Sunday, May 25, 2014

Nats 5 Pirates 2


24-25
5 2

22-26
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Was 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 10 1
Pit 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 9 1
End 9
B
Ball 1
Ball 2
Ball 3
Ball 4
S
Strike 1
Strike 2
Strike 3
O
Out 1
Out 2
Out 3

Last Play

Chris Stewart
Chris Stewart lined out to left

Bottom 9th: Pittsburgh

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Washington
Denard Span scored, Anthony Rendón to third on wild pitch
WAS 1 - PIT 0
Ian Desmond singled to shallow right, Anthony Rendón scored
WAS 2 - PIT 0
Top 5th: Washington
Anthony Rendón tripled to deep right center, Denard Span scored
WAS 3 - PIT 0
Anthony Rendón scored on wild pitch
WAS 4 - PIT 0
Bottom 6th: Pittsburgh
Josh Harrison homered to deep center
WAS 4 - PIT 1
Top 7th: Washington
Ian Desmond hit sacrifice fly to right, Jayson Werth scored
WAS 5 - PIT 1
Bottom 8th: Pittsburgh
Ike Davis singled to center, Josh Harrison scored, Neil Walker to third
WAS 5 - PIT 2

Batting

Washington

AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB AVG
Denard SpanCF 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264
Anthony Rendón3B 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 .258
Jayson WerthRF 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 .277
Adam LaRoche1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .316
Ian DesmondSS 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 .241
Tyler MooreLF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .209
Nate McLouthLF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .146
Kevin Frandsen2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 .244
José LobatónC 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 .227
Doug FisterP 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Craig StammenP 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250
Aaron BarrettP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rafael SorianoP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 5 10 3 0 4 8 2 17
Batting
2B - D Span (12, F Liriano)
3B - A Rendon (4, F Liriano)
RBI - A Rendon (26), I Desmond 2 (29)
2-out RBI - I Desmond
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - I Desmond 1, K Frandsen 2, J Lobaton 2
GIDP - A LaRoche
Team LOB - 9
Running
SB - D Span (7, 2nd base off F Liriano/C Stewart), I Desmond (4, 2nd base off V Mazzaro/C Stewart)
Fielding
E - I Desmond (13, field)
DP - 2 (I Desmond-K Frandsen-A LaRoche, A Rendon-A LaRoche)

Pittsburgh

AB R H RBI HR BB K SB LOB AVG
Josh HarrisonRF 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 .304
Neil Walker2B 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Andrew McCutchenCF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 .303
Ike Davis1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .285
Starling MarteLF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 .258
Pedro Álvarez3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .209
Jordy MercerSS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .201
Chris StewartC 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261
Francisco LirianoP 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .118
Jose TabataPH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .264
Vin MazzaroP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Travis SniderPH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212
Bryan MorrisP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 35 2 9 2 1 0 7 0 15
Batting
HR - J Harrison (3, 6th inning off D Fister 0 on, 0 Out)
RBI - J Harrison (8), I Davis (16)
2-out RBI - I Davis
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - S Marte 1
GIDP - S Marte, J Tabata
Team LOB - 6
Fielding
E - I Davis (3, field)
DP - 1 (N Walker-P Alvarez-I Davis)
Pitching

Washington

IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP ERA
Doug Fister(W, 2-1) 5.1 6 1 1 0 4 1 1.14 3.42
Craig Stammen 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0.93 2.57
Aaron Barrett 0.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.11 0.47
Rafael Soriano(SV, 11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 0.90

Pittsburgh

IP H R ER BB K HR WHIP ERA
Francisco Liriano(L, 0-5) 5.0 6 4 4 4 5 0 1.50 5.06
Vin Mazzaro 3.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 1.26 3.48
Bryan Morris 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.53 3.20
WP - F Liriano 2
HBP - K Frandsen (by V Mazzaro)
Pitches-strikes - D Fister 83-57; C Stammen 25-14; A Barrett 11-9; R Soriano 12-10; F Liriano 98-56; V Mazzaro 53-33; B Morris 11-7
Ground balls-fly balls - D Fister 9-6; C Stammen 4-0; A Barrett 0-0; R Soriano 0-2; F Liriano 10-3; V Mazzaro 4-3; B Morris 1-1
Batters faced - D Fister 22; C Stammen 7; A Barrett 3; R Soriano 3; F Liriano 25; V Mazzaro 13; B Morris 3
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Tim Timmons. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Todd Tichenor. 3B--Gabe Morales.
Weather: 75 degrees, mildly cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, out to left.


The Good:  3 hits for Walker and 2 for both Harrison and Davis

The bad: Sloppy play and sloppy pitching 3 and 5 hitters 0-8

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