Saturday, June 11, 2005
Nationals Lose Close One 3-2 Against Arizona
18-16 Nationals faced 20-15 Diamondbacks. ESPN recap, box score.
Vargas faced former Montreal pitcher Vazquez. Vargas pitched 6 solid innings, giving up just 6 hits and 1 unearned run, while striking out 3 off of 92 pitches.
The Nationals scored first when Scheider doubled in the second inning, and Baerga (playing 2B) ran home. The game went scoreless for the next two innings, and then the Diamondbacks knocked in a run in the 5th when Baerga made an error. The Nationals went back into the lead in the top of the 7th inning, but the Diamondbacks immediately answered in the bottom of the inning, and then took the lead by scoring once in the bottom of the 8th.
Vargas faced former Montreal pitcher Vazquez. Vargas pitched 6 solid innings, giving up just 6 hits and 1 unearned run, while striking out 3 off of 92 pitches.
The Nationals scored first when Scheider doubled in the second inning, and Baerga (playing 2B) ran home. The game went scoreless for the next two innings, and then the Diamondbacks knocked in a run in the 5th when Baerga made an error. The Nationals went back into the lead in the top of the 7th inning, but the Diamondbacks immediately answered in the bottom of the inning, and then took the lead by scoring once in the bottom of the 8th.
