Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, July 2, 2011
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Adrian Johnson, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - Mark Lollo
Attendance: 39638
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Adrian Johnson, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - Mark Lollo
Attendance: 39638
Ivan Rodriguez hit a go-ahead RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning and the Washington Nationals earned a split of a day-night doubleheader with a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.
Ryan Zimmerman and Wilson Ramos each had RBIs for Washington, which improved to 2-4 under interim manager Davey Johnson, after losing the first game 5-3.
Pittsburgh, meanwhile, fell to 0-8 when trying to move three games over .500. The Pirates (42-41) are still off to their best start since 1999.
The Nationals tied the game at 3 in the eighth when Brian Bixler stole third and scored after catcher Eric Fryer’s errant throw sailed down the third base line. Rodriguez then lined an 0-2 pitch from Tony Watson (0-1) into right field, scoring Rick Ankiel.
Drew Storen pitched the ninth for his 20th save in 23 chances after Ryan Mattheus (1-0) threw a scoreless eighth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Pittsburgh | Washington | |
| Brad Lincoln | Player | John Lannan |
| No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
| 6.0 | IP | 7.0 |
| 4 | Strikeouts | 1 |
| 4 | Hits | 6 |
| 3.00 | ERA | 3.86 |
Hitting
| Pittsburgh | Washington | |
| Andrew McCutchen | Player | Danny Espinosa |
| 3 | Hits | 2 |
| 1 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 6 | TB | 3 |
| .750 | Avg | .667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Pittsburgh | 9 | 0 | 12 | .265 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Washington | 5 | 0 | 7 | .172 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 |