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Washington Nationals @ New York Mets

2012-04-11 · Day game · Citi Field · Att: 34614 · 53°F · Wind 8 mph from LF · 3:36

Washington Nationals defeated New York Mets 4–0. Stephen Strasburg earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
WAS	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	9
NYN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

W: Stephen Strasburg L: Johan Santana SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Vanover · 1B: Tony Randazzo · 2B: Todd Tichenor · 3B: Brian Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ian Desmond	5	1	2	0	0	2
Danny Espinosa	3	0	1	0	2	1
Ryan Zimmerman	4	1	1	0	1	2
Jayson Werth	3	0	1	0	1	1
Mark DeRosa	2	1	1	1	3	0
Adam LaRoche	4	0	0	0	1	1
Xavier Nady	5	1	2	0	0	1
Jesus Flores	3	0	1	1	2	0
Stephen Strasburg	2	0	0	0	0	2
Steve Lombardozzi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Tracy	1	0	0	1	0	0
Brett Carroll	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Ruben Tejada	4	1	0	2
Daniel Murphy	3	1	1	0
Lucas Duda	3	0	1	2
Ike Davis	4	1	0	2
Jason Bay	3	0	0	2
Josh Thole	3	0	1	0
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	3	0	1	2
Ronny Cedeno	3	0	0	2
Johan Santana	2	0	0	1
Scott Hairston	1	0	0	1
Justin Turner	1	0	0	1

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Stephen Strasburg	6.0	2	3	9
Ryan Mattheus	1.0	0	1	2
Sean Burnett	1.0	1	0	2
Henry Rodriguez	1.0	0	0	2

New York Mets — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johan Santana	5.0	5	3	8
Manny Acosta	1.1	1	3	0
Ramon Ramirez	1.0	2	2	1
Jon Rauch	0.2	0	0	0
Miguel Batista	0.0	1	1	0
Tim Byrdak	1.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ian Desmond: K
Danny Espinosa: W
Ryan Zimmerman: K
Jayson Werth: S6/G6+.1-2
Mark DeRosa: CS3(25)

Bot 1

Ruben Tejada: S8/L8LS+
Daniel Murphy: W.1-2
Lucas Duda: 8/L8LD+
Ike Davis: WP.2-3;1-2
Ike Davis: K
Jason Bay: 63/G6

Top 2

Mark DeRosa: S8/L8LM
Adam LaRoche: 3/F13-
Xavier Nady: S9/L9S-.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Jesus Flores: W
Stephen Strasburg: K
Ian Desmond: WP.3-H(NR);2-3;1-2
Ian Desmond: K

Bot 2

Josh Thole: W
Kirk Nieuwenhuis: K
Ronny Cedeno: K
Johan Santana: 7/F7LD

Top 3

Danny Espinosa: K
Ryan Zimmerman: K
Jayson Werth: 9/F9M

Bot 3

Ruben Tejada: 43/G4
Daniel Murphy: 7/F7D
Lucas Duda: K

Top 4

Mark DeRosa: 7/L78D+
Adam LaRoche: K
Xavier Nady: 13/G13-

Bot 4

Ike Davis: K
Jason Bay: K
Josh Thole: 7/F7LM

Top 5

Jesus Flores: 3/F3F-
Stephen Strasburg: K
Ian Desmond: S7/G6+
Danny Espinosa: S8/G4M+.1-2
Ryan Zimmerman: 3/F3DF-

Bot 5

Kirk Nieuwenhuis: 31/G34
Ronny Cedeno: HP
Johan Santana: K
Ruben Tejada: K

Top 6

Jayson Werth: W
Mark DeRosa: PB.1-2
Mark DeRosa: W
Adam LaRoche: W.2-3;1-2
Xavier Nady: 4/LDP/L4+.2X2(46)
Jesus Flores: 8/F8RM

Bot 6

Daniel Murphy: 7/F7D+
Lucas Duda: W
Ike Davis: S9/L34D+.1-2
Jason Bay: K
Josh Thole: 8/F78M

Top 7

Steve Lombardozzi: 3/G3-
Ian Desmond: D8/L8RXD+
Danny Espinosa: W
Ryan Zimmerman: W.2-3;1-2
Jayson Werth: K
Mark DeRosa: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Adam LaRoche: 7/F78M

Bot 7

Kirk Nieuwenhuis: W
Ronny Cedeno: 64(1)/FO/G6
Scott Hairston: K
Ruben Tejada: K

Top 8

Xavier Nady: S8/G4M+
Jesus Flores: SB2
Jesus Flores: S8/G4M.2-3
Chad Tracy: 63/G4MS.3-H;1-2
Ian Desmond: 7/L7M+
Danny Espinosa: 13/G13+

Bot 8

Daniel Murphy: S4/F8RS
Lucas Duda: K
Ike Davis: 4(1)/FO/G4M-.B-2(E4/TH1)
Justin Turner: K

Top 9

Ryan Zimmerman: S8/G6M
Jayson Werth: HP.1-2
Mark DeRosa: W.2-3;1-2
Adam LaRoche: 2/P2F
Xavier Nady: K
Jesus Flores: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Brett Carroll: 7/F7S

Bot 9

Josh Thole: 3/G3-
Kirk Nieuwenhuis: K
Ronny Cedeno: K

Notes & reviews

Jason Bay yelled at HP Umpire Larry Vanover as he walked back to the bench
Mets Manager Terry Collins ejected by HP umpire Larry Vanover for arguing balls and strikes

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