Nationals get rare road victory to snap skid

By Guy Curtright / Special to MLB.com

ATLANTA -- Craig Stammen knew that someone was going to have to be sent down to make room for Stephen Strasburg in the Nationals' rotation. He just didn't want it do be him.

Nationals get rare road victory to snap skid....

Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, CF 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 .251
Bernadina, RF 4 1 1 0 1 1 3 .290
Zimmerman, R, 3B 5 0 1 2 0 1 4 .285
Dunn, A, 1B 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 .271
Harris, W, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .155
Willingham, LF 5 2 2 2 0 1 0 .276
Clippard, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Rodriguez, I, C 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 .301
Guzman, C, 2B 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 .295
Gonzalez, Al, SS 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 .292
Stammen, P 3 0 0 1 0 2 6 .240
Burnett, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Kennedy, A, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Totals 37 7 11 7 3 10 21 .255
BATTING
2B: Zimmerman, R (16, Lowe, D).
HR: Willingham (14, 7th inning off Moylan, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Morgan 2; Bernadina; Zimmerman, R 2; Willingham 5; Rodriguez, I; Gonzalez, Al 4.
RBI: Morgan (12), Zimmerman, R 2 (39), Gonzalez, Al (3), Willingham 2 (44), Stammen (5).
2-out RBI: Zimmerman, R 2; Willingham 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dunn, A 2; Stammen; Morgan; Zimmerman, R.
SF: Stammen.
Team RISP: 4-for-14.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Morgan (17, 2nd base off Lowe, D/McCann), Bernadina (7, 2nd base off O'Flaherty/McCann).

Atlanta AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Prado, 2B 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .334
Cabrera, Me, RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 .261
Jones, C, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .252
McCann, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .259
Ross, D, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
Glaus, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264
Hinske, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .294
Escobar, Y, SS 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .246
Blanco, G, CF 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333
Lowe, D, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .130
O'Flaherty, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Moylan, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chavez, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Diaz, M, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .176
Martinez, Cr, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 2 5 2 2 6 8 .260
a-Struck out for Chavez, J in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Prado (24, Stammen), Cabrera, Me (10, Stammen).
3B: Prado (2, Stammen).
TB: Prado 5; Cabrera, Me 2; Blanco, G 2.
RBI: Prado (33), Cabrera, Me (23).
2-out RBI: Prado.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cabrera, Me 3; McCann.
S: Lowe, D.
Team RISP: 2-for-7.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: Blanco, G (1, throw).

Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Stammen(W, 2-2) 7.1 5 2 2 2 4 0 5.13
Burnett, S 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.73
Clippard 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.20
Totals 9.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 4.09
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lowe, D(L, 9-6) 5.2 8 4 4 2 5 0 4.53
O'Flaherty 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 0 2.40
Moylan 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.30
Chavez, J 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5.81
Martinez, Cr 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.06
Totals 9.0 11 7 7 3 10 1 3.79
IBB: Guzman, C (by Lowe, D).
HBP: Guzman, C (by Chavez, J).
Pitches-strikes: Stammen 99-57, Burnett, S 11-8, Clippard 14-9, Lowe, D 105-65, O'Flaherty 19-15, Moylan 12-6, Chavez, J 30-18, Martinez, Cr 14-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Stammen 14-3, Burnett, S 1-0, Clippard 1-1, Lowe, D 8-3, O'Flaherty 1-0, Moylan 1-0, Chavez, J 1-1, Martinez, Cr 0-1.
Batters faced: Stammen 29, Burnett, S 2, Clippard 3, Lowe, D 27, O'Flaherty 4, Moylan 2, Chavez, J 6, Martinez, Cr 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Burnett, S 1-0, O'Flaherty 2-0, Moylan 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Todd Tichenor. 1B: John Hirschbeck. 2B: Wally Bell. 3B: James Hoye.
Weather: 85 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, L to R.
T: 2:59.
Att: 19,045