Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 8, Chi. White Sox 7
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Chris Guccione, 2B - Tom Hallion, 3B - Ron Kulpa
Attendance: 24412


Nationals 8, White Sox 7:
Adam LaRoche broke out of a slump with a pair of home runs and Ian Desmond and Jayson Werth also went deep as host Washington survived a late push from Chicago in the opener of a three-game series.

Paul Konerko hit a three-run homer and finished with four RBIs for the White Sox, who had a two-game winning streak snapped.

The Nationals touched up starter Jake Peavy (1-1) for six runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings. Three of Washington's four home runs came against the right-hander.

Craig Stammen (2-0) picked up the win despite allowing a run on three hits in his only inning of work, and Rafael Soriano got his third save despite giving up a two-run blast to Alex Rios in the ninth.

Washington's Bryce Harper went 2-for-4 to raise his average to .379.

GAME NOTEBOOK: LaRoche was hitless in 15 at-bats with five strikeouts before hitting home runs in consecutive at-bats. … Nationals LHP Gio Gonzalez allowed one run on four hits in five innings and struck out seven. … The White Sox have scored 20 of their 27 runs on home runs.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. White Sox   Washington
Jake Peavy Player Gio Gonzalez
Loss W/L No Decision
5.1 IP 5.0
7 Strikeouts 7
9 Hits 4
10.12 ERA 1.80
Hitting
Chi. White Sox   Washington
Alejandro De Aza Player Denard Span
3 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
5 TB 3
.750 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. White Sox 11 2 19 .306 17 11 6 3 1 1
Washington 13 4 26 .406 8 8 8 3 0 1