WAS 5 vs. CHI 11

BOXSCORE: 2012 Washington Nationals At 2012 Chicago (NL) Cubs       4/18/2012
 
  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cubs               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Werth RF          4  2  2  0 .286     D.Dejesus RF        4  0  0  0 .175  
  B.Harper CF         4  1  2  1 .125     D.Barney 2B         4  1  1  0 .150  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      5  1  2  1 .280     A.Rizzo 1B          3  1  1  0 .350  
  A.Laroche 1B        4  0  0  0 .095     R.Dolis P           0  0  0  0 ----  
  M.Morse LF          5  1  2  2 .292     A.Soriano LF        4  0  0  0 .143  
  I.Desmond SS        4  1  2  2 .217     S.Castro SS         4  0  2  2 .341  
  S.Lombardozzi 2B    3  0  0  0 .000     W.Castillo C        4  1  1  1 .222  
  J.Flores C          4  1  1  0 .333     J.Mather CF         2  0  1  0 .533  
  G.Gonzalez P        3  0  1  1 .400   B-T.Campana PH,CF     1  0  0  0 .429  
  D.Storen P          1  0  0  0 .000     L.Valbuena 3B       2  0  0  0 .129  
  C.Stammen P         0  0  0  0 ----   C-D.Sappelt PH        1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          J.Samardzija P      2  0  0  0 .167  
                                        A-B.Lahair PH,1B      2  0  0  0 .214  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  7 12  7                 Totals      33  3  6  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Samardzija In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mather In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Valbuena In 9th Inning
 
Nationals....... 0 1 2  1 1 0  1 1 0  -  7 12  0
Cubs............ 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  3  6  0
 
Nationals (4-1)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
G.Gonzalez WIN(1-0)       5 2/3   5   2   2   3   6   0  97   4.22
D.Storen HOLD(1st)        2 1/3   1   1   1   1   1   1  39   1.17
C.Stammen                 1       0   0   0   0   2   0  11   3.00
Totals                    9       6   3   3   4   9   1
 
Cubs (2-9)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Samardzija LOSS(0-3)    7      10   6   5   2  10   1 119   6.00
R.Dolis                   2       2   1   1   2   1   1  38   7.36
Totals                    9      12   7   6   4  11   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 26,585 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Bill Welke, Chris Guccione, Tim Tschida, Jeff Nelson
T- 2:59
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 7  Cubs: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0  Cubs: 1
DOUBLES- J.Werth(2nd), B.Harper-2(2nd), R.Zimmerman(3rd), J.Flores(2nd),
         S.Castro(3rd), J.Mather(3rd)
HOME RUNS- R.Zimmerman(2nd), I.Desmond(1st), W.Castillo(1st)
RBIs- B.Harper(2nd), R.Zimmerman(3rd), M.Morse-2(9th), I.Desmond-2(3rd),
      G.Gonzalez, S.Castro-2(5th), W.Castillo(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- B.Harper(2nd)
WALKS- J.Werth, B.Harper, A.Laroche, S.Lombardozzi, D.Dejesus, A.Rizzo,
       J.Mather, L.Valbuena
STRIKE OUTS- J.Werth, R.Zimmerman, A.Laroche-3, M.Morse-2, I.Desmond, J.Flores,
             G.Gonzalez, D.Storen, D.Dejesus-2, D.Barney, A.Soriano, W.Castillo,
             L.Valbuena, J.Samardzija, B.Lahair-2
GIDP- J.Flores
WILD PITCHES- J.Samardzija
2-out RBI- S.Castro-2, M.Morse-2, G.Gonzalez, W.Castillo
RLISP 2-out- A.Laroche, W.Castillo, B.Harper-2, J.Samardzija, L.Valbuena,
             M.Morse-2
 
Shortstop Ian Desmond cracked a homer and had 2 RBI as the Washington
Nationals topped the Chicago (NL) Cubs by a score of 7 to 3 at Wrigley
Field.
 
Washington brought 2 runs across the plate in the top of the 3rd inning.  The
highlight belonged to Michael Morse who silenced the crowd when he hit a
single bringing in two baserunners.  Washington simply wore out the Chicago
(NL) pitching staff, scoring in 6 different innings.  
 
Gio Gonzalez(1-0) went 5 and 2/3 innings allowing 2 runs for the win. Jeff
Samardzija(0-3) was charged with the loss.  He was hit hard and gave up 10
hits and 2 walks in 7 innings.