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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Baltimore 2, Washington 1
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, June 22, 2012
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature: 76°
Umpires: Home - Brian O'Nora, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - David Rackley, 3B - Alfonso Marquez
Attendance: 45891

Orioles 2, Nationals 1: Jason Hammel matched his career-high with 10 strikeouts and J.J. Hardy delivered the tiebreaking double as host Baltimore edged Washington.

Hammel (8-2) allowed an unearned run and five hits and didn’t walk anyone in his second consecutive strong effort. The right-hander threw a complete-game one-hitter against the Atlanta Braves in his last outing.

Hardy lined a double into left-center field off Jordan Zimmermann (3-6) in the fifth to score Nick Johnson as Hammel improved to 5-0 in seven career starts against the Nationals.

Orioles reliever Jim Johnson pitched the ninth for his 21st save in 22 opportunities. Johnson walked Ian Desmond with two outs and then snared a liner from Danny Espinosa to end it.

Mark Reynolds hit a two-out homer to left in the second to give Baltimore a 1-0 lead.

Washington tied the contest with an unearned run in the fifth. Desmond singled and then attempted to go from first to third on a groundout. Reynolds made a wild throw to third and Desmond continued around to score.

Zimmermann allowed two runs and eight hits in seven innings.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Orioles had eight hits after recording six or fewer in six consecutive contests … Desmond had two hits to extend his hitting streak to eight games … Baltimore OF Nolan Reimold will undergo season-ending neck surgery Monday to repair a herniated disk … The Nationals are just 1-3 against the Orioles this season.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Washington   Baltimore
Jordan Zimmermann Player Jason Hammel
Loss W/L Win
7.0 IP 8.0
2 Strikeouts 10
8 Hits 5
2.57 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Washington   Baltimore
Ian DesmondPlayer Brian Roberts
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Washington 5 0 6 .152 12 10 0 1 0 0
Baltimore 8 1 13 .276 14 2 2 1 0 2