Morse breaks out to lead Nats to series win

By Bill Ladson / MLB.com

WASHINGTON -- Michael Morse continues to show that he should be an everyday player. He drove in the game-winning run and helped the Nationals defeat the Astros, 7-2, on Thursday.

The Nationals took three out of four games from the Astros, and they improved their record to 65-88.

It was a game in which Washington's big guns, Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman, didn't play because of injuries. However, Morse compensated for their absence by driving in three runs.

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Houston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Bourgeois, CF 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .247
Keppinger, 2B 4 0 3 1 1 0 2 .292
Pence, RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .282
Lee, C, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .247
Michaels, LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .246
Johnson, C, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .319
Sanchez, An, SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .275
Quintero, H, C 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .233
b-Hernandez, A, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .228
Figueroa, N, P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .214
a-Bogusevic, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
Villar, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chacin, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Del Rosario, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Wright, W, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Blum, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .260
Totals 33 2 10 2 3 2 17 .248
a-Grounded out for Figueroa, N in the 7th. b-Doubled for Quintero, H in the 9th. c-Struck out for Wright, W in the 9th.
Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Espinosa, 2B 3 2 1 2 1 1 0 .233
Kennedy, A, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .253
Desmond, SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .280
Morse, RF 3 2 2 3 0 0 0 .300
Bernadina, LF 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 .256
Ramos, W, C 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .274
Maxwell, CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 .138
Gonzalez, Al, 3B 4 1 0 0 0 1 4 .263
Detwiler, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
a-Harris, W, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .184
Stammen, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
b-Mench, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .136
Storen, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Balester, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 7 8 7 3 6 13 .255
a-Struck out for Detwiler in the 6th. b-Flied out for Stammen in the 7th.
BATTING
2B: Keppinger (32, Detwiler), Hernandez, A (5, Balester).
TB: Bourgeois; Keppinger 4; Pence 2; Sanchez, An; Quintero, H; Hernandez, A 2; Figueroa, N.
RBI: Keppinger (56), Pence (86).
2-out RBI: Pence.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Michaels; Sanchez, An; Lee, C 2.
S: Figueroa, N.
GIDP: Quintero, H; Keppinger.
Team RISP: 3-for-12.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Bourgeois (11, 2nd base off Detwiler/Ramos, W), Johnson, C (3, 2nd base off Detwiler/Ramos, W).

FIELDING
DP: (Johnson, C-Keppinger-Lee, C).

BATTING
2B: Morse (12, Figueroa, N).
HR: Morse (13, 2nd inning off Figueroa, N, 0 on, 0 out), Bernadina (11, 6th inning off Figueroa, N, 1 on, 2 out), Espinosa (6, 7th inning off Chacin, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Espinosa 4; Kennedy, A; Desmond; Morse 6; Bernadina 5; Ramos, W.
RBI: Morse 3 (38), Bernadina 2 (46), Espinosa 2 (15).
2-out RBI: Morse 2; Bernadina 2; Espinosa 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gonzalez, Al 2; Desmond.
GIDP: Maxwell.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Kennedy, A (13, 2nd base off Del Rosario/Quintero, H).

FIELDING
DP: 3 (Desmond-Kennedy, A, Desmond-Espinosa-Kennedy, A, Gonzalez, Al-Espinosa-Kennedy, A).

Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Figueroa, N(L, 5-4) 6.0 6 5 5 1 4 2 3.81
Villar 0.2 0 1 1 1 0 0 9.00
Chacin 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 4.74
Del Rosario 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
Wright, W 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 5.81
Totals 8.0 8 7 7 3 6 3 4.06
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Detwiler(W, 1-2) 6.0 7 2 2 2 0 0 2.52
Stammen(H, 1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.21
Storen, D 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.88
Balester 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.25
Totals 9.0 10 2 2 3 2 0 4.16
Chacin pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
Del Rosario pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

HBP: Morse (by Del Rosario), Sanchez, An (by Detwiler).
Pitches-strikes: Figueroa, N 87-56, Villar 11-5, Chacin 5-4, Del Rosario 3-1, Wright, W 17-9, Detwiler 79-45, Stammen 14-11, Storen, D 13-9, Balester 17-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Figueroa, N 9-5, Villar 1-1, Chacin 0-0, Del Rosario 1-0, Wright, W 0-1, Detwiler 10-6, Stammen 3-0, Storen, D 0-2, Balester 2-0.
Batters faced: Figueroa, N 24, Villar 3, Chacin 2, Del Rosario 2, Wright, W 4, Detwiler 26, Stammen 5, Storen, D 3, Balester 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Chacin 1-1, Del Rosario 1-0, Wright, W 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Paul Nauert. 1B: Brian Gorman. 2B: Ted Barrett. 3B: Tony Randazzo.
Weather: 91 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:29.
Att: 14,633