Washington 5, Minnesota 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Sunday, June 9, 2013
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature:
81°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike Everitt, 1B -
Scott Barry, 2B -
Tim Welke, 3B -
David Rackley
Attendance:
27949
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Nationals 5, Twins 4 (Game 2): Ian Desmond’s seventh-inning double scored the go-ahead run as host Washington finished a doubleheader sweep of Minnesota.
Washington trailed 4-1 before rallying, capped by Desmond’s double that scored Adam LaRoche and snapped a 4-4 tie. Tyler Clippard (5-1) earned the victory with a scoreless seventh and Rafael Soriano pitched the ninth for his 16th save.
Anthony Swarzak (1-2) gave up two runs on four hits in 2 1/3 innings in relief of Samuel Deduno, who allowed three runs - two earned - in five innings.
Trailing 1-0, the Twins jumped ahead in the second on Chris Herrmann’s two-run double to right-center, and pushed the advantage to 4-1 on Pedro Florimon’s two-run homer in the third. Herrmann finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs.
Washington’s rally started with Jayson Werth’s run-scoring single in the third, and continued with LaRoche’s fifth-inning sacrifice fly and Denard Span’s sixth-inning triple, scoring Anthony Rendon to tie the game. Werth and Roger Bernadina each finished with two hits for Washington.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Nationals had scored just 14 runs in their previous seven games entering Sunday, but plated 12 runs in the doubleheader. … Herrmann, who went 1-for-18 in seven games with Minnesota last season, is hitting .500 (6-for-12). … Sunday night’s game, which was a makeup of Friday's rainout, was delayed by rain for 12 minutes in the bottom of the fifth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Minnesota |
|
Washington |
|
Samuel Deduno
|
Player |
Nathan Karns
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
5.0 |
IP |
3.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
6 |
Hits |
5 |
|
3.60 |
ERA |
12.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Minnesota
|
8 |
1 |
15 |
.235 |
17 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
| Washington
|
10 |
0 |
14 |
.312 |
22 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
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