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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Nats gets another 8th inning wonder and tops Brewers, 5-3.

The Nationals came back again in the eighth inning and this time they top the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-3. The Nationals got strong starting pitching and timely hitting to even their record to 5-5.

Pitching:

John Lannan was at his best as he pitched 7 innings while giving up only 2 runs. Brian Brueny gave up an unearned run in his one inning of work, and was credited with the win. Sean Burnett did his specialty as he pitched .1 inning of work and Matt Caps pitched .2 of an inning to get his 5th save of the year.

Hitting:

The Nationals scored 5 runs on 10 hits. Josh Willingham, Adam Kennedy and Wil Nieves each had two hits apiece. Willingham hit his 3rd homer of the year. Kennedy and Nieves had big RBI hits in the Nats big 8th inning.

Box Score:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_04_16_milmlb_wasmlb_1

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