San Francisco 4, Washington 3
When: 4:05 PM ET, Thursday, August 15, 2013
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature:
76°
Umpires:
Home -
Jim Joyce, 1B -
Jeff Nelson, 2B -
Jim Wolf, 3B -
Mike Estabrook
Attendance:
36719
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Giants 4, Nationals 3: Hector Sanchez delivered a pinch-hit three-run homer in the ninth as visiting San Francisco came from behind to stun Washington.
Rafael Soriano (2-3) was trying to lock down his third save of the series but surrendered a leadoff single to Buster Posey before retiring the next two batters. Roger Kieschnick drew a walk in front of Sanchez, who sent a 3-2 fastball out to right to put the Giants on top.
Javier Lopez (2-2) worked 1 2/3 perfect innings to earn the win in relief and Sergio Romo retired the side in the bottom of the ninth for his 29th save. Brandon Belt added a solo home run for San Francisco, which snapped a three-game slide.
Ian Desmond drove in a pair of runs and scored in a three-run third inning while Dan Haren allowed a run on three hits over six frames as the Nationals had a five-game winning streak come to an end.
Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong was reached for three runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings but five relievers combined to allow two hits while striking out five the rest of the way. Belt broke up the shutout in the sixth with an opposite-field drive into the bullpen in left-center.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Nationals are 9 1/2 games behind the Cincinnati Reds for the second National League wild-card spot and 14 1/2 games behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL East. … Giants RHP Sandy Rosario was hit with a comebacker in the chest by Adam LaRoche in the seventh inning and left the game. … Washington will try to cut into its huge deficit in the East when it starts a three-game series at Atlanta on Friday. San Francisco continues its road trip at Miami.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| San Francisco |
|
Washington |
|
Ryan Vogelsong
|
Player |
Dan Haren
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
3.2 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
6 |
Hits |
3 |
|
7.36 |
ERA |
1.50 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| San Francisco
|
6 |
2 |
12 |
.182 |
12 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Washington
|
8 |
0 |
11 |
.235 |
21 |
8 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
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