Palms 4, Nationals 3

Blake Johnston was pitching well, and the Palms were on base with regularity, ultimately accumulating 16 hits, and in the top of the 5th, they were up 3-0. The big problem was that Miami wasn't scoring at a rate equitable with their hit total. Jayson Werth came up for the Nationals with the bases loaded in the 5th and doubled, allowing every National on base to score, tying the game. Even though Miami was doing better all around, it remained that way until the bottom of the ninth. Billy Dupont led off with a double and moved to third on Chris Johnson's line out. Kelly Johnson then took the next pitch and grounded it through the hole into right field to score Dupont and earn a well deserved victory.

 Miami Palms 4, Washington Nationals 3
 Thursday, June 5, 2014


 Washington Nationals (2-2)                               Miami Palms (31-31)                                    
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave     
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---     
 Span cf         4  0  1  0  0  2  3  0  0  0   .375      Crisp cf        4  0  2  1  1  0  3  0  0  0   .319
 Rendon 2b       3  1  2  0  1  0  2  4  0  0   .389      Markakis rf     5  0  1  1  0  0  5  0  0  0   .273
 Werth rf        4  0  1  3  0  1  2  0  0  1   .368      Drysdale dh     5  0  2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0   .303
 LaRoche 1b      4  0  0  0  0  0  5  3  0  2   .278      Sohn lf         5  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  3   .267
 Zimmerman lf    4  0  0  0  0  1  4  0  0  0   .154      Dupont 1b       5  1  3  0  0  0  4  1  0  5   .290
 Frandsen 3b     4  0  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0   .250      Johnson 3b      4  0  3  0  1  0  1  3  0  0   .319
 Espinosa ss     4  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0   .235      Johnson 2b      5  1  2  1  0  1  3  1  0  0   .272
 Lobaton c       3  1  1  0  0  1  5  2  0  1   .333      Abreu ss        4  1  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  2   .249
 Dobbs dh        2  1  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  0   .000      Ruiz c          4  1  1  0  0  1  7  0  0  3   .215

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          32 3  6  3  2  6  25 10 0  4             Totals          41 4  16 4  2  3  27 5  0  13


                              1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9      R  H  E
                              -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Washington Nationals         0  0  0  0  3  0  0  0  0      3  6  0 
 Miami Palms                  0  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  1      4  16 0 



 LOB- Washington Nationals 4, Miami Palms 13; 2B- Werth(2), Lobaton(1), Dupont(13),
 Johnson(10), Ruiz(9); RBI- Werth 3(10), Johnson(24), Crisp(42), Markakis(32), Drysdale(30);
 GIDP- LaRoche(2); RLSP- LaRoche 2, Lobaton, Dupont 3, Ruiz 2, Sohn 2, Abreu; 

 DP- Miami Palms 1;
 


 Washington Nationals            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Fister                          3.0  8  3  3  1  1    9.00 
 Clippard                        2.0  3  0  0  0  1    0.00 
 Storen                          2.0  2  0  0  0  1    4.50 
 Blevins(L 0-1)                  1.1  3  1  1  1  0    6.75 

 Miami Palms                     IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Johnston                        6.0  6  3  3  2  3    4.07 
 Harding                         2.0  0  0  0  0  3    4.02 
 Perez(W 5-0)                    1.0  0  0  0  0  0    3.03 

 Pitches-strikes- Fister 57-33, Clippard 27-19, Storen 24-18, Blevins 24-14, Johnston 95-56,
 Harding 20-13, Perez 6-4; Batters faced- Fister 18, Clippard 9, Storen 8, Blevins 8,
 Johnston 25, Harding 6, Perez 3;

 Player of the Game: Kelly Johnson

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