Washington 9, San Francisco 3
When: 6:35 PM ET, Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature:
94°
Umpires:
Home -
Scott Barry, 1B -
Jerry Meals, 2B -
Gary Darling, 3B -
Paul Emmel
Attendance:
36985
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Nationals 9, Giants 3: Ian Desmond belted a two-run homer and Jordan Zimmermann tossed six solid innings as host Washington roughed up Tim Lincecum to emerge victorious in a battle of division leaders.
Rookie Bryce Harper, Adam LaRoche, Danny Espinosa and Zimmermann ripped RBI doubles for the NL East-leading Nationals, who have won five of their last seven games.
After ending a career-worst 10-start winless streak in his last outing, Lincecum (3-9) was brutalized right from the start. The two-time National League Cy Young Award winner yielded a season-high eight runs on nine hits in 3 1/3 innings.
Desmond provided the big blow against Lincecum in the third inning after depositing a slider over the wall in left field. The blast was Desmond's career-high 14th homer of the season - the most by a Nationals/Montreal Expos shortstop prior to the All-Star break. Orlando Cabrera had 13 during the 2003 season.
Staked to an offensive explosion, Zimmermann (5-6) breezed to his first home victory of the season. He allowed two runs and struck out seven in six innings before exiting after a rain delay.
Gregor Blanco had a two-run single in the fifth inning for the NL West-leading Giants, who fell for just the fourth time in 11 outings.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Zimmermann has tossed at least six innings in all 16 of his starts this season. ... The Nationals reinstated Henry Rodriguez and placed fellow right-hander Chien-Ming Wang on the 15-day disabled list. ... Lincecum's ERA climbed to 6.08.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| San Francisco
|
10 |
0 |
12 |
.278 |
22 |
11 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Washington
|
13 |
1 |
22 |
.351 |
13 |
6 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
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