Marquis solid, but Nats' bats silenced in loss

By Bill Ladson / MLB.com |

WASHINGTON -- Right-hander Jason Marquis had another quality start on Saturday afternoon, but Marlins right-hander Anibal Sanchez dominated the Nationals in a 4-1 loss at Nationals Park.

Marquis got off to a great start, throwing a no-hitter after four innings, but the Marlins were able to get to him in the fifth.

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Florida AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Bonifacio, 3B 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 .306
Morrison, LF 5 0 1 1 0 1 3 .311
Ramirez, H, SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .301
Uggla, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .281
Tracy, C, 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 .250
Stanton, RF 4 1 1 0 0 3 3 .244
Maybin, CF 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 .237
Davis, B, C 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .255
Sanchez, A, P 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .118
Veras, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-Cousins, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375
Hensley, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 4 8 3 2 14 20 .257
a-Grounded out for Veras, J in the 9th.
Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Espinosa, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .310
Desmond, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .282
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .300
Dunn, A, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .266
Bernadina, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .259
Morse, RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .297
Morgan, CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .257
Ramos, W, C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .279
1-Maxwell, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133
Batista, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Clippard, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Marquis, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
a-Gonzalez, Al, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
Stammen, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Balester, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-Harris, W, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .190
Nieves, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
Totals 31 1 5 1 1 5 8 .256
a-Popped out for Marquis in the 6th. b-Grounded out for Balester in the 8th.
1-Ran for Ramos, W in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Bonifacio (6, Stammen).
3B: Maybin (3, Batista).
TB: Bonifacio 3; Morrison; Ramirez, H; Tracy, C 2; Stanton; Maybin 3.
RBI: Bonifacio 2 (8), Morrison (14).
2-out RBI: Bonifacio 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Morrison 3; Stanton 2.
Team RISP: 2-for-12.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Bonifacio (8, 2nd base off Marquis/Ramos, W), Davis, B (1, 2nd base off Batista/Nieves).

FIELDING
E: Sanchez, A (4, pickoff).
DP: (Uggla-Ramirez, H-Tracy, C).

BATTING
2B: Morse (10, Sanchez, A), Ramos, W (5, Sanchez, A).
TB: Zimmerman, R 2; Morse 2; Morgan; Ramos, W 2.
RBI: Ramos, W (4).
2-out RBI: Ramos, W.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Morgan; Harris, W; Bernadina.
GIDP: Dunn, A.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
E: Dunn, A 2 (10, fielding, fielding).
PB: Ramos, W (1).
DP: (Zimmerman, R-Dunn, A-Desmond).

Florida IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Sanchez, A(W, 12-9) 7.2 4 1 1 0 4 0 3.35
Veras, J(H, 15) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.95
Hensley(S, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.45
Totals 9.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 4.00
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Marquis(L, 2-8) 6.0 5 2 2 1 8 0 6.60
Stammen 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 5.39
Balester 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.09
Batista 0.1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.00
Clippard 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.98
Totals 9.0 8 4 3 2 14 0 4.16
Stammen pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

WP: Balester 2.
Pitches-strikes: Sanchez, A 100-68, Veras, J 4-2, Hensley 21-12, Marquis 99-67, Stammen 22-14, Balester 21-10, Batista 9-6, Clippard 9-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Sanchez, A 13-5, Veras, J 1-0, Hensley 1-1, Marquis 7-2, Stammen 0-1, Balester 0-1, Batista 1-0, Clippard 0-0.
Batters faced: Sanchez, A 26, Veras, J 1, Hensley 5, Marquis 24, Stammen 5, Balester 4, Batista 3, Clippard 2.
Inherited runners-scored: Veras, J 1-0, Balester 1-0, Clippard 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Laz Diaz. 1B: Wally Bell. 2B: John Hirschbeck. 3B: James Hoye.
Weather: 73 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 2 mph, In from CF.
T: 2:52.
Att: 17,941