Nats earn first sweep in Livan's solid start

By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

WASHINGTON -- Right-hander Livan Hernandez was solid on the mound as the Nationals defeated the Pirates, 4-2, and swept the three-game series. It was the first series sweep of the season for Washington.

Nats earn first sweep in Livan's solid start....

Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Tabata, LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .375
Walker, N, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .322
McCutchen, A, CF 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .302
Jones, G, RF 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .261
Doumit, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .275
Crosby, SS 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .232
b-Young, De, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .239
LaRoche, An, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .240
c-Iwamura, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180
Jaramillo, J, C 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .196
Duke, P 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .100
Meek, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Milledge, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .254
Hanrahan, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Donnelly, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-Church, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .198
Totals 32 2 8 2 2 6 12 .238
a-Flied out for Meek in the 7th. b-Struck out for Crosby in the 9th. c-Flied out for LaRoche, An in the 9th. d-Struck out for Donnelly in the 9th.
BATTING
2B: Jaramillo, J (2, Hernandez, L), Duke (2, Hernandez, L), Tabata (1, Hernandez, L).
TB: Tabata 2; Walker, N; McCutchen, A; Jones, G; LaRoche, An; Jaramillo, J 3; Duke 2.
RBI: Tabata (1), McCutchen, A (18).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Walker, N; Crosby; Tabata.
S: Duke.
SF: McCutchen, A.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: LaRoche, An (1, 2nd base off Burnett, S/Rodriguez, I).
CS: McCutchen, A (5, 2nd base by Hernandez, L/Rodriguez, I).

FIELDING
E: LaRoche, An (10, throw).
DP: (Walker, N-Crosby).

Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Guzman, C, 2B 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 .301
Desmond, SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .272
Dunn, A, 1B 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 .284
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .315
Willingham, LF 4 1 1 1 0 2 2 .283
Rodriguez, I, C 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .331
Morse, RF 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 .417
Clippard, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Bernadina, CF-RF 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 .273
Hernandez, L, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .136
a-Gonzalez, Al, PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
b-Harris, W, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .176
Burnett, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Morgan, PH-CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .253
Totals 32 4 10 3 4 6 16 .263
a-Batted for Hernandez, L in the 6th. b-Hit into a double play for Gonzalez, Al in the 6th. c-Flied out for Burnett, S in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Desmond (11, Hanrahan).
HR: Dunn, A (13, 4th inning off Duke, 0 on, 1 out), Willingham (12, 4th inning off Duke, 0 on, 2 out), Morse (1, 8th inning off Donnelly, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Desmond 2; Dunn, A 5; Zimmerman, R; Willingham 4; Rodriguez, I; Morse 6; Bernadina.
RBI: Dunn, A (33), Willingham (39), Morse (3).
2-out RBI: Willingham.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Guzman, C 3; Hernandez, L 2; Willingham 2.
S: Hernandez, L.
Team RISP: 2-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.

Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Duke(L, 3-7) 5.0 8 3 2 3 3 2 5.30
Meek 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.76
Hanrahan 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5.26
Donnelly 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 5.79
Totals 8.0 10 4 3 4 6 3 5.27
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hernandez, L(W, 5-3) 6.0 5 2 2 2 3 0 2.28
Burnett, S(H, 8) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.15
Clippard(S, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.54
Totals 9.0 8 2 2 2 6 0 4.09
Duke pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.

Balk: Duke, Donnelly.
Pitches-strikes: Duke 98-59, Meek 6-5, Hanrahan 15-10, Donnelly 15-9, Hernandez, L 98-58, Burnett, S 35-20, Clippard 20-14.
Groundouts-flyouts: Duke 8-4, Meek 1-0, Hanrahan 0-1, Donnelly 1-1, Hernandez, L 5-9, Burnett, S 1-4, Clippard 0-1.
Batters faced: Duke 26, Meek 2, Hanrahan 4, Donnelly 5, Hernandez, L 24, Burnett, S 8, Clippard 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Meek 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Lance Barksdale. 1B: Ed Rapuano. 2B: Tom Hallion. 3B: Ron Kulpa.
Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, L to R.
T: 2:52.
Att: 21,767