at the beginning of the year, it's always magnified, and it's always blown out of proportion," he said. "And rightfully so, because we're all living it. Nobody likes to lose this many games in a row. You've just got to fix it. You've got to start winning."

The Nationals had a slim chance of winning yesterday's game, in which a boisterous crowd of 32,532 endured a 91-minute rain delay before the first pitch and then watched starter John Lannan put his team in a 4-0 hole before it had a chance to bat.

It went downhill from there. Bergmann, who allowed seven runs in his final inning Wednesday against the Florida Marlins, came in from the bullpen and in two innings allowed four more — including back-to-back homers by Jeff Francoeur (who earlier had a three-run homer and a two-run single) and Brian McCann.

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