Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Minnesota 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Sunday, June 9, 2013
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Mike Everitt, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Tim Welke, 3B - David Rackley
Attendance: 27949

Nationals 5, Twins 4 (Game 2): Ian Desmond’s seventh-inning double scored the go-ahead run as host Washington finished a doubleheader sweep of Minnesota.

Washington trailed 4-1 before rallying, capped by Desmond’s double that scored Adam LaRoche and snapped a 4-4 tie. Tyler Clippard (5-1) earned the victory with a scoreless seventh and Rafael Soriano pitched the ninth for his 16th save.

Anthony Swarzak (1-2) gave up two runs on four hits in 2 1/3 innings in relief of Samuel Deduno, who allowed three runs - two earned - in five innings.

Trailing 1-0, the Twins jumped ahead in the second on Chris Herrmann’s two-run double to right-center, and pushed the advantage to 4-1 on Pedro Florimon’s two-run homer in the third. Herrmann finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs.

Washington’s rally started with Jayson Werth’s run-scoring single in the third, and continued with LaRoche’s fifth-inning sacrifice fly and Denard Span’s sixth-inning triple, scoring Anthony Rendon to tie the game. Werth and Roger Bernadina each finished with two hits for Washington.

GAME NOTEBOOK:
The Nationals had scored just 14 runs in their previous seven games entering Sunday, but plated 12 runs in the doubleheader. … Herrmann, who went 1-for-18 in seven games with Minnesota last season, is hitting .500 (6-for-12). … Sunday night’s game, which was a makeup of Friday's rainout, was delayed by rain for 12 minutes in the bottom of the fifth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Minnesota   Washington
Samuel Deduno Player Nathan Karns
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.0 IP 3.0
4 Strikeouts 2
6 Hits 5
3.60 ERA 12.00
Hitting
Minnesota   Washington
Chris Herrmann Player Roger Bernadina
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
0 HR 0
4 TB 2
.750 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Minnesota 8 1 15 .235 17 5 4 4 0 1
Washington 10 0 14 .312 22 7 5 4 0 1