CALIFORNIA (40-60) @ WASHINGTON (34-66)
STARTING PITCHERS
13YW (3-5 3.47) 11Z (7-9 2.59)
The Nats jumped all over Jack Hamilton from the first pitch, putting up 7 in the first three innings, highlighted by a Mike Epstein grand slam. Overall, the Senators clubbed 4 homers while Phil Ortega went 8 strong innings, surrendering only 4 hits.
CAL 010 000 000 1 4 0
WAS 412 001 02x 10 13 1
HR WAS Epstein 11 (1st off Hamilton, grand slam) Stroud 2 (2nd off Hamilton) McMullen 16 (6th off Wright) F. Howard 26 (8th off Turner)
RBI WAS Epstein 4(36) Cullen 2(8) F. Howard 2(65) McMullen 47 Stroud 13
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
J. Hamilton 4 9 2 3 2 7 5 24 17
Ortega 8 4 0 0 6 1 1 28 72
WP Ortega 8-9 2.52 LP J. Hamilton 3-6 4.03
SCORING PLAYS:
BOTTOM 1 .. Stroud walked. F. Howard singled. Valentine walked. Epstein homered scoring four runs. CAL 0 WAS 4
TOP 2 .. Mincher singled. Satriano singled. Rodgers singled scoring a run. CAL 1 WAS 4
BOTTOM 2 .. Stroud homered. CAL 1 WAS 5
BOTTOM 3 .. Valentine singled. Epstein singled. Saverine reached on an error. Cullen singled scoring two runs. CAL 1 WAS 7
BOTTOM 6 .. McMullen homered CAL 1 WAS 8
BOTTOM 8 .. C. Peterson doubled. F. Howard homered scoring two runs. Cal 1 WAS 10
NOTES: Phil Ortega retired 20 of the last 21 batters he faced. Freddy Valentine has a 8 game hit streak where he has gone 11-28 batting 393 collected 3 doubled, a triple and three homers. Jack Hamilton, who won his first 3 as a Cherub, now has list six straight.
STAR OF THE GAME: 2-4 GRAND SLAM 4RBI
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