Final
Nats pound D-backs
May 12, 2015 - 6:07 AM Phoenix, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) - Ryan Zimmerman smacked a three-run homer, Wilson Ramos ripped a three-run double and the Washington Nationals pounded the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-1 in the opener of a three-game set.Max Scherzer (3-3) struck out six and allowed a run on five hits and a walk over seven innings for the Nationals, who have won eight of their last nine games.
Denard Span launched a solo shot and Yunel Escobar went 5-for-5 with an RBI and a pair of runs scored in the triumph.
"Tonight we got big hits," Washington manager Matt Williams said. "We got some opportunities early and took advantage."
Josh Collmenter (3-4) surrendered nine runs on eight hits and a walk over 1 1/3 frames for Arizona, which had won four of its last six games coming in.
The Nationals raced out to a 10-0 lead after plating four runs in the first inning and six more in the second.
"It was over early, but it counts as just one loss," Arizona manager Chip Hale said.
Span led off the game with his solo shot to right. Escobar singled and Jayson Werth walked prior to a Bryce Harper flyout, but Zimmerman whacked his three-run blast off the billboard hanging below the concourse in left-center.
Three consecutive base hits to begin the second by Danny Espinosa, Scherzer and Span pushed across a run. A single from Escobar filled the bases and a Werth sacrifice fly to center scored Scherzer. Harper banged a single to right-center to plate Span and Vidal Nuno replaced Collmenter on the mound.
Zimmerman walked and Ramos cleared the bases with a double down the left-field line to make it 10-0.
Washington added another run in the fifth on an Escobar RBI single and Jordan Pacheco's homer in the sixth finally got the D-backs on the board.
Game Notes
Zimmerman's blast was his fourth of the season ... Harper has 29 RBI on the year ... Washington was 6-for-12 with runners in scoring position, while Arizona finished 0-for-5 with RISP.
- WASHINGTON: 11
ARIZONA: 1
Final
May 12 12:24 AM - Yunel Escobar singles. Max Scherzer to second. Danny Espinosa scores.
Nationals 11, Diamondbacks 0 Top 5, 2 OutsMay 11 11:00 PM - Y.Escobar singled to center, Espinosa scored, Scherzer to second.
Nationals 11, Diamondbacks 0 Top 5, 2 OutsMay 11 11:00 PM - W.Ramos doubled to left, Y.Escobar scored, Harper scored, Zimmerman scored.
Nationals 10, Diamondbacks 0 Top 2, 1 OutMay 11 10:17 PM - Wilson Ramos doubles to left field. Ryan Zimmerman scores. Bryce Harper scores. Yunel Escobar scores.
Nationals 10, Diamondbacks 0 Top 2, 1 OutMay 11 10:17 PM - Bryce Harper singles to shallow right field. Yunel Escobar to second. Denard Span scores.
Nationals 7, Diamondbacks 0 Top 2, 1 OutMay 11 10:12 PM - Harper singled to right, Span scored, Y.Escobar to second.
Nationals 7, Diamondbacks 0 Top 2, 1 OutMay 11 10:12 PM - Jayson Werth out on a sacrifice fly to center field to A.J. Pollock. Denard Span to third. Max Scherzer scores.
Nationals 6, Diamondbacks 0 Top 2, 0 OutsMay 11 10:07 PM - Werth hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Pollock, Scherzer scored, Span to third.
Nationals 6, Diamondbacks 0 Top 2, 1 OutMay 11 10:07 PM - Span singled to center, Espinosa scored, Scherzer to second.
Nationals 5, Diamondbacks 0 Top 2, 0 OutsMay 11 10:03 PM - Denard Span singles to shallow center field. Max Scherzer to second. Danny Espinosa scores.
Nationals 5, Diamondbacks 0 Top 2, 0 OutsMay 11 10:03 PM - Zimmerman homered to center on a 2-1 count, Y.Escobar scored, Werth scored.
Nationals 4, Diamondbacks 0 Top 1, 1 OutMay 11 9:49 PM - Ryan Zimmerman homers to center field. Jayson Werth scores. Yunel Escobar scores.
Nationals 4, Diamondbacks 0 Top 1, 1 OutMay 11 9:49 PM - WASHINGTON: 0
ARIZONA: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
May 11 9:40 PM
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