Zimmerman, Nationals cruise to victory

By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

NATIONALS 9, BRAVES 3
at Viera, Fla.
Sunday, March 28

Zimmerman, Nationals cruise to victory....


Atlanta AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
McLouth, CF 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 .128
Young, CF 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .250
Prado, 2B 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 .378
Conrad, 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .238
Jones, C, 3B 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .344
1-Hicks, PR-3B-SS 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .206
Diaz, M, LF 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 .320
Milligan, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Clevlen, RF 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 .167
Infante, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .388
Gonzalez, Ju, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Hinske, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .382
Freeman, 1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .387
Sammons, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .176
Thurston, DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
Totals 36 3 10 3 1 7 17


1-Ran for Jones, C in the 5th.

BATTING
TB: McLouth; Prado 2; Conrad; Jones, C; Diaz, M 2; Clevlen 2; Freeman.
RBI: Jones, C 2 (9), Freeman (7).
2-out RBI: Freeman.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Infante; Diaz, M; Sammons 2.
SF: Jones, C 2.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: McLouth (2, 2nd base off Olsen/Nieves).

FIELDING
E: Clevlen (1, throw), Gonzalez, Ju (1, fielding).
DP: 2 (Prado-Infante-Hinske, Conrad-Hicks-Freeman).


Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, CF 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 .267
1-Daniel, PR-CF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200
Desmond, SS 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 .298
Gonzalez, Al, SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .378
Zimmerman, R, 3B 3 1 1 4 0 1 4 .396
Bruntlett, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211
Dunn, A, 1B 4 0 1 3 0 2 0 .171
Morse, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Willingham, DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333
Kennedy, A, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .280
Bynum, S, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bernadina, LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .273
a-Guzman, C, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
Lowrance, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Nieves, C 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 .220
Ivany, C 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Taveras, RF 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .289
Totals 36 9 13 9 2 6 13

a-Grounded out for Bernadina in the 7th.
1-Ran for Morgan in the 6th.

BATTING
HR: Zimmerman, R (6, 1st inning off Proctor, 2 on, 0 out).
TB: Morgan 3; Daniel; Desmond 2; Zimmerman, R 4; Dunn, A; Willingham; Kennedy, A; Bernadina; Taveras 2.
RBI: Zimmerman, R 4 (12), Desmond 2 (14), Dunn, A 3 (7).
2-out RBI: Dunn, A 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Willingham 2.
GIDP: Nieves; Desmond.
Team RISP: 5-for-9.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Desmond (5, 2nd base off Gomez, Ma/Sammons), Morgan (5, 3rd base off Gomez, Ma/Sammons).

FIELDING
E: Dunn, A (3, fielding).


Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Proctor (L, 0-1) 1.0 2 3 3 1 1 1 11.25
Chavez, J 1.0 5 3 3 0 2 0 18.00
Gomez, Ma 2.0 4 3 3 1 0 0 5.87
Cordier 4.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0.00

Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Olsen (W, 1-2) 5.1 7 2 1 0 4 0 6.75
Burnett, S 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50
Capps 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.20
Atilano, L 2.0 3 1 1 1 1 0 7.11

WP: Burnett, S.
Groundouts-flyouts: Proctor 1-1, Chavez, J 1-0, Gomez, Ma 4-2, Cordier 4-4, Olsen 6-5, Burnett, S 0-2, Capps 0-1, Atilano, L 2-3.
Batters faced: Proctor 6, Chavez, J 8, Gomez, Ma 10, Cordier 14, Olsen 24, Burnett, S 2, Capps 3, Atilano, L 10.
Inherited runners-scored: Burnett, S 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Gary Cederstrom. 1B: Paul Nauert. 2B: . 3B: Ed Hickox.
Weather: 77 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 18 mph, In from LF.
T: 2:35.
Att: 5,788.
March 28, 2010