Lannan hurls first career shutout over Mets

By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

WASHINGTON -- Call John Lannan the stopper. On Tuesday night, he helped the Nationals break their six-game losing streak by pitching a complete-game shutout in a 4-0 victory over the Mets at Nationals Park.

Lannan joins Pedro Astacio (Aug. 15, 2006) and John Patterson (Aug. 4, 2005) as the only Nationals hurlers to hold opponents scoreless in a complete-game win.

Lannan hurls first career shutout over Mets....


NY Mets AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pagan, CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .316
Castillo, L, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .290
Wright, D, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .317
Francoeur, RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .261
Tatis, LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .240
Murphy, Dn, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .243
Santos, O, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .253
Cora, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
Perez, O, P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Stokes, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Berroa, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .115
Parnell, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 0 7 0 0 1 8

a-Struck out for Stokes in the 8th.

BATTING
TB: Pagan; Castillo, L; Wright, D; Francoeur 2; Murphy, Dn; Perez, O.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Wright, D.
GIDP: Castillo, L; Tatis.
Team RISP: 0-for-1.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
PB: Santos, O (2).
Pickoffs: Perez, O (Morgan at 1st base).


Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, CF 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 .288
Guzman, C, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .293
Zimmerman, R, 3B 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 .283
Dunn, A, 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .268
Johnson, N, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305
Willingham, LF 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .283
Harris, W, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
Kearns, RF 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .198
Gonzalez, Al, 2B 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .308
Nieves, C 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 .271
Lannan, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .118
Totals 24 4 4 4 6 4 11

BATTING
TB: Zimmerman, R; Dunn, A 2; Nieves.
RBI: Gonzalez, Al (16), Nieves (14), Dunn, A (65), Willingham (27).
2-out RBI: Nieves.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lannan; Morgan.
S: Lannan.
SF: Gonzalez, Al; Willingham.
Team RISP: 2-for-5.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Morgan (29, 2nd base off Perez, O/Santos, O).
CS: Morgan (13, 2nd base by Perez, O/Santos, O).
PO: Morgan (1st base by Perez, O).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Gonzalez, Al-Guzman, C-Dunn, A, Gonzalez, Al-Dunn, A).


NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Perez, O (L, 2-3) 6.0 4 4 4 6 4 0 7.68
Stokes 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.66
Parnell 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.14

Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lannan (W, 7-7) 9.0 7 0 0 0 1 0 3.38

HBP: Morgan (by Perez, O).
Pitches-strikes: Perez, O 103-57, Stokes 8-6, Parnell 15-9, Lannan 106-80.
Groundouts-flyouts: Perez, O 7-6, Stokes 2-1, Parnell 1-2, Lannan 17-9.
Batters faced: Perez, O 28, Stokes 3, Parnell 3, Lannan 32.
Umpires: HP: Doug Eddings. 1B: Dana DeMuth. 2B: Brian Knight. 3B: Hunter Wendelstedt.
Weather: 81 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 3 mph, In from RF.
T: 2:09.
Att: 23,414.
July 21, 2009