Livan unable to keep Pirates at bay in loss

By George Von Benko / Special to MLB.com

PITTSBURGH -- The Pirates roughed up Nationals veteran Livan Hernandez and posted an 8-5 victory over the Nats on Friday night at PNC Park.

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Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Burnett, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Kennedy, A, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252
Desmond, SS 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 .283
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 .300
Dunn, A, 1B 3 0 1 1 1 1 3 .269
Morse, RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 .297
Rodriguez, I, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .264
Maxwell, LF 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 .143
b-Harris, W, PH-LF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .190
Espinosa, 2B 4 1 2 2 0 2 2 .500
Hernandez, L, P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .120
Batista, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
a-Mench, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .133
Clippard, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Bernadina, CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Totals 34 5 8 4 5 11 12 .256
a-Lined out for Batista in the 6th. b-Walked for Maxwell in the 8th. c-Struck out for Burnett, S in the 9th.
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
McCutchen, A, CF 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 .274
Tabata, LF 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .310
Walker, N, 2B 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 .310
Jones, G, 1B 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 .247
Alvarez, 3B 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 .231
Doumit, C 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 .256
Bowker, RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .198
b-Milledge, PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .271
Cedeno, SS 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .251
Duke, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .073
Gallagher, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-LaRoche, An, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .210
Ledezma, W, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Park, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Burres, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Resop, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Young, De, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .247
Hanrahan, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 8 11 8 3 7 8 .240
a-Struck out for Gallagher in the 6th. b-Grounded out for Bowker in the 7th. c-Grounded into a double play for Resop in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Zimmerman, R (28, Duke), Desmond (25, Duke), Espinosa (2, Gallagher).
HR: Espinosa (1, 3rd inning off Duke, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Desmond 3; Zimmerman, R 3; Dunn, A; Maxwell; Espinosa 6.
RBI: Espinosa 2 (3), Dunn, A (89), Maxwell (5).
2-out RBI: Maxwell; Espinosa.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dunn, A 2; Mench; Espinosa.
GIDP: Rodriguez, I 2.
Team RISP: 2-for-7.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
DP: (Zimmerman, R-Espinosa-Dunn, A).

BATTING
2B: Cedeno (25, Hernandez, L), Jones, G 2 (26, Hernandez, L, Hernandez, L), Alvarez (12, Hernandez, L).
HR: Doumit (12, 4th inning off Hernandez, L, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Tabata 2; Walker, N; Jones, G 4; Alvarez 2; Doumit 6; Cedeno 3.
RBI: McCutchen, A (43), Jones, G 3 (77), Doumit 2 (40), Alvarez 2 (39).
2-out RBI: Jones, G 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Alvarez; Milledge.
S: Duke.
SF: McCutchen, A.
GIDP: Young, De.
Team RISP: 4-for-6.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: Alvarez (11, fielding).
PB: Doumit (8).
DP: 2 (Walker, N-Cedeno-Jones, G, Alvarez-Jones, G).

Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hernandez, L(L, 9-10) 4.1 8 8 8 2 4 1 3.81
Batista 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.01
Clippard 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.09
Burnett, S 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.66
Totals 8.0 11 8 8 3 7 1 4.25
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Duke(W, 7-12) 5.0 5 4 4 3 5 1 5.24
Gallagher 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.52
Ledezma, W(H, 3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.20
Park(H, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.36
Burres 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6.31
Resop(H, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 5.14
Hanrahan(S, 3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.68
Totals 9.0 8 5 5 5 11 1 5.18
Duke pitched to 4 batters in the 6th.
Burres pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Pitches-strikes: Hernandez, L 91-50, Batista 10-8, Clippard 20-12, Burnett, S 17-9, Duke 97-59, Gallagher 12-7, Ledezma, W 4-2, Park 7-6, Burres 7-3, Resop 19-11, Hanrahan 19-12.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hernandez, L 3-5, Batista 1-0, Clippard 2-1, Burnett, S 4-0, Duke 8-1, Gallagher 2-0, Ledezma, W 0-1, Park 0-1, Burres 0-0, Resop 0-0, Hanrahan 1-0.
Batters faced: Hernandez, L 23, Batista 3, Clippard 6, Burnett, S 5, Duke 23, Gallagher 4, Ledezma, W 1, Park 2, Burres 1, Resop 4, Hanrahan 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Batista 1-1, Burnett, S 1-0, Gallagher 3-2, Resop 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Lance Barksdale. 1B: Ed Rapuano. 2B: Tom Hallion. 3B: Ron Kulpa.
Weather: 76 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, Out to LF.
T: 3:08.
Att: 19,734