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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 8, Washington 5
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, September 3, 2010
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - Lance Barksdale, 1B - Ed Rapuano, 2B - Tom Hallion, 3B - Ron Kulpa
Attendance: 19734

Ryan Doumit went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Garrett Jones drove in three runs as the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled to an 8-5 triumph over the Washington Nationals.

Pedro Alvarez hit a two-run double and Jose Tabata collected two hits and two runs scored for the Pirates, who had lost five in a row to the Nationals.

Playing in his second major league game, Danny Espinosa led off the top of the third with his first career home run, giving Washington a 1-0 lead. But Jones highlighted a three-run third for Pittsburgh with a two-run double and Doumit opened the fourth with his 12th homer of the year for a 4-1 bulge.

The Pirates added four more runs in the fifth to increase their lead to seven. Jones delivered an RBI double and Alvarez followed with his two-base hit that plated two more runs. Doumit capped the rally with an RBI single.

Washington closed the gap to 8-5 with four runs in the sixth. Adam Dunn and Justin Maxwell had RBI singles, Espinosa drove in one with a double and Ryan Zimmerman scored on a double-play grounder.

Zach Duke (7-12) picked up just his second win in seven starts, allowing four runs and five hits in five-plus innings. Five relievers bridged the gap to Joel Hanrahan, who worked a scoreless ninth for his third save in six opportunities.

Livan Hernandez (9-10) fell to 1-3 in his last six outings after surrendering eight runs and eight hits in just 4 1/3 frames. Hernandez, who walked two and struck out four, has posted a 12.00 ERA over his last three starts.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Washington   Pittsburgh
Livan Hernandez Player Zach Duke
Loss W/L Win
4.1 IP 5.0
4 Strikeouts 5
8 Hits 5
16.62 ERA 7.20
Hitting
Washington   Pittsburgh
Danny Espinosa Player Ryan Doumit
2 Hits 3
2 RBI 2
1 HR 1
6 TB 6
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Washington 8 1 14 .235 12 11 4 5 0 0
Pittsburgh 11 1 18 .344 8 7 8 3 0 1