Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, July 2, 2011
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature:
88°
Umpires:
Home -
Gary Cederstrom, 1B -
Adrian Johnson, 2B -
Alan Porter, 3B -
Mark Lollo
Attendance:
39638
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Ivan Rodriguez hit a go-ahead RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning and the Washington Nationals earned a split of a day-night doubleheader with a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.
Ryan Zimmerman and Wilson Ramos each had RBIs for Washington, which improved to 2-4 under interim manager Davey Johnson, after losing the first game 5-3.
Pittsburgh, meanwhile, fell to 0-8 when trying to move three games over .500. The Pirates (42-41) are still off to their best start since 1999.
The Nationals tied the game at 3 in the eighth when Brian Bixler stole third and scored after catcher Eric Fryer’s errant throw sailed down the third base line. Rodriguez then lined an 0-2 pitch from Tony Watson (0-1) into right field, scoring Rick Ankiel.
Drew Storen pitched the ninth for his 20th save in 23 chances after Ryan Mattheus (1-0) threw a scoreless eighth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Pittsburgh |
|
Washington |
|
Brad Lincoln
|
Player |
John Lannan
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
1 |
|
4 |
Hits |
6 |
|
3.00 |
ERA |
3.86 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
9 |
0 |
12 |
.265 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Washington
|
5 |
0 |
7 |
.172 |
15 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
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