OF Austin Kearns is breaking out of his slump and thought he added to that in a big way, giving the Nationals a 5-4 lead in the 8th inning. But the once strong bullpen faltered again for the Nationals as Saul Rivera blew a save and gave up a tying run in the bottom of the 8th, giving up a hit and two walks and oft reliable Luis Ayala, blew his first save and fell to 1-2, giving up 3 hi9st and 2 runs off a Carlos Lee double as the Astros defeated the Nats 5-4. Starter Shawn Hill went 5.1 innings giving up 3 runs on 8 hits before yielding to Jesus Colome.
Nick Johnson started the Nats off with his fifth homer of the season in the second inning, a solos shot to put the Nationals up 1-0. The Astros battled back for a run each in the second and third running to take a 2-1 lead. Christian Guzmana nd Ryan Zimmerman would each double in the 4th, each knocking in a run to seesaw the lead back to the Nats, 3-2. It would not even last an inning before Astros would tie it up. It was just that kind of game. Zimmerman and Kearns each ended the night with 2 hits, both trying to come out of early season struggles.
HR: Nick Johnson (5), Austin Kearns (3)
L: Luis Ayala (1-2)
Farm System Results:
The Columbus Clippers (AAA) are super red hot winning their 5th straight decision last night, 3-1
over Rochester. Garrett Mock put together an impressive start, yielding 1 run over 6 innings scattering 6 hits with 5 strike outs. Bobby Brownlie, fresh off promotion from Harrisburg, earned his first AAA hold, pitching 1 and 2/23 scoreless innings. Ranier Olmeda hit his first homer of the year and Alex Escobar, fresh off the DL, was 2 for 4 with his third double and knocked in a run.
Clippers 5 game winning streak have pulled them out of the cellar and into second place with a record of 18-15 and 3.5 games out of first. The Clippers have won 9 of their last 10.
The Harrisburg Senators (AA) dropped a 5-2 decision to Connecticut. Rapidly promoted 2007 second rounder Jordon Zimmerman took the loss in his first AA game, giving up 3 runs, 1 of which was earned, over 5 innings, scattering 4 hits and striking out 4. Zimmerman’s loss came more from a shaky Harrisburg defense that provided Zimmerman with a messy three errors. Bill Bergolla and Michael Daniel each had two hits on the night .
The Potomac Nationals (A) downed Myrtle beach 4-3 behind 5 strong innings from 2007 8th rounder Adrian Alaniz. Alaniz scattered 5 hits, struck out 7 and gave up 3 runs to earn his 3rd win. Alaniz is 3-0 with a 2.61 ERA. Carlos Martines continued his domination out to the Potomac bullpen earning his first save, striking out 4 in 2 innings of work and lowering his ERA to just 0.81. Jemel Spearman was 2 for 4 and scored twice. The big boom came from OF Marvin Lowrance who hit a three run shot to put lift the Nats. The win snapped a rare three game losing streak and currently the nationals are 20-10 in first place with a 3.5 game lead.
The Hagerstown Suns (A) got crushed 8-3 by Greensboro. The Suns bullpen yielded 7 runs in 4 innings. Jake Smolinski, Bill Rhinehart, and Tim Pahuta each had two hits a piece for the Suns. Smolinski added his 8th double while Rhinehart hit homer number 5 and lifted his average to .345.
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