Pittsburgh 5, Washington 3
When: 3:35 PM ET, Saturday, July 2, 2011
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature:
91°
Umpires:
Home -
Fieldin Culbreth, 1B -
Alan Porter, 2B -
Adrian Johnson, 3B -
Mark Lollo
Attendance:
By SportsDirect Inc.
Garrett Jones and Andrew McCutchen hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates ended a six-game road losing streak to the Washington Nationals with a 5-3 victory in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday.
The Nationals rallied for a 4-3 win in the nightcap to earn a split.
In game one, Jones had two RBIs, Neil Walker drove in run and Joel Hanrahan tied a franchise record with his 24th straight save for Pittsburgh. Rick Ankiel homered for the Nationals, who fell to 1-4 under manager Davey Johnson. Washington trailed 1-0 until the seventh, when Ankiel drilled a 3-2 pitch into the right-center field seats for his first homer since April 2.
Jones snapped the 2-2 tie by tagging a 2-2 sinker from loser Sean Burnett (3-5) over the left-center field wall for his ninth homer. McCutchen followed with a drive into the Pirates’ bullpen. Matt Diaz added an RBI single in the ninth.
Hanrahan then allowed a two-out, RBI single to Jayson Werth in the ninth before tying Mike Gonzalez’s straight saves mark set in 2006 for Pittsburgh. Jose Veras (2-2) allowed one hit in 1 2/3 innings in relief of James McDonald, who yielded two runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Pittsburgh |
|
Washington |
|
James McDonald
|
Player |
Livan Hernandez |
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.1 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
7 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
7 |
Hits |
6 |
|
2.84 |
ERA |
2.57 |
Hitting
| Pittsburgh |
|
Washington |
|
Garrett Jones
| Player |
Rick Ankiel |
|
3 |
Hits |
2 |
|
2 |
RBI |
1 |
|
1 |
HR |
1 |
|
7 |
TB |
5 |
|
.750 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
10 |
2 |
18 |
.303 |
13 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Washington
|
10 |
1 |
13 |
.294 |
19 |
8 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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