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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Get it Done by Dunn! Nats beat O's,8-5

The Nats came back twice on the Orioles by Adam Dunn's two homers today. Dunn hit his first homer when the Nats were down 3-2 and took a 4-3 lead in the 6th. He hit a grand slam in the 7th as the Nats were down 5-4 and then took a commanding 8-5 lead.

Starter Sharion Martis had a effective start by giving up 5 runs in 6 plus innings. Ron Villone, Joe Beimel and Joel Hanrahan each pitched an inning to finish off the game for the Nats. Villone got his second victory while Beimel picked up his 7th hold and Hanrahan earn his 5th save.

The offense had life once again with 12hits and 8 runs. The Nats' offense was led by Dunn's two homers and 6 RBI. Also, Willie Harris, Austin Kearns and Wil Nieves all added two hits apiece.

Today's box score is the following:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_05_24_balmlb_wasmlb_1

The Nats improve to 13-30 and stay in last place of the NL East.

The Nats next game is tomorrow at Citi Field in New York as the Nats take on the Mets. John Lannan takes on the Mets' Jon Maine at 7:10pm.

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