Pudge, Lannan lead Nats' rout of Pirates

By George Von Benko / Special to MLB.com

PITTSBURGH -- Washington lefty John Lannan notched his fifth win in his past six starts with a strong performance in the Nats' 9-2 victory over the Pirates on Saturday night at PNC Park.

Lannan allowed one run on five hits in seven innings. He recorded a season-high seven strikeouts to up his record to 7-6 on the season.

Pirates lefty Paul Maholm was tagged with loss, falling to 7-14 on the campaign. He surrendered seven runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings of work.

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Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, CF 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 .256
Desmond, SS 5 1 3 1 0 1 1 .287
Zimmerman, R, 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 .299
Morse, 1B 4 2 2 1 1 1 3 .302
Bernadina, LF 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 .266
Rodriguez, I, C 5 2 3 4 0 0 0 .269
Espinosa, 2B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 .455
Maxwell, RF 4 0 0 1 0 2 2 .135
Lannan, P 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 .103
Slaten, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Peralta, Jo, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 39 9 15 9 3 6 17 .257
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
McCutchen, A, CF 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 .274
Tabata, LF 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .308
Walker, N, 2B 5 0 1 0 0 2 3 .309
Jones, G, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .248
Alvarez, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .232
Milledge, RF 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .276
Cedeno, SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .251
Ledezma, W, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Snyder, C 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 .215
Maholm, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .098
Gallagher, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-LaRoche, An, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .209
McCutchen, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083
b-Young, De, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
Park, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Diaz, Ar, SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Totals 38 2 9 2 1 8 16 .240
a-Struck out for Gallagher in the 5th. b-Flied out for McCutchen, D in the 7th.
BATTING
2B: Desmond (26, McCutchen, D).
HR: Rodriguez, I (3, 5th inning off Maholm, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Morgan 2; Desmond 4; Zimmerman, R; Morse 2; Bernadina; Rodriguez, I 6; Espinosa 2; Lannan.
RBI: Rodriguez, I 4 (41), Espinosa (4), Maxwell (6), Morgan (22), Desmond (57), Morse (29).
2-out RBI: Morgan; Morse.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Desmond; Zimmerman, R; Bernadina; Lannan.
S: Lannan.
SF: Maxwell.
GIDP: Maxwell.
Team RISP: 6-for-14.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Desmond 2 (31, fielding, fielding), Zimmerman, R (14, fielding).
Outfield assists: Bernadina (Milledge at home).

BATTING
2B: Walker, N (24, Lannan), Cedeno (26, Slaten).
HR: McCutchen, A (13, 5th inning off Lannan, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: McCutchen, A 4; Tabata; Walker, N 2; Jones, G; Alvarez; Milledge 3; Cedeno 2.
RBI: McCutchen, A (44), Cedeno (29).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Snyder 5; Jones, G.
Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 10.

FIELDING
E: Snyder (2, missed catch).
DP: (McCutchen, D-Cedeno-Jones, G).

Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lannan(W, 7-6) 7.0 5 1 1 1 7 1 4.73
Slaten 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.22
Peralta, Jo 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.29
Totals 9.0 9 2 2 1 8 1 4.24
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Maholm(L, 7-14) 4.1 9 7 7 2 4 1 5.43
Gallagher 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.43
McCutchen, D 2.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 5.56
Park 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.44
Ledezma, W 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.75
Totals 9.0 15 9 9 3 6 1 5.21
Pitches-strikes: Lannan 109-68, Slaten 13-10, Peralta, Jo 17-12, Maholm 85-50, Gallagher 10-7, McCutchen, D 28-20, Park 17-10, Ledezma, W 14-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lannan 9-4, Slaten 1-1, Peralta, Jo 0-2, Maholm 7-2, Gallagher 0-1, McCutchen, D 4-2, Park 2-1, Ledezma, W 0-2.
Batters faced: Lannan 30, Slaten 5, Peralta, Jo 4, Maholm 24, Gallagher 2, McCutchen, D 10, Park 5, Ledezma, W 3.
Umpires: HP: Ed Rapuano. 1B: Tom Hallion. 2B: Ron Kulpa. 3B: Lance Barksdale.
Weather: 68 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 15 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:57.
Att: 30,263