Martin's best comes up short against Peavy

By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

WASHINGTON -- Right-hander J.D. Martin pitched his best game of the season, but the Nationals were blanked by the White Sox, 1-0, at Nationals Park on Saturday afternoon.

Martin's best comes up short against Peavy....

Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pierre, LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .248
Vizquel, 3B 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .260
Kotsay, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .204
Jones, An, CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .208
Quentin, RF 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .215
Pierzynski, C 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 .243
Ramirez, A, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 .251
Beckham, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200
Peavy, P 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .143
Totals 34 1 9 1 1 9 15 .245
BATTING
TB: Vizquel 2; Jones, An; Quentin 2; Pierzynski 3; Peavy.
RBI: Quentin (37).
2-out RBI: Quentin.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ramirez, A 2.
GIDP: Pierzynski.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
CS: Kotsay (2, 2nd base by Martin, J/Rodriguez, I).

Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, CF 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .248
Guzman, C, 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .296
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 4 3 .290
Dunn, A, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .284
1-Kennedy, A, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Willingham, LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .264
Rodriguez, I, C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .325
Bernadina, RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274
Desmond, SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .264
Martin, J, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .167
Burnett, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Batista, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
a-Harris, W, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154
Walker, T, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 29 0 3 0 2 7 11 .257
a-Flied out for Batista in the 8th.
1-Ran for Dunn, A in the 9th.
BATTING
TB: Morgan; Guzman, C; Bernadina.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Willingham 3.
S: Guzman, C.
Team RISP: 0-for-5.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Guzman, C (3, 2nd base off Peavy/Pierzynski), Morgan (15, 3rd base off Peavy/Pierzynski).

FIELDING
DP: (Batista-Desmond-Dunn, A).

Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Peavy(W, 6-5) 9.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 5.07
Totals 9.0 3 0 0 2 7 0 4.41
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Martin, J(L, 0-3) 6.0 8 1 1 0 6 0 3.55
Burnett, S 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.74
Batista 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.58
Walker, T 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.57
Totals 9.0 9 1 1 1 9 0 4.20
Burnett, S pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

IBB: Dunn, A (by Peavy).
HBP: Pierre (by Burnett, S).
Pitches-strikes: Peavy 107-71, Martin, J 97-65, Burnett, S 22-9, Batista 9-6, Walker, T 12-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Peavy 10-7, Martin, J 6-5, Burnett, S 0-2, Batista 2-1, Walker, T 0-0.
Batters faced: Peavy 32, Martin, J 25, Burnett, S 5, Batista 3, Walker, T 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Batista 1-0.
Ejections: Washington Nationals Manager Jim Riggleman ejected by HP umpire Sam Holbrook (8th).
Umpires: HP: Sam Holbrook. 1B: Greg Gibson. 2B: Brian Knight. 3B: Gerry Davis.
Weather: 90 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 3 mph, Varies.
T: 2:34.
Att: 36,487