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Game 41 - Washington Earns Series Split With Win Over Yankees

Posted on May 24, 2015 at 01:33 AM.

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The Nationals jumped out on top of the Yankees in the third innhng when they picked up their first 3 hits of the game in consecutive at-bats. After Masahiro Tanaka had struck out the first two batters in the third, Escobar hit a ground rule double, followed by and RBI single to left by Werth and a home run to right by Harper.

Tanaka would settle down and hold the Nationals to those 3 runs through 6, a the Yankees troed to claw their way back into the game.

In the top of the 4th, Carlos Beltran hit a solo home run to cut the game to 3-1. The Bombers would score again on an unearned run in the 7th. With one out, Carlos Beltran reached first on a throwing error by Ian Desmond. Chase Headley moved him to scoring position with a single. After Brett Gardner flied out, Brian McCann grounded to reliver Matt Thornton, whose throw to first sailed over the first baseman's head, allowing Beltran to score. Stephen Drew couldn't capitalize with 2 men in scoring position and flied out to left to end the threat.

The Yankee manager then made what worked out to be a mistake. With the pitcher slot due up for the Yanks in the top of the 8th, the Yankee manager tried to squeeze one more inning out of Tanaka. After Rendon led off the bottom of the 7th inning with a double, Tanaka got Desmond and Ramos to ground out but a walk to McLouth and RBI singles by Span and Escobar would turn into the final daggers the Nationals needed.

The Yankees would threaten in both the 8th and 9th inning putting two men on base with one out in both frames, but Janssen and Storen were able to eliminate both threats without allowing runs to score.

With the loss, the Yankees are 29-12, but have only won 7 of their last 13 games. The Nationals improve to 20-21.

New York Yankees at Washington Nationals
May 20, 2015	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (29-12)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	1
Washington (20-21)	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	X	5	8	2
W: Max Scherzer (5-2) L: Masahiro Tanaka (4-2) S: Drew Storen (12)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			NYY	WAS
WAS	3	Werth grounded to left for a single. Escobar scores.	0	1
WAS	3	Harper homered to right. Werth scores.	0	3
NYY	4	Beltran homered to center.	1	3
NYY	7	McCann reached second on a throwing eror by Thornton. Beltran scores. Headley advances to 3rd.	2	3
WAS	7	Span lined to center for a single. Rendon scores. McLouth advances to 2nd.	2	4
WAS	7	Escobar grounded to left for a single. McLouth scores. Span advances to 2nd.	2	5

New York Yankees
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF	3	0	1	0	1	1	.321
Didi Gregorius, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	.328
Mark Teixeira, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.260
Carlos Beltran, RF	4	2	1	1	0	0	.325
Chase Headley, 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.266
Brett Gardner, LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	.282
Brian McCann, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	.205
Stephen Drew, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	.237
Masahiro Tanaka, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
David Carpenter, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Alex Rodriguez, PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	.267
Adam Warren, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS	34	2	6	1	1	7
BATTING HR: C. Beltran (7) RBI: C. Beltran (17) GIDP: S. Drew
BASERUNNING SB: J. Ellsbury 2 (26)
FIELDING E: C. Headley (3)

New York Yankees
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Masahiro Tanaka (L, 4-2)	6.2	6	5	5	2	6	2.35
David Carpenter	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	3.52
Adam Warren	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	1.69
TOTALS	8.0	8	5	5	2	7
PITCHING Pitches-Strikes: Tanaka 107-68, Carpenter 4-3, Warren 14-9

Washington Nationals
HITTERS	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Span, CF	4	0	1	1	0	2	.208
Escobar, 2B	4	1	2	1	0	1	.280
Werth, LF	3	1	1	1	1	1	.261
Harper, RF	4	1	1	2	0	0	.242
Zimmerman, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.197
Rendon, 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.291
Desmond, SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	.314
Ramos, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	.190
Storen, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Scherzer, P	2	0	0	0	0	1	.059
Thornton, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
McLouth, PH	0	1	0	0	1	0	.264
Blevins, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Janssen, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Lobaton, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	.355
TOTALS	33	5	8	5	2	7
BATTING 2B: A. Rendon (10), Y. Escobar (7) HR: B. Harper (6) RBI: D. Span (6), B. Harper 2 (22), Y. Escobar (6), J. Werth (12)
FIELDING E: M. Thornton (1), I. Desmond (3)

Washington Nationals
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
M. Scherzer (W, 5-2)	6.1	3	2	1	0	7	2.61
M. Thornton (H, 1)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2.00
J. Blevins	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	3.18
C. Janssen	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3.71
D. Storen (S, 12)	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	9.0	6	2	1	1	7
PITCHING Pitches-Strikes: Scherzer 93-64, Thornton 11-6, Blevins 13-7, Janssen 15-9, Storen 11-8