Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4, Arizona 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, August 13, 2010
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Jeff Kellogg, 1B - Larry Vanover, 2B - Angel Campos, 3B - Mark Carlson
Attendance: 19549
Ryan Zimmerman drove in two runs, Wil Nieves homered and John Lannan threw seven strong innings as the Washington Nationals snapped a five-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.

Lannan (4-5) allowed two runs on four hits in seven innings with five strikeouts and one walk. Lannan retired 13 of the first 14 batters he faced. Sean Burnett p[itched two hitless innings for his second save.

In the first, Zimmerman hit a two-run single and Michael Morse had an RBI single. Nieves gave the Nationals a 4-0 lead with his second homer in the second.

Ian Desmond had three hits in the victory.

Arizona starter Joe Saunders (7-12) allowed four runs on 10 hits in six innings.

The Diamondbacks scored their runs in the fifth inning on Stephen Drew’s RBI triple and Gerardo Parra’s run-scoring single.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Arizona   Washington
Joe Saunders Player John Lannan
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 7.0
4 Strikeouts 5
10 Hits 4
6.00 ERA 2.57
Hitting
Arizona   Washington
Gerardo Parra Player Ian Desmond
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 4
.667 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Arizona 4 0 6 .143 4 9 2 1 0 1
Washington 10 1 14 .303 17 5 4 2 0 1