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Aug 22, 2009 - 3:52 AM By JEFF MEZYDLO STATS Senior WriterMilwaukee (58-62) at Washington (43-78), 7:05 p.m. EDT
The Washington Nationals have been more productive off the field than on it this week.
The lowly Nationals look to avoid a fifth straight loss as they continue their home series with the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.
Ryan Zimmerman and Adam Dunn each homered, but Washington (43-79) fell 7-3 to Milwaukee in Friday's series opener that dropped the Nationals to 0-4 on a seven-game homestand.
The week of futility on the field still might be difficult to overshadow what the Nationals - owners of the majors' worst record - did off it.
On Monday, the club signed highly touted No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg, who made his first visit to Nationals Park on Friday - one day after the team promoted Mike Rizzo to general manager.
One game after recording four hits in a 4-1 loss to Colorado, Washington had five Friday and has scored 11 runs while batting .223 during its current skid.
Despite the team's current struggles, the Nationals are 17-13 since July 21, and 17-18 under interim manager Jim Riggleman.
"The positive stuff we hear from fans - that makes you feel good about humanity, you know," Riggleman said. "These people are not howling and screaming at us."
Zimmerman set a career high with his 25th homer - his first in 12 games. The All-Star third baseman, though, is batting .316 with three home runs and eight RBIs against Milwaukee this season.
Prince Fielder hit his 33rd homer and Felipe Lopez drove in two runs Friday for the Brewers (59-62), who snapped a four-game losing streak while improving to 1-3 on a seven-game road trip that started by being swept at last-place Pittsburgh.
"You never know what can happen," Friday's winning pitcher Braden Looper said of the Brewers, who are 5-8 during a 22-game stretch against teams with losing records. "We've seen crazy things in this game before, and hopefully it's the start of a winning streak."
Fielder is batting .353 with seven home runs and 15 RBIs in his last 12 games, but is 0 for 4 with two strikeouts against Washington's scheduled starter John Lannan.
Lannan (8-9, 3.68 ERA), who makes his third attempt to match a career high in wins, is 0-1 with a 7.84 ERA in his last two starts. He allowed four runs in 5 2-3 innings, but didn't receive a decision in Washington's 5-4 victory at Cincinnati on Sunday.
The left-hander, who went 9-15 in his first full major league season in 2008, is 0-1 with a 2.45 ERA in two starts against the Brewers.
Milwaukee counters with Mike Burns (3-4, 5.36), who gets a second straight start after winning his last contest. He allowed two runs and four hits while striking out seven in seven innings of a 6-2 win over Houston on Saturday.
"My off-speed stuff is probably average to below-average," Burns said. "What I do well is command my fastball and I like to pitch inside."
While the right-hander is making his first start against Washington, it could be his last for the time being with injured starters Dave Bush (triceps) and Jeff Suppan (oblique) expected to return to the Brewers' rotation next week.
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MILWAUKEE 11
WASHINGTON 9 FINAL
Aug 22 11:39 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY WILLIE HARRIS (5) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 1
OUT IN THE 8TH OFF TODD COFFEY.
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 11, WASHINGTON 9
DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: W NIEVES (.264, 1-FOR-3)
Brewers 11, Nationals 9 Bot 8, 0 OutsAug 22 11:11 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JASON KENDALL SCORED RYAN BRAUN
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J KENDALL ON SECOND, F CATALANOTTO ON THIRD, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 11
WASHINGTON 8 TOP,8TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: A ESCOBAR (.333, 1-FOR-2, BB, SAC)
Brewers 11, Nationals 8 Top 8, 0 OutsAug 22 11:02 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY FELIPE LOPEZ SCORED JASON KENDALL
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, F LOPEZ ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 10
WASHINGTON 8 TOP,7TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: M CAMERON (.263, 4-FOR-4, HR, 3 RBI)
Brewers 10, Nationals 8 Top 7, 0 OutsAug 22 10:42 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CASEY MCGEHEE SCORED MIKE CAMERON
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C MCGEHEE ON FIRST, P FIELDER ON THIRD, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 9
WASHINGTON 8 TOP,6TH
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J BOURGEOIS (.273, 1-FOR-3, RBI)
Brewers 9, Nationals 8 Top 6, 0 OutsAug 22 10:24 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY ALBERTO GONZALEZ SCORED SAUL RIVERA
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, N MORGAN ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 8
WASHINGTON 8 BOTTOM,4TH
DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A DUNN (.287, 0-FOR-1, BB)
Brewers 8, Nationals 8 Bot 4, 0 OutsAug 22 9:57 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY NYJER MORGAN SCORED WIL NIEVES
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, N MORGAN ON SECOND, S RIVERA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 8
WASHINGTON 7 BOTTOM,4TH
DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: A GONZALEZ (.268, 1-FOR-2)
Brewers 8, Nationals 7 Bot 4, 0 OutsAug 22 9:56 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
GRAND SLAM BY RONNIE BELLIARD (5) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
3RD OFF MIKE BURNS SCORED ADAM DUNN, ALBERTO GONZALEZ AND
SAUL RIVERA.
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 8, WASHINGTON 6
DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: E DUKES (.235, 0-FOR-1, RBI)
Brewers 8, Nationals 6 Bot 3, 0 OutsAug 22 9:34 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY MIKE CAMERON SCORED ALCIDES ESCOBAR
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M CAMERON ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 8
WASHINGTON 2 TOP,3RD
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: R BRAUN (.313, 1-FOR-2, 2 RBI)
Brewers 8, Nationals 2 Top 3, 0 OutsAug 22 9:21 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND DP BY JORGE PADILLA SCORED RONNIE BELLIARD
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 7
WASHINGTON 2 BOTTOM,2ND
DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: W NIEVES (.262, 1 HR, 17 RBI)
Brewers 7, Nationals 2 Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 22 9:10 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY CASEY MCGEHEE ALLOWED RYAN ZIMMERMAN TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E DUKES ON FIRST, R BELLIARD ON THIRD, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 7
WASHINGTON 1 BOTTOM,2ND
DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: J PADILLA (.111, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
Brewers 7, Nationals 1 Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 22 9:10 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JASON BOURGEOIS SCORED CASEY MCGEHEE
SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, J BOURGEOIS ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 7
WASHINGTON 0 TOP,2ND
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J KENDALL (.241, 0-FOR-1)
Brewers 7, Nationals 0 Top 2, 0 OutsAug 22 9:01 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY CASEY MCGEHEE SCORED PRINCE FIELDER
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, C MCGEHEE ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 6
WASHINGTON 0 TOP,2ND
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: J BOURGEOIS (.222, 0-FOR-1)
Brewers 6, Nationals 0 Top 2, 0 OutsAug 22 8:56 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MIKE CAMERON (18) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 2ND OFF JOHN LANNAN SCORED FELIPE LOPEZ.
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 5, WASHINGTON 0
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: R BRAUN (.314, 1-FOR-1, 2 RBI)
Brewers 5, Nationals 0 Top 2, 0 OutsAug 22 8:53 PM - NL
AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY FELIPE LOPEZ SCORED ALCIDES ESCOBAR
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, F LOPEZ ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MILWAUKEE 3
WASHINGTON 0 TOP,2ND
DUE UP FOR MILWAUKEE: M CAMERON (.257, 1-FOR-1)
Brewers 3, Nationals 0 Top 2, 0 OutsAug 22 8:51 PM - NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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MILWAUKEE 2 2 3 0
WASHINGTON 0 0 0 (BOT 1)
CURRENT PITCHERS: MIL - MIKE BURNS
WAS - JOHN LANNAN
DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: N MORGAN (.309, 3 HR, 37 RBI)
A GONZALEZ (.266, 1 HR, 26 RBI)
A DUNN (.288, 32 HR, 88 RBI)
Brewers 2, Nationals 0 Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 22 8:40 PM
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