Washington (23-53) at Florida (40-39)

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Zimmermann aims to build on solid June

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Jordan Zimmermann was on top of his game in June, but it hadn't shown up in his win column. That is, until he beat the Red Sox on Thursday.
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Jordan Zimmermann

  • #27 RHP
  • (3-3) 4.65 ERA 69 SO
Zimmermann gave up one run in seven innings against the Red Sox on Thursday. His only blemish against Boston came in the sixth inning, when he allowed a sacrifice fly to David Ortiz. It was Zimmermann's first win since April 26 against the Mets at Citi Field.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 3-3 4.65 69.2 20 69 .266
Season 3-3 4.65 69.2 20 69 .266

Series at a Glance

Standings - 07/01/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Washington Nationals (NL East) 23 53 .303 17.0 14-25 9-28
Florida Marlins (NL East) 40 39 .506 1.5 22-20 18-19
Stats - 07/01/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
WSH .259 330 72 316 26 593 5.21 670.1 730 309 426
FLA .256 362 79 341 46 625 4.41 708.0 707 301 588
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Top gun taking hill with sweep in sights

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Florida's top young gun, Josh Johnson, will be looking to help the Marlins notch series sweep when they face the Nationals in Wednesday's matinee series finale.
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Marlins probable pitcher

Josh Johnson

  • #55 RHP
  • (7-1) 2.76 ERA 94 SO
Considering the high standards Johnson has set for himself this season, his no-decision against the Rays on Friday wasn't exactly on par. But he still gave up just three runs in six innings to get his 14th quality start and left the game tied. The 25-year-old right-hander was hurt when he threw 27 pitches in the first inning and was dealing with a high pitch count his entire outing. Johnson, who gave up seven hits and walked three while striking out six, left after throwing 105 pitches (66 strikes). It was just the fourth time in 16 starts this year that Johnson didn't go more than six innings. For his career, he is 4-0 with a 3.49 ERA in seven appearances (six starts) against the Nationals.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 26-12 3.31 383.1 145 328 .249
Season 7-1 2.76 111.0 28 94 .224
Vs. Washington 1-0 4.26 12.2 2 14 .260

Nationals hitters vs Josh Johnson

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Bernadina, Roger .000 3 0 0 .167 6 0 0
Desmond, Ian - - - - - - - -
Dukes, Elijah - - - - .200 15 0 2
Dunn, Adam .200 5 0 0 .250 16 1 2
Flores, Jesus .333 3 0 0 .333 3 0 0
Gonzalez, Alberto .000 3 0 0 .125 8 0 1
Guzman, Cristian .667 3 0 0 .250 16 0 0
Harris, Willie - - - - .182 11 0 0
Maxwell, Justin - - - - - - - -
Morgan, Nyjer - - - - .000 3 0 0
Morse, Mike - - - - - - - -
Nieves, Wil - - - - .167 12 0 0
Willingham, Josh - - - - .167 6 0 0
Zimmerman, Ryan .333 6 0 1 .222 18 0 2

Marlins hitters vs Jordan Zimmermann

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Amezaga, Alfredo - - - - - - - -
Baker, John - - - - .500 2 0 0
Bonifacio, Emilio - - - - .333 3 0 0
Cantu, Jorge - - - - - - - -
Carroll, Brett - - - - - - - -
Coghlan, Chris - - - - .333 3 0 0
Cousins, Scott - - - - - - - -
Hayes, Brett - - - - - - - -
Helms, Wes - - - - - - - -
Maybin, Cameron - - - - - - - -
Miller, Jai - - - - - - - -
Paulino, Ronny - - - - - - - -
Ramirez, Hanley - - - - .500 2 0 2
Ross, Cody - - - - .000 2 0 0
Sanchez, Gaby - - - - - - - -
Uggla, Dan - - - - .333 3 0 0

Don't call it a comeback (23-54) (41-39)

Marlins 5, Nationals 3

Bullpen falters

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The Nationals brought Sean Burnett over from the Pirates to help shore up their bullpen, and in his debut, he gave up a homer to the first batter he faced. The next inning, two Nats relievers allowed the Marlins to take the lead as Washington dropped the finale of a three-game set.

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Marlins sweep Nats

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Josh Johnson pitched his shortest outing of the season, but his offense picked him up as Hanley Ramirez's notched two RBIs -- extending his streak of at least one RBI in each game to 10 -- and Wes Helms and Cody Ross each drove in a run in the eighth to give the Marlins a sweep.
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Marlins 5, Nationals 3

Washington AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Harris, W, CF 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 .245
Guzman, C, SS 5 1 1 0 0 2 7 .318
  MacDougal, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Johnson, N, 1B 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 .295
Zimmerman, R, 3B 5 0 0 0 0 1 6 .296
Dunn, A, LF 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 .260
Willingham, RF 4 1 2 2 1 0 2 .288
Hernandez, A, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 .256
  Burnett, S, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Tavarez, J, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Gonzalez, Al, SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .312
Nieves, C 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .233
Zimmermann, J, P 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .091
  Belliard, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .159
Totals 35 3 8 3 8 9 26  

BATTING
2B: Dunn, A (12, Johnson, J), Willingham (13, Badenhop).
TB: Harris, W; Guzman, C; Johnson, N; Dunn, A 2; Willingham 3; Zimmermann, J 2.
RBI: Zimmermann, J (2), Willingham 2 (18).
2-out RBI: Zimmermann, J.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Guzman, C 2; Hernandez, A 3; Johnson, N 2; Nieves; Zimmerman, R.
Team RISP: 2-for-14.
Team LOB: 13.

BASERUNNING
SB: Harris, W 2 (9, 2nd base off Meyer/Baker, Jo, 2nd base off Johnson, J/Baker, Jo).

FIELDING
E: Zimmerman, R (13, throw).
DP: (Hernandez, A-Johnson, N).
 
Florida AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Coghlan, LF 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .262
Bonifacio, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .250
Ramirez, H, SS 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 .345
Gload, 1B 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .284
Uggla, 2B 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .225
Hermida, RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .254
  Sanches, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Meyer, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Helms, PH 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .240
  Nunez, L, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ross, C, CF 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .274
Baker, Jo, C 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .240
Johnson, J, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .094
  Badenhop, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
  Pinto, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Carroll, B, RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Totals 33 5 10 5 2 6 11  

a-Grounded into a forceout for Meyer in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Ramirez, H (26, Zimmermann, J), Baker, Jo (10, Zimmermann, J).
HR: Ross, C (14, 7th inning off Burnett, S, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Coghlan; Bonifacio; Ramirez, H 3; Gload; Uggla; Hermida; Ross, C 5; Baker, Jo 2.
RBI: Ramirez, H 2 (58), Ross, C 2 (48), Helms (15).
2-out RBI: Ramirez, H 2; Ross, C.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gload; Bonifacio; Baker, Jo.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
CS: Bonifacio (6, 3rd base by Zimmermann, J/Nieves).
 
Washington IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Zimmermann, J 6.0 6 2 2 1 6 0 4.52
Burnett, S (BS, 2) 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3.21
Tavarez, J (L, 3-6) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 4.31
MacDougal 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.86
 
Florida IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Johnson, J 3.1 5 1 1 4 3 0 2.76
Badenhop 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.48
Pinto (BS, 4) 0.1 2 2 2 2 0 0 3.25
Sanches 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.53
Meyer (W, 2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.95
Nunez, L (S, 4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.86

Tavarez, J pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

IBB: Nieves (by Johnson, J).
Pitches-strikes: Zimmermann, J 100-74, Burnett, S 25-16, Tavarez, J 10-7, MacDougal 13-8, Johnson, J 89-50, Badenhop 40-25, Pinto 18-7, Sanches 10-6, Meyer 21-11, Nunez, L 12-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Zimmermann, J 1-9, Burnett, S 2-2, Tavarez, J 0-0, MacDougal 1-1, Johnson, J 5-2, Badenhop 4-2, Pinto 0-1, Sanches 1-1, Meyer 0-1, Nunez, L 1-0.
Batters faced: Zimmermann, J 24, Burnett, S 5, Tavarez, J 2, MacDougal 4, Johnson, J 19, Badenhop 9, Pinto 5, Sanches 3, Meyer 4, Nunez, L 3.
Inherited runners-scored: MacDougal 2-2, Badenhop 2-0, Sanches 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Ed Rapuano. 1B: James Hoye. 2B: Bill Welke. 3B: Tim Welke.
Weather: 84 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, Out to LF.
T: 3:18 (:19 delay).
Att: 27,032.
July 1, 2009

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