WASHINGTON -- Not only did the Arizona Diamondbacks put a clamp on Washington's prolific offense, they put on a power display of their own.
Arizona hit three home runs, including fourth-inning drives by Jake Lamb and Chris Herrmann, and pulled away to a 6-3 victory over the Nationals on Tuesday night.
Erratic starter Taijuan Walker and four relievers combined to blank Washington over the final six innings after the Nationals bolted to a 3-1 lead.
Two days after scoring 23 runs against the Mets to cap a record-setting month, Washington went 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10.
"A lot of credit goes to our pitching staff," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. "It wasn't a perfect outing for Taijuan -- we extended him a little bit -- and he handed it off to the bullpen. If you hold this team to three runs, you're doing things right on the mound."
Walker needed 117 pitches to get 11 outs and was pulled with two outs in the fifth. He gave up three runs, walked five and struck out six.
T.J. McFarland (1-0) got four straight outs, J.J. Hoover and Jorge De La Rosa each pitched an inning, and Fernando Rodney worked a perfect ninth for his seventh save.
The Diamondbacks notched 11 strikeouts, the eighth straight game they reached that figure, tying the major league record set by Cleveland in September 2015.
Ryan Zimmerman had two hits for the Nationals, his career-high fifth straight multihit game. But Washington's offense sputtered after becoming the first team in baseball history to score at least 14 runs five times in April.
Anthony Rendon, who had three homers and 10 RBI in that rout of the Mets, had one of Washington's seven hits.
"Three runs is still pretty solid," he insisted. "It doesn't reflect what we did all last month, but you know we're going to have days like that."
It hasn't happened often thus far. The Nationals scored 170 runs in April, the most coming into May since the Chicago Cubs reached 171 in 2008.
"Kind of a downer day," manager Dusty Baker said. "Just seems like we don't bounce back with a lot of life after an off day."
Taking Monday off seemed to take the momentum away from the offense, as evidenced by Washington's failure to deliver a clutch hit.
"We left a lot of men on base," Baker said. "We were picking them up in the last series so we'll just have to start picking them up (Wednesday)."
Nationals starter Tanner Roark (3-1) struck out eight over six innings for the Nationals, but threw a career-high 125 pitches and left with Washington trailing 4-3.
Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt and Washington's Bryce Harper each had RBI singles in the first inning, and Daniel Murphy singled in two runs in the bottom of the third.
Lamb led off the fourth with a drive to right, Brandon Drury got an infield hit and Herrmann homered to put the Diamondbacks up for good.
Jeremy Hazelbaker made it 6-3 with a solo shot in the ninth.
STOP THIEF!
Goldschmidt had his run of 25 straight stolen bases end when Jose Lobaton threw him out at second base in the first inning. It was the second-longest streak in club history behind Eric Byrnes (30).
A REAL AMERICAN
Rodney became a U.S. citizen on Tuesday, announcing the news with a smile and a tweet.
The 40-year-old Rodney was born in the Dominican Republic and has been pitching in the big leagues since 2002 with Detroit.
His tweet said: "I'm officially a US citizen. God bless America & Thank you for the opportunity. Hijo de Republica Dominicana."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OF David Peralta wasn't in the starting lineup because he was "a little under the weather," according to Lovullo.
Nationals: INF Stephen Drew (hamstring) is moving closer to a rehab assignment. "He's been very chipper," Baker said. ... C Matt Wieters was unavailable because of an illness.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray (2-1 3.56 ERA) starts Wednesday night. He's 0-2 with an 8.44 ERA in two lifetime starts against Washington.
Nationals: Making his sixth start of the season, Gio Gonzalez (3-0, 1.62 ERA) is 34-20 with a 3.20 ERA when pitching in Nationals Park.
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Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona hit three home runs, including fourth-inning drives by Jake Lamb and Chris Herrmann, and pulled away to a 6-3 victory over the Nationals on Tuesday night.
Erratic starter Taijuan Walker and four relievers combined to blank Washington over the final six innings after the Nationals bolted to a 3-1 lead.
Two days after scoring 23 runs against the Mets to cap a record-setting month, Washington went 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10.
"A lot of credit goes to our pitching staff," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. "It wasn't a perfect outing for Taijuan -- we extended him a little bit -- and he handed it off to the bullpen. If you hold this team to three runs, you're doing things right on the mound."
Walker needed 117 pitches to get 11 outs and was pulled with two outs in the fifth. He gave up three runs, walked five and struck out six.
T.J. McFarland (1-0) got four straight outs, J.J. Hoover and Jorge De La Rosa each pitched an inning, and Fernando Rodney worked a perfect ninth for his seventh save.
The Diamondbacks notched 11 strikeouts, the eighth straight game they reached that figure, tying the major league record set by Cleveland in September 2015.
Ryan Zimmerman had two hits for the Nationals, his career-high fifth straight multihit game. But Washington's offense sputtered after becoming the first team in baseball history to score at least 14 runs five times in April.
Anthony Rendon, who had three homers and 10 RBI in that rout of the Mets, had one of Washington's seven hits.
"Three runs is still pretty solid," he insisted. "It doesn't reflect what we did all last month, but you know we're going to have days like that."
It hasn't happened often thus far. The Nationals scored 170 runs in April, the most coming into May since the Chicago Cubs reached 171 in 2008.
"Kind of a downer day," manager Dusty Baker said. "Just seems like we don't bounce back with a lot of life after an off day."
Taking Monday off seemed to take the momentum away from the offense, as evidenced by Washington's failure to deliver a clutch hit.
"We left a lot of men on base," Baker said. "We were picking them up in the last series so we'll just have to start picking them up (Wednesday)."
Nationals starter Tanner Roark (3-1) struck out eight over six innings for the Nationals, but threw a career-high 125 pitches and left with Washington trailing 4-3.
Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt and Washington's Bryce Harper each had RBI singles in the first inning, and Daniel Murphy singled in two runs in the bottom of the third.
Lamb led off the fourth with a drive to right, Brandon Drury got an infield hit and Herrmann homered to put the Diamondbacks up for good.
Jeremy Hazelbaker made it 6-3 with a solo shot in the ninth.
STOP THIEF!
Goldschmidt had his run of 25 straight stolen bases end when Jose Lobaton threw him out at second base in the first inning. It was the second-longest streak in club history behind Eric Byrnes (30).
A REAL AMERICAN
Rodney became a U.S. citizen on Tuesday, announcing the news with a smile and a tweet.
The 40-year-old Rodney was born in the Dominican Republic and has been pitching in the big leagues since 2002 with Detroit.
His tweet said: "I'm officially a US citizen. God bless America & Thank you for the opportunity. Hijo de Republica Dominicana."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OF David Peralta wasn't in the starting lineup because he was "a little under the weather," according to Lovullo.
Nationals: INF Stephen Drew (hamstring) is moving closer to a rehab assignment. "He's been very chipper," Baker said. ... C Matt Wieters was unavailable because of an illness.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray (2-1 3.56 ERA) starts Wednesday night. He's 0-2 with an 8.44 ERA in two lifetime starts against Washington.
Nationals: Making his sixth start of the season, Gio Gonzalez (3-0, 1.62 ERA) is 34-20 with a 3.20 ERA when pitching in Nationals Park.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Pollock singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Owings struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock safe at third on throwing error by pitcher Roark. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt singled to center, Pollock scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Lamb struck out looking. Goldschmidt caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| T. Turner doubled to deep right. | 1 | 0 |
| Werth walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Harper singled to left, T. Turner scored, Werth to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Zimmerman grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Harper out at second, Werth to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Murphy grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Tomás struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Drury grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Herrmann singled to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Ahmed struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Rendon doubled to deep center. | 1 | 1 |
| Taylor walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Lobatón grounded out to first, Rendon to third, Taylor to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Roark struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| T. Turner grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Walker flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Pollock grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Owings walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Owings stole second. | 1 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt lined out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Werth struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Harper walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Zimmerman doubled to deep right, Harper to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Murphy singled to center, Harper and Zimmerman scored. | 1 | 3 |
| Rendon struck out looking. | 1 | 3 |
| Taylor struck out looking. | 1 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Lamb homered to right (410 feet). | 2 | 3 |
| Tomás grounded out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Drury reached on infield single to third. | 2 | 3 |
| Herrmann homered to left (387 feet), Drury scored. | 4 | 3 |
| Ahmed flied out to left. | 4 | 3 |
| Walker struck out looking. | 4 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Lobatón struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Roark flied out to left. | 4 | 3 |
| T. Turner walked. | 4 | 3 |
| T. Turner stole second. | 4 | 3 |
| Werth popped out to first. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Pollock grounded out to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Owings popped out to second. | 4 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt struck out looking. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Harper grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 3 |
| Zimmerman struck out looking. | 4 | 3 |
| Murphy walked. | 4 | 3 |
| McFarland relieved Walker. | 4 | 3 |
| Rendon flied out to right. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Tanner Roark pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Lamb fouled out to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Tomás walked. | 4 | 3 |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| Herrmann struck out looking. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| T.J. McFarland pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Taylor grounded out to second. | 4 | 3 |
| Lobatón grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 3 |
| Bautista hit for Roark. | 4 | 3 |
| Bautista struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Blake Treinen pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Treinen relieved Roark. | 4 | 3 |
| Ahmed singled to right. | 4 | 3 |
| Descalso hit for McFarland. | 4 | 3 |
| Descalso hit by pitch, Ahmed to second. | 4 | 3 |
| Pollock grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Descalso out at second, Ahmed to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Owings singled to right, Ahmed scored, Pollock to second. | 5 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt grounded into double play, third to second to first, Owings out at second. | 5 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| J.J. Hoover pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Hoover relieved McFarland. | 5 | 3 |
| T. Turner flied out to center. | 5 | 3 |
| Werth struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| Harper walked. | 5 | 3 |
| Zimmerman singled to right, Harper to second. | 5 | 3 |
| Murphy struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Blake Treinen pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| Tomás grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 3 |
| Drury singled to right. | 5 | 3 |
| Herrmann walked, Drury to second. | 5 | 3 |
| Ahmed flied out to left. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| De La Rosa relieved Hoover. | 5 | 3 |
| Hazelbaker in left field. | 5 | 3 |
| Rendon walked. | 5 | 3 |
| Taylor singled to left, Rendon to second. | 5 | 3 |
| Lobatón bunted into fielder's choice to first, Rendon out at third, Taylor to second. | 5 | 3 |
| Heisey hit for Treinen. | 5 | 3 |
| Heisey struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| T. Turner flied out to right. | 5 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Joe Blanton pitching for Washington | ARI | WSH |
| Blanton relieved Treinen. | 5 | 3 |
| Hazelbaker homered to center (420 feet). | 6 | 3 |
| Pollock flied out to center. | 6 | 3 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 6 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 6 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt to second on passed ball by Lobatón. | 6 | 3 |
| Lamb intentionally walked. | 6 | 3 |
| Iannetta hit for De La Rosa. | 6 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt stole third. | 6 | 3 |
| Lamb stole second. | 6 | 3 |
| Iannetta grounded out to pitcher. | 6 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Washington - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Fernando Rodney pitching for Arizona | ARI | WSH |
| Rodney relieved De La Rosa. | 6 | 3 |
| Werth struck out swinging. | 6 | 3 |
| Harper flied out to center. | 6 | 3 |
| Zimmerman grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Arizona Diamondbacks
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollock CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .318 | .359 | .473 |
| Owings RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | .309 | .356 | .500 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | .313 | .459 | .510 |
| Lamb 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | .283 | .351 | .525 |
| Tomás LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .281 | .316 | .562 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
b-Iannetta PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .205 | .286 | .364 |
Rodney P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Drury 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .326 | .375 | .438 |
| Herrmann C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .205 | .244 | .359 |
| Ahmed SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .216 | .245 | .314 |
| Walker P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .083 | .154 | .083 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
a-Descalso PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .178 | .288 | .333 |
Hoover P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Hazelbaker LF
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .320 | .393 | .560 |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 185 | |||
| a-hit by pitch for T Mcfarland in the 7th b-grounded to pitcher for J De La Rosa in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING HR: Lamb (6, 4th inning off Roark 0 on, 0 Out); Herrmann (2, 4th inning off Roark 1 on, 1 Out); Hazelbaker (1, 9th inning off Blanton 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Goldschmidt (20), Lamb (22), Herrmann 2 (7), Owings (20), Hazelbaker (5) GIDP: Goldschmidt Diamondbacks RISP: 2-8 (Pollock 0-1, Ahmed 0-1, Iannetta 0-1, Goldschmidt 1-3, Owings 1-2) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Pollock (11, 2nd base off Roark/Lobatón); Owings (8, 2nd base off Roark/Lobatón); Goldschmidt (8, 3rd base off Blanton/Lobatón); Lamb (3, 2nd base off Blanton/Lobatón) CS: Goldschmidt (1, 2nd base by Roark/Lobatón) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Ahmed-Drury-Goldschmidt). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. |
| Attendance | 22,826 (55% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:48 |
| Weather | 75 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 11 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Brian O'Nora, First Base - Paul Emmel, Second Base - Quinn Wolcott, Third Base - Scott Barry |
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