Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, July 2, 2011
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 88°
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Adrian Johnson, 2B - Alan Porter, 3B - Mark Lollo
Attendance: 39638
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Ivan Rodriguez hit a go-ahead RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning and the Washington Nationals earned a split of a day-night doubleheader with a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.

Ryan Zimmerman and Wilson Ramos each had RBIs for Washington, which improved to 2-4 under interim manager Davey Johnson, after losing the first game 5-3.

Pittsburgh, meanwhile, fell to 0-8 when trying to move three games over .500. The Pirates (42-41) are still off to their best start since 1999.

The Nationals tied the game at 3 in the eighth when Brian Bixler stole third and scored after catcher Eric Fryer’s errant throw sailed down the third base line. Rodriguez then lined an 0-2 pitch from Tony Watson (0-1) into right field, scoring Rick Ankiel.

Drew Storen pitched the ninth for his 20th save in 23 chances after Ryan Mattheus (1-0) threw a scoreless eighth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh   Washington
Brad Lincoln Player John Lannan
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 7.0
4 Strikeouts 1
4 Hits 6
3.00 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Pittsburgh   Washington
Andrew McCutchen Player Danny Espinosa
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
6 TB 3
.750 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Pittsburgh 9 0 12 .265 7 2 2 0 0 2
Washington 5 0 7 .172 15 6 3 7 2 0