The Nats won their 4th straight game which is their longest winning streak of the year on a Willie Harris homer in the 12th inning to beat the Blue Jays, 5-3. The team has a 4-4 record against the tough AL East.
Pitching:
Ross Detwiler had one of his best outing of the year by pitching 7 innings and giving up only one run. Kip Wells picked his 5th hold of the year in his 2/3 of an inning. Joel Hanrahan had a rough outing by blowing his 5th save of the year in his 1/3 of an inning. Mike MacDougal was outstanding in his 2 innings of work by giving up no runs. Jesus Colome injured his leg in his 1/3 of an inning. Julian Tavarez finished the game and earned his 3rd victory of the year.
Batting:
The Nats collected 11 hits and scored five runs in the win. Alberto Gonzalez led the way with three hits. Nick Johnson, Cristen Guzman and Harris all added two hits apiece. Harris had two RBI on his game winning homerun.
Box score:
http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_06_20_tormlb_wasmlb_1
Record:
The Nats improve to 20-46 and continue to be in last place of the NL East.
Next Game:
The Nats play the Blue Jays at Nationals Stadium tomorrow on Father’s Day as Sharion Martis takes on the Blue Jays’ Ricky Romero at 1:35pm.
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