The
Nats dropped a doubleheader to the Giants yesterday by the scores of 5-1 and 4-1.
Game 1
The
Nats lost to Randy Johnson who earned his 300
th victory of his career.
Pitching:
Jordan
Zimmermann was outstanding in the lost as pitched 6 innings and gave up only up two runs. He also struck out seven batters
Ron
Villone and Mike
McDougal were excellent as they pitched the 7
th and 8
th inning
respectively without giving up a run. Joel
Hanrahan was terrible as he gave up 3 runs without recording an out in the 9
th. Joe
Beimel was able to close out the 9
th without giving up a run.
Batting:
The
Nats had only one run with five different
Nats getting hits. Nick Johnson had the only RBI of the game.
Box score:
http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_06_04_sfnmlb_wasmlb_1Game 2
The
Nats lost the second game in a rain
shortern game to the Giant, 4-1.
Pitching:
Ross
Detwiler gave up 4 runs in 5 and 2/3 innings in a game that was called in the 6
th.
Detwiler dropped to 0-2.
Batting:
The
Nats got five different players to get a hit, but they only scored one run. Ryan Zimmerman got the only RBI of the game.
Box score:
http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_06_04_sfnmlb_wasmlb_2Record:
The
Nats drop to 14-38 and continue to be in last place in the
NL East.
Next Game:
The
Nats welcome the New York
Mets tonight to Nationals Park as
Sharion Martis (5-1) takes on the
Mets' Tim
Redding (0-2) at 7:05pm.