Nats end a five game skid as the they top the Brew Crew, 8-3.

Nats 8 Brewers 3

The Nats ended their five game losing streak by beating the Brewers by a score of 8 to 3. The starting pitching and offense was on its game to produce a win!


Pitching:

Starter Craig Stammen pitched 6.1 innings while only giving up 3 runs. The bullpen of Sean Burnett and Tyler Clippard gave up no runs in their 2.2 innings of work.

Batting:

The Nats collected 10 hits, and scored 8 runs. The Nats were led by Cristen Guzman, Ryan Zimmerman, Adam Dunn and Ronnie Belliard who each had two hits a piece. Guzman, Zimmerman and Dunn all had homers in the game. Zimmerman also had 3 RBI.

Box score:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_08_23_milmlb_wasmlb_1


Record:

The Nats improved to 44-80 and continue to be in last place of the NL East.

Next Game:

The Nats next game is today in NatsTown against the Brewers as Collin Balester takes on the Brewers’Yovani Gallardo at 4:35pm.