Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Nationals Beat Cardinals 8-6: Colby Rasmus Single, 1 HR, & 3 RBIs; Albert Pujols Single, 1 HR, & 2 RBIs; Fernando Salas Pitches 3 Scoreless Innings

Individual Highlights:
Ryan Theriot 4-for-5 with one two-out RBI and assisted in two double plays.
Colby Rasmus 2-for-5 with one home run, three RBIs (two w/two-outs), one run, and grounded into two double plays.
Albert Pujols 2-for-4 with one home run, two two-out RBIs, one run, one walk, and assisted in one double play.
Matt Holliday 2-for-5 with one strikeout.
Lance Berkman 1-for-3 with two walks.
Gerald Laird 1-for-2 with one double, one run, and one walk.
Tyler Greene 1-for-3 with one double, one run, grounded into one double play, and one fielding error.
Mark Hamilton 1-for-1 with one run.
Fernando Salas entered in the fourth and pitched three innings. He allowed one hit, no runs, and struck three out. 0-for-1 at the plate. (p-s:37-24)(g/f:2-3)
Jason Motte entered in the ninth and pitched one inning. He allowed one hit, no runs, struck one out, and picked one runner off. (p-s:13-9)(g/f:0-1)

Rough Outing:
Jon Jay 0-for-1 with one strikeout.
Daniel Descalso 0-for-2 with one strikeout.
Jake Westbrook started and pitched three innings. He allowed seven hits, seven earned runs, two walks, and struck two out for the losing decision (1-2). 0-for-1 at the plate. (p-s:68-40)(g/f:6-1)
Ryan Franklin entered in the seventh and pitched two innings. He allowed one hit, one earned run, one home run, one walk, and struck one out. (p-s:26-13)(g/f:2-2)

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