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Owings makes major league debut for Nationals

Apr 6, 2007 - 3:28 PM Arizona (2-2) at Washington (1-3) 7:05 pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- Micah Owings makes his major league debut on Friday when the Arizona Diamondbacks face the Washington Nationals.

Owings, who was the Diamondbacks' minor league pitcher of the year in 2006, was added to the 25-man roster on Thursday. He went 16-2 with a 3.33 ERA in 27 minor league starts last season.

Jerome Williams will make his first start with the Nationals. The 25-year-old righthander, who was signed to a one-year contract in the offseason, spent the previous four years with San Francisco and the Chicago Cubs. He has a 23-24 record with a 4.03 ERA in 70 appearances, including 65 starts.

Williams is 4-3 with a 3.24 ERA in eight career starts against the Diamondbacks.

Arizona opened the four-game series with a 4-3 victory on Thursday. Orlando Hudson homered for the Diamondbacks. Washington was 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position.

The Nationals have been outscored, 17-0, in the first three innings of their four games this season. Overall, they have been outscored, 28-15.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ARIZONA 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 7 9 0
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: ARI - MICAH OWINGS, TONY PENA (6TH), JUAN CRUZ (8TH) AND MIGUEL
    MONTERO
    WAS - JEROME WILLIAMS, RAY KING (7TH), LEVALE SPEIGNER
    (8TH) AND BRIAN SCHNEIDER, JESUS FLO

    Apr 6 9:55 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY RYAN CHURCH (2) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 9TH OFF JUAN CRUZ.
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 7, WASHINGTON 1
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R BELLIARD (.333, 0-FOR-3)

    Diamondbacks vs. NationalsApr 6 9:46 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY CHRIS YOUNG SCORED CHAD TRACY.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, S HAIRSTON ON FIRST, C JACKSON ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 7
    WASHINGTON 0 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: M MONTERO (.429, 1-FOR-3)

    Diamondbacks vs. NationalsApr 6 9:22 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CONOR JACKSON SCORED ORLANDO HUDSON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C JACKSON ON FIRST, C TRACY ON SECOND, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 6
    WASHINGTON 0 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: S HAIRSTON (.267, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Diamondbacks vs. NationalsApr 6 9:17 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - MID INNING UPDATE
    PLAY: D Jimenez hit for R King.
    SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 5
    WASHINGTON 0 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: D Jimenez (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Apr 6 9:06 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ARIZONA 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 5 6 0
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 (BOT 7)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: ARI - TONY PENA
    WAS - RAY KING

    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R BELLIARD (.364, 0-FOR-2)
    R KING (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    F LOPEZ (.350, 1-FOR-3)

    Apr 6 9:01 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ARIZONA 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 (TOP 5)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: ARI - MICAH OWINGS
    WAS - JEROME WILLIAMS

    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C YOUNG (.133, 0-FOR-1)
    M MONTERO (.400, 0-FOR-1)
    M OWINGS (.000, 0-FOR-1)

    Apr 6 8:08 PM


  • NL
    AT WASHINGTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY CHAD TRACY SCORED ALBERTO CALLASPO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C TRACY ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 1
    WASHINGTON 0 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C JACKSON (.214, 0-FOR-1)

    Diamondbacks vs. NationalsApr 6 7:58 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ARIZONA 0 0 0 0 0
    WASHINGTON 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: ARI - MICAH OWINGS
    WAS - JEROME WILLIAMS

    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: D YOUNG (.375, 1 HR, 4 RBI)
    B SCHNEIDER (.214, 0 HR, 4 RBI)
    R CHURCH (.286, 1 HR,

    Apr 6 7:25 PM