Padres pummel Dan Haren, Nationals to earn series split
Andrew Cashner pitched 6 2/3 strong innings and Kyle Blanks and Will Venable homered off Dan Haren to lead the Padres to a 13-4 victory Sunday and a split of their four-game series.
Major League Baseball
Washington Nationals
4
San Diego Padres
13
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| SD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
Andrew Cashner pitched 6 2/3 strong innings and Kyle Blanks and Will Venable homered off Dan Haren to lead the Padres to a 13-4 victory Sunday and a split of their four-game series.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Y Alonso homered to right center (397 feet).
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
W Venable doubled to right center, E Cabrera scored.
E Cabrera singled to center, K Blanks and A Amarista scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Amarista singled to left, J Gyorko scored, K Blanks to second, K Blanks to third, A Amarista to second on error by catcher K Suzuki.
N Hundley hit sacrifice fly to left, Y Alonso scored.
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
A LaRoche singled to center, S Lombardozzi scored, R Zimmerman to second.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
R Zimmerman singled to right, D Span scored, S Lombardozzi to third.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
K Blanks homered to left (392 feet), J Gyorko scored.
J Gyorko singled to left, Y Alonso scored, J Gyorko to second advancing on throw.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
W Venable homered to right (369 feet).
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
R Zimmerman homered to left (407 feet), S Lombardozzi scored.
Pitch 4: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
S Lombardozzi grounded out to second.
Pitch 4: in play
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (swinging)
Pitch 1: ball 1
S Lombardozzi batting
D Span grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, J Solano out at second.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
D Span batting
J Solano walked.
Pitch 4: ball 4
Pitch 3: ball 3
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Solano batting
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
E Cabrera grounded out to second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: ball 1
E Cabrera batting
A Amarista singled to left, K Blanks to second.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
A Amarista batting
N Hundley flied out to right.
Pitch 1: in play
N Hundley batting
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