Zimmerman helps Nats grab road series win

By George Von Benko / Special to MLB.com

PITTSBURGH -- Washington right-hander Jason Marquis remained on the comeback trail with another solid start as the Nats beat the Pirates, 8-1, for the series win on Sunday afternoon at PNC Park.

It was the Nats first road series win since going 2-1 in a three-game set against the Mets from May 10-12.

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Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, CF 3 2 1 0 2 2 4 .257
Desmond, SS 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 .289
a-Gonzalez, Al, PH-SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .281
Zimmerman, R, 3B 5 0 2 4 0 1 2 .300
Dunn, A, 1B 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 .270
Espinosa, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .455
Bernadina, LF 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .266
Morse, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .301
Clippard, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
b-Harris, W, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .189
Storen, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Kennedy, A, 2B-1B 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 .252
Ramos, W, C 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .257
Marquis, P 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 .118
Maxwell, RF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .135
Totals 37 8 11 7 5 4 17 .258
a-Popped out for Desmond in the 8th. b-Flied out for Clippard in the 9th.
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
McCutchen, A, CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .276
Tabata, LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .310
Walker, N, 2B 5 0 3 0 0 0 4 .313
Jones, G, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .246
Alvarez, 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 .232
Doumit, RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .256
Cedeno, SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .251
Snyder, C 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .215
Morton, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
McCutchen, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083
a-Bowker, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .195
Martinez, Jo, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-LaRoche, An, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .209
Ledezma, W, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Resop, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
c-Young, De, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .244
Totals 38 1 11 1 0 5 16 .241
a-Grounded out for McCutchen, D in the 4th. b-Struck out for Martinez, Jo in the 7th. c-Flied out for Resop in the 9th.
BATTING
2B: Desmond (27, Morton).
HR: Dunn, A (34, 4th inning off Morton, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Morgan; Desmond 3; Zimmerman, R 2; Dunn, A 5; Bernadina; Morse; Kennedy, A; Ramos, W.
RBI: Zimmerman, R 4 (80), Dunn, A 2 (91), Desmond (58).
2-out RBI: Desmond; Zimmerman, R 3; Dunn, A.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Zimmerman, R; Dunn, A; Bernadina.
S: Desmond.
Team RISP: 5-for-12.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
CS: Kennedy, A (2, 2nd base by Martinez, Jo/Snyder), Morgan (16, 2nd base by Morton/Snyder).

FIELDING
E: Marquis (2, fielding).
Outfield assists: Morse (Tabata at 1st base).
DP: (Morse-Dunn, A).

BATTING
2B: Walker, N (25, Marquis), Cedeno (27, Marquis).
HR: Alvarez (11, 4th inning off Marquis, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: McCutchen, A 2; Tabata 2; Walker, N 4; Alvarez 4; Doumit; Cedeno 2; Snyder.
RBI: Alvarez (40).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Snyder; Jones, G 2; Bowker; Walker, N 2.
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 11.

FIELDING
E: Morton (2, pickoff), Jones, G (11, fielding), Alvarez (12, fielding).

Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Marquis(W, 2-7) 6.0 6 1 1 0 2 1 7.14
Clippard 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 3.01
Storen, D 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.35
Totals 9.0 11 1 1 0 5 1 4.21
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Morton(L, 1-11) 3.2 8 6 2 2 1 1 9.66
McCutchen, D 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.53
Martinez, Jo 3.0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3.86
Ledezma, W 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 6.35
Resop 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.80
Totals 9.0 11 8 2 5 4 1 5.19
HBP: Tabata (by Marquis).
Pitches-strikes: Marquis 91-63, Clippard 20-18, Storen, D 19-12, Morton 76-52, McCutchen, D 6-4, Martinez, Jo 45-31, Ledezma, W 14-9, Resop 24-17.
Groundouts-flyouts: Marquis 8-6, Clippard 1-2, Storen, D 1-2, Morton 6-3, McCutchen, D 0-1, Martinez, Jo 3-3, Ledezma, W 0-1, Resop 0-2.
Batters faced: Marquis 25, Clippard 8, Storen, D 6, Morton 21, McCutchen, D 1, Martinez, Jo 13, Ledezma, W 4, Resop 4.
Inherited runners-scored: McCutchen, D 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Tom Hallion. 1B: Ron Kulpa. 2B: Lance Barksdale. 3B: Ed Rapuano.
Weather: 66 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:58.
Att: 18,057