Strasburg wins fourth with Willingham's help

By Steve Dorsey / Special to MLB.com

MIAMI -- Stephen Strasburg survived a shaky first two innings and former Marlin Josh Willingham delivered the game's big hit against his former team to stake the Nationals to a 4-0 win Friday night against Florida.

Strasburg wins fourth with Willingham's help....

Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .252
Guzman, C, 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .294
Storen, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Capps, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .294
Dunn, A, 1B 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .291
Kennedy, A, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
Willingham, LF 4 1 1 3 0 2 3 .281
Rodriguez, I, C 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 .292
Bernadina, RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276
Desmond, SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .255
Strasburg, P 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .071
a-Gonzalez, Al, PH-2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .299
Totals 33 4 8 4 1 9 9 .259
a-Doubled for Strasburg in the 7th.
BATTING
2B: Willingham (14, Nolasco), Gonzalez, Al (5, Sanches).
TB: Morgan; Guzman, C; Zimmerman, R; Dunn, A 2; Willingham 2; Desmond; Gonzalez, Al 2.
RBI: Willingham 3 (49), Rodriguez, I (28).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Willingham; Guzman, C.
SF: Rodriguez, I.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Morgan (21, 3rd base off Nolasco/Paulino, R).
CS: Desmond (3, 2nd base by Nolasco/Paulino, R).

Florida AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Coghlan, LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .265
Sanchez, G, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .299
Ramirez, H, SS 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 .302
Uggla, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 .285
Cantu, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .257
Ross, C, CF 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .281
Stanton, RF 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .225
Paulino, R, C 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .282
Nolasco, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .121
Sanches, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tankersley, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Marinez, JC, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Lamb, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189
Badenhop, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 29 0 4 0 5 8 12 .260
a-Flied out for Marinez, JC in the 7th.
BATTING
TB: Ramirez, H; Uggla; Ross, C; Paulino, R.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cantu; Coghlan 2; Ross, C.
S: Nolasco.
Team RISP: 0-for-4.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
CS: Ramirez, H (6, 2nd base by Strasburg/Rodriguez, I).

FIELDING
DP: (Paulino, R-Ramirez, H).

Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Strasburg(W, 4-2) 6.0 4 0 0 3 7 0 2.03
Storen, D 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.28
Capps 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.10
Totals 9.0 4 0 0 5 8 0 4.20
Florida IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Nolasco(L, 9-7) 5.1 7 4 4 1 8 0 4.66
Sanches 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.00
Tankersley 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38
Marinez, JC 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Badenhop 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.26
Totals 9.0 8 4 4 1 9 0 4.04
WP: Strasburg.
Pitches-strikes: Strasburg 99-63, Storen, D 23-13, Capps 16-9, Nolasco 93-61, Sanches 22-17, Tankersley 5-3, Marinez, JC 2-1, Badenhop 15-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Strasburg 7-3, Storen, D 1-3, Capps 1-2, Nolasco 4-3, Sanches 1-1, Tankersley 0-1, Marinez, JC 0-1, Badenhop 3-2.
Batters faced: Strasburg 24, Storen, D 7, Capps 4, Nolasco 23, Sanches 4, Tankersley 1, Marinez, JC 1, Badenhop 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Sanches 1-1, Tankersley 1-0, Marinez, JC 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Brian Gorman. 1B: Paul Nauert. 2B: Dan Bellino. 3B: Tony Randazzo.
Weather: 85 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, In from CF.
T: 2:52.
Att: 27,037