| Final - 9.6.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Cubs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Washington Nationals | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 12 | 0 |
The Washington Nationals and Miami Marlins start a three-game series in D.C. tonight. We talked to Michael Jong of of the SB Nation's Marlins site, Fish Stripes, about the upcoming series...
Washington Nationals' right-hander Stephen Strasburg makes his last start of the season in Nationals Park tonight when the Nats take on the Miami Marlins.
There was some extra-curricular excitement in Washington between the Cubs and Nats Friday night.
Federal Baseball and all of the SB Nation site are unveiling their new logos this morning as we prepare for the changes that will come under SB Nation United.
Washington Nationals' manager Davey Johnson was still hot when he got the post game press conference following the brawl-filled finale of the Nats' four-game set with the Chicago Cubs.
The Washington Nationals swept the four-game series with the Chicago Cubs tonight with a 9-2 win in a game which saw two bench and bulpen clearings and one brawl...
It's almost a certainty.
... should beat the Cubs.
The Cubs try to avoid being swept in DC.
Washington Nationals' right-hander Jordan Zimmermann doesn't like pitching on extra rest and both he and Nats' manager Davey Johnson believe that was the problem in his last outing against St. Louis.
The Washington Nationals hit six home runs last night. That's six per game in back-to-back games against the Chicago Cubs, and Bryce Harper's two in the win put in ever-more elite company in baseball history.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chi. Cubs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Washington | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| Chicago Cubs | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David DeJesus, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .265 |
| Joe Mather, ph,9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .201 |
| Luis Valbuena, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .226 |
| Josh Vitters, ph,5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .075 |
| Anthony Rizzo, 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .298 |
| Alfonso Soriano, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .257 |
| Starlin Castro, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| Steve Clevenger, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .215 |
| Welington Castillo, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
| Brett Jackson, CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .187 |
| Darwin Barney, 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| Justin Germano, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .083 |
| Tony Campana, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 |
| Lendy Castillo, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Beliveau, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Bryan LaHair, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .255 |
| Miguel Socolovich, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Michael Bowden, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Germano (L, 2-6) | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6.95 | 0 | 80-47 |
| Lendy Castillo | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10.22 | 0 | 37-21 |
| Jeff Beliveau | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 11-6 |
| Miguel Socolovich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 24-16 |
| Michael Bowden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.38 | 0 | 23-11 |
| Washington Nationals | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayson Werth, RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .318 |
| Bryce Harper, CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .260 |
| Ryan Zimmerman, 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .284 |
| Adam LaRoche, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .270 |
| Chad Tracy, 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .282 |
| Michael Morse, LF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .288 |
| Eury Perez, pr,7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ian Desmond, SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .288 |
| Danny Espinosa, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .258 |
| Kurt Suzuki, C | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
| Jordan Zimmermann, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .184 |
| Steve Lombardozzi, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 |
| Tom Gorzelanny, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Christian Garcia, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | |
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Zimmermann (W, 10-8) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2.99 | 1 | 96-68 |
| Tom Gorzelanny | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.16 | 0 | 9-6 |
| Christian Garcia | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 14-10 |
