Nats strand win on the bases in Florida

By Faran Fagen / Special to MLB.com

MIAMI -- The Marlins mustered only four hits off Nationals starter Livan Hernandez, but made them count.

Ronny Paulino's two-RBI single in the second inning led Florida -- behind another strong performance by Josh Johnson -- to a 2-0 victory on Saturday night in front of 23,005 at Sun Life Stadium.

Nats strand win on the bases in Florida....

Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, CF 5 0 2 0 0 2 2 .254
Bernadina, RF 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 .286
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 6 .293
Dunn, A, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 3 6 .291
Willingham, LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .277
Rodriguez, I, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .287
Kennedy, A, 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .242
Desmond, SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .254
Hernandez, L, P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .129
a-Harris, W, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .179
Clippard, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
b-Guzman, C, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .296
Totals 37 0 11 0 0 10 21 .259
a-Flied out for Hernandez, L in the 7th. b-Singled for Clippard in the 9th.
BATTING
TB: Morgan 2; Bernadina 3; Zimmerman, R; Dunn, A; Kennedy, A; Desmond; Hernandez, L; Guzman, C.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Willingham; Dunn, A 2; Zimmerman, R.
GIDP: Rodriguez, I.
Team RISP: 0-for-9.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Kennedy, A (10, 2nd base off Johnson, J/Paulino, R).

FIELDING
E: Desmond (22, fielding).
DP: (Kennedy, A-Desmond-Dunn, A).

Florida AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Coghlan, LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .263
Bonifacio, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
Sanchez, G, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .298
Nunez, L, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ramirez, H, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .298
Uggla, 2B 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .283
Cantu, 3B-1B 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .261
Ross, C, CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .279
Stanton, RF 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .223
Paulino, R, C 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 .282
Johnson, J, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125
Veras, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Lamb, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .184
Hensley, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Helms, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243
Totals 28 2 4 2 2 7 8 .259
a-Struck out for Veras, J in the 7th.
BATTING
2B: Cantu (24, Hernandez, L).
TB: Sanchez, G; Cantu 3; Paulino, R.
RBI: Paulino, R 2 (32).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Uggla; Ross, C.
GIDP: Johnson, J.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
E: Uggla (10, fielding).
DP: (Cantu-Uggla-Sanchez, G).

Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hernandez, L(L, 6-6) 6.0 4 2 1 2 6 0 3.27
Clippard 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.19
Totals 8.0 4 2 1 2 7 0 4.17
Florida IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Johnson, J(W, 10-3) 6.0 7 0 0 0 7 0 1.62
Veras, J(H, 5) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4.60
Hensley(H, 13) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.33
Nunez, L(S, 21) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.87
Totals 9.0 11 0 0 0 10 0 3.99
Pitches-strikes: Hernandez, L 95-64, Clippard 23-16, Johnson, J 109-72, Veras, J 21-12, Hensley 7-5, Nunez, L 13-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hernandez, L 4-7, Clippard 1-3, Johnson, J 5-4, Veras, J 1-1, Hensley 2-1, Nunez, L 1-0.
Batters faced: Hernandez, L 24, Clippard 6, Johnson, J 25, Veras, J 5, Hensley 3, Nunez, L 4.
Umpires: HP: Paul Nauert. 1B: Dan Bellino. 2B: Tony Randazzo. 3B: Brian Gorman.
Weather: 87 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, In from RF.
T: 2:33.
Att: 23,005