April 21, 2012: Nationals 4 Marlins 1

The Nationals make it 8 satraight wins with a 4-1 win over the Marlins. The Nats gave both Ryan Zimmerman and Adam Laroche the day off, but still came through with 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th thanks to a Jayson Werth double, a Rick Ankiel RBI single and a 2-run home run from Xavier Nady. Werth knocked in one more in the 8th with a single following singles from Danny Espinosa and Mark Derosa. Derosa, Werth and Nady each had 2 hits. Stephen Strasburg went 7 and earned the win, while Tyler Clippard pitched the final 2 innings for the save. Three different pitchers have earned saves in the last 3 wins.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2012 Miami Marlins At 2012 Washington Nationals           4/21/2012
 
  Marlins            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Reyes SS          4  0  0  0 .175     I.Desmond SS        4  0  1  0 .303  
  E.Bonifacio 2B      4  0  0  0 .214     D.Espinosa 2B       4  1  1  0 .175  
  H.Ramirez 3B        4  0  1  0 .281     M.Derosa 3B         4  0  2  0 .200  
  L.Morrison LF       2  1  2  0 .179     C.Tracy 1B          4  0  0  0 .200  
  G.Sanchez 1B        4  0  1  0 .298     J.Werth RF          4  1  2  1 .328  
  G.Dobbs RF          3  0  2  1 .500     R.Ankiel CF         4  1  1  1 .357  
  R.Webb P            0  0  0  0 ----     X.Nady LF           3  1  2  2 .148  
  E.Mujica P          0  0  0  0 ----     W.Ramos C           3  0  0  0 .435  
  J.Buck C            3  0  0  0 .205     S.Strasburg P       2  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Coghlan CF        3  0  1  0 .118   B-S.Lombardozzi PH    1  0  0  0 .455  
  A.Sanchez P         1  0  0  0 .250     T.Clippard P        0  0  0  0 ----  
A-A.Kearns RF         1  0  0  0 .294                                          
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         Totals      29  1  7  1                 Totals      33  4  9  4
 
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Sanchez In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Strasburg In 7th Inning
 
Marlins......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  1  7  0
Nationals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  3 1    -  4  9  0
 
Marlins (4-11)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Sanchez LOSS(1-2)       6 1/3   6   3   3   0   4   1  81   2.95
R.Webb                    1       2   1   1   0   1   0  14   1.35
E.Mujica                  0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   9   9.00
Totals                    8       9   4   4   0   5   1
 
Nationals (13-3)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Strasburg WIN(3-0)      7       6   1   1   1   8   0  97   2.88
T.Clippard SAVE(1st)      2       1   0   0   1   1   0  25   0.00
Totals                    9       7   1   1   2   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,950 DATE- Saturday, April 21st 2012 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tim Timmons, Jeff Kellogg, Eric Cooper, Marty Foster
T- 2:23
LEFT ON BASE- Marlins: 4  Nationals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Marlins: 0  Nationals: 3
DOUBLES- H.Ramirez(4th), L.Morrison(1st), J.Werth(6th)
HOME RUNS- X.Nady(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Sanchez
WALKS- L.Morrison-2
STRIKE OUTS- J.Reyes-2, E.Bonifacio-2, H.Ramirez-3, G.Sanchez, A.Sanchez,
             D.Espinosa, M.Derosa, R.Ankiel, W.Ramos-2
GIDP- G.Sanchez-2, J.Buck
2-out RBI- G.Dobbs, J.Werth
RLISP 2-out- E.Bonifacio, R.Ankiel
 
Xavier Nady connected with a 'big fly' and had 2 RBI as the sizzling
Washington Nationals defeated the Miami Marlins 4 to 1 at Nationals
Park.
 
Stephen Strasburg(3-0) delivered a fine performance for Washington. He went 7
innings and surrended up 6 hits and 1 walk.  Strasburg whiffed an impressive
total of 8 Miami batters improving his ERA from 3.50 to 2.88.  Neither team
was able to score until the 7th inning.  
 
Strasburg got help from Tyler Clippard who earned his 1st save.  Anibal
Sanchez(1-2) was the losing pitcher.  Washington won for the 8th straight
time.

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