Final
Zimmerman homers twice as Nats crush Marlins
Sep 8, 2013 - 5:12 AM Miami, FL (Sports Network) - Ryan Zimmerman hit a pair of home runs as the Washington Nationals took a 9-2 win over the Miami Marlins in the second of a three-game set.Wilson Ramos drove in a pair of runs as did Tyler Moore, while Jayson Werth had three hits and scored once for the Nationals, who have won three of four. Tanner Roark (5-0) gave up just four hits and struck out four over six innings in his first career start to pick up the win.
"He pitched a really great ball game out there today," said Washington manager Davey Johnson said about Roark. "I wanted to send him out in the seventh, but he was 10 pitches away from the maximum we were going to allow him so I went to the bullpen. Still, it was a great job from him today."
Adeiny Hechavarria and Jeff Mathis each drove in a run for the Marlins, who had won four of five coming in. Nathan Eovaldi (3-6) lasted just three innings in the start, giving up five runs on nine hits.
"I just wasn't locating any of my pitches tonight," said Eovaldi. "Fastball command was off and none of my breaking pitches were falling for strikes."
Washington didn't need long to get on the board as Denard Span led off the game with a single and Zimmerman followed with his 18th home run of the year.
Zimmerman led off the third with his second home run of the game, and Ramos added a two-run single later in the inning for a 5-0 lead.
In the sixth, Span lofted a sacrifice fly to left to plate Tyler Moore, and Adam LaRoche doubled home Jayson Werth in the seventh for a 7-0 advantage.
RBI singles from Hechavarria and Mathis in the seventh got Miami on the board, while Moore drove in two with a single in the ninth to cap the scoring in the game.
Game Notes
Washington has taken 10 of the 14 games with Miami this season ... Washington went 3-for-14 with runners in scoring position and left eight men on base ... Eovaldi has made three career starts against Washington, all this year, and it 1-2 against the team.
- WASHINGTON: 9
MIAMI: 2
Final
Sep 7 10:13 PM - Tyler Moore single to center scored Ian Desmond and Corey Brown with two out. Runner on first and Anthony Rendon due up.
Nationals 9, Marlins 2 Top 9, 2 OutsSep 7 10:06 PM - Jeff Mathis single to center scored Logan Morrison with two out. On the play, Adeiny Hechavarria advances to second. Runners on first and second and Chris Hatcher due up.
Nationals 7, Marlins 2 Bot 7, 2 OutsSep 7 9:36 PM - Adeiny Hechavarria single to left scored Christian Yelich with two out. On the play, Logan Morrison advances to second. Runners on first and second and Jeff Mathis due up.
Nationals 7, Marlins 1 Bot 7, 2 OutsSep 7 9:35 PM - Ian Desmond double to right scored Jayson Werth with none out. Runner on second and Adam LaRoche due up.
Nationals 7, Marlins 0 Top 7, 0 OutsSep 7 9:09 PM - Denard Span sacrifice fly to left scored Tyler Moore with two out. Runner on first and Ryan Zimmerman due up.
Nationals 6, Marlins 0 Top 6, 2 OutsSep 7 8:50 PM - Wilson Ramos single to right scored Ian Desmond and Adam LaRoche with one out. Runner on first and Tyler Moore due up.
Nationals 5, Marlins 0 Top 3, 1 OutSep 7 7:59 PM - Ryan Zimmerman lead off Home Run 2 (19) to right. Jayson Werth due up.
Nationals 3, Marlins 0 Top 3, 0 OutsSep 7 7:50 PM - Ryan Zimmerman none-out, two-run Home Run (18) to center scored Denard Span. Jayson Werth due up.
Nationals 2, Marlins 0 Top 1, 0 OutsSep 7 7:19 PM - WASHINGTON: 0
MIAMI: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Sep 7 7:14 PM
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