Washington 3, Cincinnati 2
When: 1:05 PM ET, Thursday, April 12, 2012
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature:
56°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Everitt, 1B -
Paul Schrieber, 2B -
Tim Welke, 3B -
Lazaro Diaz
Attendance:
40907
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Nationals 3, Reds 2 (10): Ryan Zimmerman scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th as host Washington escaped and kept its hot start going.
Gio Gonzalez dominated through seven innings and Adam LaRoche drove in a pair for the Nationals, who improved to 5-2.
Washington was cruising toward the shutout until the ninth, when Brad Lidge issued a one-out walk to Joey Votto and served up a double to Scott Rolen. Jay Bruce was walked intentionally to load the bases and Ryan Ludwick finally got the Reds on the board, sending a single into left to plate a pair and knot it at 2-2.
Cincinnati ran into its own relief problems in the 10th, as Alfredo Simon (0-1) came on and hit Zimmerman with a pitch. Jayson Werth singled and both runners moved up on a groundout before Simon unleashed a wild pitch, bringing Zimmerman home.
Craig Stammen (1-0) got credit for the win.
Gonzalez was lit up for four runs and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings in his first start last week but was a different pitcher on Thursday. The left-hander, who was acquired from the Oakland Athletics in the offseason, struck out seven and did not walk a batter while recording 11 groundouts.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cincinnati is batting .221 through seven games. … Reds 2B Brandon Phillips, who signed a six-year, $72.5 million contract on Tuesday, has missed the past three games with a left hamstring injury. … LaRoche has four multi-RBI games already.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Cincinnati |
|
Washington |
|
Mat Latos
|
Player |
Gio Gonzalez
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
5.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
7 |
|
5 |
Hits |
2 |
|
3.60 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cincinnati
|
5 |
0 |
9 |
.139 |
11 |
12 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Washington
|
9 |
0 |
10 |
.243 |
18 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
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