Strasburg overcomes walks to beat Tribe

By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

CLEVELAND -- It's safe to call right-hander Stephen Strasburg the stopper. He helped the Nationals end a modest two-game losing streak and defeat the Indians, 9-4, in front of 32,976 at Progressive Field on Sunday afternoon.

Strasburg overcomes walks to beat Tribe....

Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Guzman, C, 2B 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 .304
Morgan, CF 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .249
Zimmerman, R, DH 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .306
Dunn, A, 1B 4 3 2 1 1 0 4 .289
Willingham, LF 4 1 1 0 1 2 3 .273
Rodriguez, I, C 5 2 2 2 0 1 2 .338
Morse, RF 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .423
1-Bernadina, PR-RF 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 .282
Desmond, SS 5 1 3 2 0 1 1 .276
Gonzalez, Al, 3B 5 0 1 1 0 1 3 .283
Totals 42 9 16 9 3 7 20 .263

1-Ran for Morse in the 6th.
BATTING
2B: Dunn, A (19, Huff, D), Willingham (8, Huff, D), Rodriguez, I (12, Huff, D), Gonzalez, Al (4, Sipp).
3B: Desmond (3, Herrmann).
HR: Dunn, A (14, 4th inning off Huff, D, 0 on, 0 out), Bernadina (3, 8th inning off Sipp, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Guzman, C 3; Zimmerman, R; Dunn, A 6; Willingham 2; Rodriguez, I 3; Morse; Bernadina 5; Desmond 5; Gonzalez, Al 2.
RBI: Morse (4), Dunn, A (35), Rodriguez, I 2 (19), Desmond 2 (33), Bernadina 2 (18), Gonzalez, Al (2).
2-out RBI: Morse; Rodriguez, I 2; Desmond 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gonzalez, Al 2; Willingham 2; Dunn, A.
GIDP: Rodriguez, I.
Team RISP: 4-for-13.
Team LOB: 9.

Cleveland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Crowe, CF 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 .243
Choo, RF 5 0 1 2 0 2 1 .291
Santana, C, C 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 .273
Hafner, DH 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 .247
Kearns, LF 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .297
a-Duncan, S, PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Branyan, 1B 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 .254
Marte, A, 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .276
Peralta, J, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 .251
b-Donald, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .237
Valbuena, 2B 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .172
Hernandez, A, SS 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .273
Totals 34 4 7 4 6 10 17 .247
a-Flied out for Kearns in the 8th. b-Grounded out for Peralta, J in the 9th.
BATTING
2B: Crowe (4, Storen, D), Marte, A (1, Batista).
HR: Hafner (7, 2nd inning off Strasburg, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Crowe 2; Choo; Santana, C; Hafner 4; Marte, A 2; Valbuena; Hernandez, A.
RBI: Hafner (25), Valbuena (14), Choo 2 (32).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Branyan; Peralta, J 2; Choo; Hafner.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
DP: (Hernandez, A-Valbuena-Branyan).

Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Strasburg(W, 2-0) 5.1 2 1 1 5 8 1 2.19
Storen, D(H, 4) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.54
Slaten 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.54
Batista 0.1 4 3 3 1 0 0 4.76
Clippard 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.51
Totals 9.0 7 4 4 6 10 1 4.13
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Huff, D(L, 2-8) 5.2 6 6 6 3 4 1 5.82
Herrmann 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Perez, R 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.31
Sipp 1.0 5 3 3 0 2 1 7.48
Wood, K 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 8.74
Totals 9.0 16 9 9 3 7 2 4.59
Pitches-strikes: Strasburg 95-52, Storen, D 29-18, Slaten 16-11, Batista 23-13, Clippard 10-6, Huff, D 91-62, Herrmann 5-4, Perez, R 14-8, Sipp 24-18, Wood, K 13-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Strasburg 4-4, Storen, D 1-1, Slaten 1-3, Batista 1-0, Clippard 1-1, Huff, D 4-4, Herrmann 1-0, Perez, R 2-1, Sipp 0-1, Wood, K 2-0.
Batters faced: Strasburg 23, Storen, D 5, Slaten 4, Batista 6, Clippard 2, Huff, D 25, Herrmann 2, Perez, R 5, Sipp 8, Wood, K 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Storen, D 3-0, Slaten 1-0, Clippard 2-0, Herrmann 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Brian O'Nora. 1B: Scott Barry. 2B: Phil Cuzzi. 3B: Jerry Crawford.
Weather: 72 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, In from CF.
T: 3:24.
Att: 32,876