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Regular Season Game #31: Washington Nationals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

Posted on April 30, 2013 at 10:51 PM.

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May 4, 2013
7:05PM

PNC Park - Pittsburgh, PA
Temperature: 49�

Washington Nationals at Pittsburgh Pirates
May 4, 2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Washington (18-13)	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	5	8	0
Pittsburgh (17-14)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	6	13	0
W: Jeff Karstens (1-1) L: Drew Storen (1-1) S: N/A

Washington Nationals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING HR: J. Werth (4), R. Bernadina (5) RBI: J. Werth 2 (19), R. Bernadina 2 (14), K. Suziki (8) GIDP: B. Harper

Washington Nationals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
S. Strasburg	6.2	8	3	3	0	8	2.93
T. Clippard (H, 3)	1.0	2	0	0	0	3	4.20
W. Ohman (H, 4)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	1.98
R. Soriano (BS, 2)	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	7.00
D. Storen (L, 1-1)	0.2	2	2	2	0	1	7.94

Pittsburgh Pirates
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
BATTING 2B: R. Martin (2) HR: A. McCutchen (8), G. Jones (9), P. Alvarez (6), R. Martin (5), T. Snider (5) RBI: S. Marte (3), A. McCutchen (15), G. Jones (16), P. Alvarez (17), R. Martin (14), T. Snider 11
BASERUNNING CS: S. Marte (4)

Pittsburgh Pirates
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
A. Burnett	7.0	5	4	4	1	11	4.75
T. Watson	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.96
D. Welker	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
J. Karstens (W, 1-1)	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	5.00

Pirates Win Slugfest in Extras, Drop Nats 6-5

PITTSBURGH, Pa - The Nationals welcomed the Pirates back to PNC Park on Friday night, getting the 4-3 victory after roughing up Jeff Locke. Looking to get back to their early season winning ways, the Pirates sent A.J. Burnett to the mound, looking to collect his second straight victory. The Nationals would counter with ace phenom, Stephen Strasburg.

A.J. Burnett started the game off the way any pitcher would, getting Roger Bernadina to strike out to lead off the 1st. After Burnett retired the side, the Pirates got to work, as Starling Marte lead off the bottom of the 1st with a single. But Marte would be caught stealing, followed by fly outs from Travis Snider and Andrew McCutchen to end the inning.

Burnett continued to deal into the 2nd, striking out Bryce Harper and Adam LaRoche back to back. Ian Desmond kept the inning alive with a single, allowing Jason Werth to jack a 2-run home run to put the Nationals up 2-0.

Burnett would get Wilson Ramos to strike out to end the inning. But the Pirates would strike right back in the Bottom of the second, as Garrett Jones hit a solo home run off of Strasburg to cut the lead to 2-1. Strasburg kept the damage to a minimum, retiring the side. After a leadoff walk to Ryan Zimmerman, Burnett got Bryce Harper to ground into a double play to end the top of the 4th. Stephen Strasburg would go on to strike out the side in the bottom of the 4th to end the inning.

In the bottom of the 5th, the Pirates got to Strasburg again, as Russell Martin doubled, followed by a single from Clint Barmes, who would score on a 2 out RBI single from Starling Marte to tie the game at 2. WIth two men still on base, Travis Snider flew out at the track to end the inning.

Strasburg was looking to help his own cause, leading off the top of the 6th with a single, giving Roger Bernadina the opening to blast a 2-run home run to give the Nationals a 4-2 lead.

The Pirates would cut the lead to 1 in the bottom of the 6th, as Andrew McCutchen hit a solo home run to put the score at 4-3 in favor of the Nationals. A.J. Burnett, getting his pitch count into the upper 80's, looked better than he did at the beginning of the game, keeping the Pirates within striking distance as he struck out his 6th straight batter, also his 11th of the game.

With a 1 run lead in the bottom of the 9th, the Nationals turned to Rafael Soriano for his second straight save opportunity. But Russell Martin had other things in mind, tying the game at 4 with a solo home run that hit off the foul pole, giving the Pirates the opportunity to walk off in the 9th.

Jeff Karstens took over in the top of the 10th, getting himself into early trouble, allowing singles to Ian Desmond and Jason Werth, with Desmond making it to 3rd on the single by Werth. Karstens would allow another single to Kurt Suziki, scoring Desmond and giving the Nationals a 5-4 lead. But the fans at PNC Park would get behind the Pirates and the electricity could be seen and heard throughout the stadium. With a shaky Drew Storen pitching, Travis Snider took the first pitch he saw in the inning and smacked a home run to tie the game at 5. Then, with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th, Pedro Alvarez hit his 6th home run of the year, this time as a solo walk-off home run that cleared the outfield seats out into the Allegheny River. Alvarez's home run walked the Pirates off into victory, tying the series at 1-1.