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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 6, San Diego 0
When: 4:10 PM ET, Sunday, June 8, 2014
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Jordan Baker, 1B - Angel Campos, 2B - Jerry Meals, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 27046

Nationals 6, Padres 0: Jordan Zimmermann pitched a complete-game two-hitter and struck out a career high 12 as visiting Washington defeated San Diego.

Danny Espinosa went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Jayson Werth also had three hits for the Nationals, who won for the seventh time in nine games. Ian Desmond went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and Kevin Frandsen also had two hits as the Nationals collected 13 overall while claiming the three-game series.

Zimmermann (5-2) retired the first 16 batters he faced and didn’t walk a batter in the stellar 114-pitch effort while tossing his third career shutout. Zimmermann has allowed no runs and seven hits in 17 innings over his last two starts.

Desmond’s two-run blast to center off Eric Stults (2-7) in the second inning gave the Nationals a 3-0 advantage. Adam LaRoche hit a run-scoring single in the third and Espinosa greeted reliever Tim Stauffer with a two-run single to right to make it a six-run margin.

Alexi Amarista smacked a clean single to right with one out in the sixth for San Diego’s first hit. Seth Smith tripled in the seventh for the Padres’ only other base runner.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Stults was charged with six runs and eight hits in 2 1/3 innings while dropping his fourth straight decision. … Washington 3B Anthony Rendon (thumb) sat out for the second straight game. … Stauffer struck out six in 3 2/3 innings and the Padres fanned 13 overall.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Washington   San Diego
Jordan Zimmermann Player Eric Stults
Win W/L Loss
9.0 IP 2.1
12 Strikeouts 2
2 Hits 8
0.00 ERA 23.14
Hitting
Washington   San Diego
Danny Espinosa Player Alexi Amarista
3 Hits 1
2 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 1
.750 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Washington 13 1 18 .342 21 13 6 3 1 0
San Diego 2 0 4 .069 5 12 0 0 0 0