Nats' bats pummel Marlins pitching

By David Villavicencio / MLB.com

MIAMI -- Mother Nature provided more than three hours of rain delays, but the Nationals were able to get enough done early thanks to some quality starting pitching and timely hitting.

John Lannan threw five solid innings and the Nationals' offense pummeled Marlins pitching to push Washington past Florida, 7-2, at Land Shark Stadium on Sunday.

Nats' bats pummel Marlins pitching....

Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Harris, W, LF 2 2 1 0 3 0 0 .230
Desmond, 2B-SS 5 1 2 0 0 2 2 .615
Guzman, C, SS 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 .296
Bergmann, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dunn, A, 1B 3 0 1 0 1 2 3 .282
Clippard, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Gonzalez, Al, PH-2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .258
Dukes, RF 5 0 1 2 0 1 4 .258
Maxwell, CF 4 1 0 0 1 3 4 .204
Orr, 3B 4 2 2 2 1 1 0 .326
Nieves, C 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .255
Lannan, P 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .151
Morse, 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
Totals 37 7 11 6 6 10 20

a-Grounded into a forceout for Clippard in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Orr (2, Martinez, Cr).
HR: Orr (1, 3rd inning off Volstad, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Harris, W; Desmond 2; Guzman, C 3; Dunn, A; Dukes; Orr 6; Nieves.
RBI: Dukes 2 (54), Orr 2 (8), Guzman, C (50), Nieves (26).
2-out RBI: Orr 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Maxwell; Gonzalez, Al.
GIDP: Nieves; Dukes.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Orr (2, throw).
PB: Nieves (4).
DP: (Desmond-Gonzalez, Al-Morse).


Florida AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Coghlan, LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .306
Johnson, N, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .300
Badenhop, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ramirez, H, SS 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 .361
Cantu, 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .282
Uggla, 2B 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .243
Ross, C, RF 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 .273
Paulino, R, C 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .268
Maybin, CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .224
Volstad, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .130
Miller, A, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083
a-Sanchez, G, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .154
Martinez, Cr, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Meyer, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Calero, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Gload, PH-1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .262
Totals 33 2 10 2 2 5 15

a-Grounded into a forceout for Miller, A in the 4th. b-Lined out for Calero in the 7th.

BATTING
TB: Coghlan; Ramirez, H 3; Cantu; Uggla; Ross, C 2; Maybin 2.
RBI: Cantu (86), Ross, C (84).
2-out RBI: Cantu; Ross, C.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ross, C; Sanchez, G.
GIDP: Cantu.
Team RISP: 2-for-5.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Ramirez, H (25, 2nd base off Lannan/Nieves).

FIELDING
E: Uggla (12, throw), Ramirez, H (9, throw).
PB: Paulino, R (2).
DP: 2 (Uggla-Ramirez, H-Johnson, N, Ramirez, H-Uggla-Johnson, N).


Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lannan (W, 9-11) 5.0 6 1 1 1 3 0 4.08
Clippard 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.89
Bergmann 1.0 3 1 0 1 0 0 5.01

Florida IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Volstad (L, 9-12) 3.0 5 5 4 5 2 1 5.17
Miller, A 1.0 2 1 0 1 2 0 4.81
Martinez, Cr 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.82
Meyer 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.10
Calero 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.99
Badenhop 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3.68

Bergmann pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

WP: Volstad, Miller, A.
Pitches-strikes: Lannan 81-50, Clippard 33-22, Bergmann 25-17, Volstad 59-30, Miller, A 25-12, Martinez, Cr 19-12, Meyer 9-5, Calero 20-15, Badenhop 29-26.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lannan 7-5, Clippard 0-4, Bergmann 3-0, Volstad 5-2, Miller, A 0-1, Martinez, Cr 3-0, Meyer 0-0, Calero 1-2, Badenhop 3-0.
Batters faced: Lannan 22, Clippard 7, Bergmann 6, Volstad 18, Miller, A 6, Martinez, Cr 4, Meyer 2, Calero 5, Badenhop 8.
Inherited runners-scored: Calero 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Chad Fairchild. 1B: Bill Welke. 2B: Tim Welke. 3B: Jim Reynolds.
Weather: 89 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 9 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:48 (3:03 delay).
Att: 15,065.
September 13, 2009