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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 7, Chi. White Sox 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Thursday, April 11, 2013
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 78°
Umpires: Home - Tom Hallion, 1B - Ron Kulpa, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Chris Guccione
Attendance: 24785

Nationals 7, White Sox 4: Dan Haren rebounded from his disastrous Washington debut to pitch five solid innings and Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman each drove in two runs as the Nationals finished a three-game sweep of visiting Chicago.

Denard Span and Jayson Werth each had two hits and scored twice for Washington, which improved to 6-0 at home. Alejandro De Aza and Jeff Keppinger each had two hits and drove in a run for the White Sox.

Things fell apart in the fourth for White Sox starter Dylan Axelrod (0-1), who allowed six runs and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.

After allowing a one-out double to Haren and a two-out single to Werth to put runners at the corners, Axelrod uncorked a wild pitch to score Haren and give Washington a 4-3 lead. Axelrod then intentionally walked Harper, and Zimmerman followed with a two-run double to right to break it open.

Haren (1-1) struck out five and allowed three runs on 10 hits to atone for a debut in which he allowed four home runs against the Reds. Rafael Soriano worked around a two-out single in the ninth for his fifth save.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Chicago RF Alex Rios went 2-for-4 and has hit safely in all nine games this season and 15 straight dating to last year. … The Nationals failed to hit a home run for only the second time in nine games. … Chicago 2B Gordon Beckham is expected to miss six weeks after an MRI on Thursday revealed a broken left hamate bone. Beckham is expected to have surgery on the injured wrist in the next few days.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. White Sox   Washington
Dylan Axelrod Player Dan Haren
Loss W/L Win
3.2 IP 5.0
2 Strikeouts 5
7 Hits 10
14.73 ERA 5.40
Hitting
Chi. White Sox   Washington
Conor Gillaspie Player Bryce Harper
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 2
0 HR 0
3 TB 2
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. White Sox 13 0 18 .325 20 9 4 1 1 1
Washington 10 0 12 .323 12 6 6 6 2 0