Rain delay, Royals can't stop Atilano

By Greg Rosenstein / MLB.com

WASHINGTON -- Not even heavy rain and lightening could stop the Nationals on Tuesday night, as strong pitching from right-hander Luis Atilano carried them to a 4-3 win against the Royals at Nationals Park.

Rain delay, Royals can't stop Atilano....

Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Podsednik, LF 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 .293
Kendall, C 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .256
DeJesus, D, CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .322
Butler, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .325
Guillen, J, RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .272
Callaspo, 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .277
Aviles, M, 2B 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 .323
Texeira, K, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Betemit, PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .471
Betancourt, Y, SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 .272
Lerew, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Hughes, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Getz, 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 .213
Totals 35 3 11 3 1 5 19 .280
a-Singled for Texeira, K in the 9th.
BATTING
2B: Getz (3, Storen, D).
TB: Podsednik; DeJesus, D; Guillen, J 2; Callaspo 2; Aviles, M; Betemit; Betancourt, Y 2; Getz 2.
RBI: Podsednik 3 (31).
2-out RBI: Podsednik 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Betancourt, Y; Kendall 2; Butler.
S: Lerew.
SF: Podsednik.
GIDP: Guillen, J.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.

Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, CF 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .247
Guzman, C, SS-2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .303
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .287
Dunn, A, 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .275
Capps, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Willingham, LF 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 .274
Rodriguez, I, C 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .315
Bernadina, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .285
Kennedy, A, 2B-1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 .240
Atilano, L, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .045
Peralta, Jo, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Gonzalez, Al, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278
Storen, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Clippard, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
b-Desmond, PH-SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
Totals 34 4 11 4 1 3 16 .257
a-Popped out for Peralta, Jo in the 6th. b-Flied out for Clippard in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Willingham 2 (11, Lerew, Lerew), Zimmerman, R (15, Lerew).
HR: Willingham (13, 4th inning off Lerew, 0 on, 0 out), Dunn, A (17, 5th inning off Lerew, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Guzman, C 2; Zimmerman, R 3; Dunn, A 4; Willingham 8; Rodriguez, I; Bernadina; Kennedy, A.
RBI: Zimmerman, R (37), Willingham (41), Morgan (10), Dunn, A (41).
2-out RBI: Zimmerman, R.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kennedy, A; Dunn, A; Guzman, C 2; Bernadina; Zimmerman, R.
SF: Morgan.
Team RISP: 1-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Kennedy, A (9, 2nd base off Lerew/Kendall).

FIELDING
DP: (Guzman, C-Kennedy, A-Dunn, A).

Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lerew(L, 0-1) 5.1 10 4 4 1 2 2 4.76
Hughes, D 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.20
Texeira, K 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.94
Totals 8.0 11 4 4 1 3 2 4.86
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Atilano, L(W, 6-4) 5.1 6 1 1 0 5 0 4.52
Peralta, Jo(H, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Storen, D(H, 5) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.08
Clippard(H, 16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.58
Capps(S, 22) 1.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 3.51
Totals 9.0 11 3 3 1 5 0 4.17
Storen, D pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

Pitches-strikes: Lerew 86-57, Hughes, D 14-10, Texeira, K 20-12, Atilano, L 84-58, Peralta, Jo 4-3, Storen, D 21-13, Clippard 15-10, Capps 20-16.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lerew 9-5, Hughes, D 0-3, Texeira, K 3-1, Atilano, L 6-2, Peralta, Jo 2-0, Storen, D 2-1, Clippard 1-2, Capps 0-3.
Batters faced: Lerew 27, Hughes, D 4, Texeira, K 5, Atilano, L 22, Peralta, Jo 1, Storen, D 5, Clippard 3, Capps 7.
Inherited runners-scored: Hughes, D 1-0, Peralta, Jo 1-0, Clippard 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Brian Runge. 1B: Hunter Wendelstedt. 2B: Mike Winters. 3B: Jerry Layne.
Weather: 93 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, In from LF.
T: 2:45 (:49 delay).
Att: 21,168