Washington 5, Milwaukee 1
When: 4:10 PM ET, Sunday, April 17, 2011
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature:
64°
Umpires:
Home -
Mark Wegner, 1B -
Chris Guccione, 2B -
Mike Winters, 3B -
Mike Estabrook
Attendance:
23047
By SportsDirect Inc.
Danny Espinosa's bases-loaded triple in the seventh inning lifted Washington to a 5-1 victory over visiting Milwaukee and a doubleheader sweep Sunday.
Starters Livan Hernandez and Marco Estrada were locked in a 1-1 pitchers' duel into the seventh, when Washington broke through against Kameron Loe (1-1). Laynce Nix, Ian Desmond and Jerry Hairston, Jr. led off with singles to load the bases. One out later, Espinosa drilled his bases-clearing hit to deep left. He had a three-run homer in Washington's 8-4 win earlier in the day
Hernandez (2-1) didn't need any more help. The
veteran scattered six hits over seven innings, striking out three
without a walk. Estrada gave up just one run on five hits in his six
innings for Milwaukee (7-8), striking out seven.
Drew Storen pitched the final two frames in relief of Hernandez and Adam LaRoche capped the scoring with an eighth-inning home run
Hairston got the Nationals ahead in the second inning with a solo home run against Estrada. The Brewers tied it in the fourth when Prince Fielder scored on a base hit by Yuniesky Betancourt.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Milwaukee
|
7 |
0 |
10 |
.206 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Washington
|
11 |
2 |
21 |
.344 |
14 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
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