Pittsburgh Pirates vs Washington Nationals
May 16, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 2012 at Nationals Park. The Washington Nationals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Washington Nationals 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Tabata rf 4 1 1 0
Walker 2b 4 0 0 0
McCutchen cf 4 0 2 0
McGehee 1b 3 0 0 1
Navarro lf 2 1 0 0
  Alvarez ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Barajas c 3 1 1 0
Barmes ss 4 0 0 0
Harrison 3b,lf 4 1 2 3
Bedard p 2 0 0 0
  McLouth ph 1 0 0 0
  Meek p 0 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Desmond ss 4 1 1 1
Harper cf,rf 3 2 1 0
Zimmerman 3b 3 1 0 1
LaRoche 1b 4 1 3 4
Nady rf,lf 3 1 1 1
  Clippard p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Espinosa 2b 4 0 1 0
Moore lf 3 0 0 0
  Ankiel cf 1 0 0 0
Flores c 3 1 0 0
Gonzalez p 2 0 0 0
  Bernadina ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 7 7
Pittsburgh 000 010 210460
Washington 101 002 30x771
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bedard  L(2-5) 6.0 6 4 4 1 7
  Meek   1.0 1 3 3 2 2
  Hughes   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Gonzalez  W(5-1) 7.0 4 3 3 2 10
  Clippard   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Rodriguez  SV(9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Desmond (7).  DP–Washington 1. Zimmerman-Espinosa-LaRoche.  2B–Washington LaRoche (10,off Meek).  3B–Washington Harper (1,off Bedard).  HR–Pittsburgh Harrison (1,7th inning off G. Gonzalez 1 on 2 out), Washington Desmond (5,3rd inning off Bedard 0 on 0 out); LaRoche (7,6th inning off Bedard 0 on 2 out); Nady (3,6th inning off Bedard 0 on 2 out).  SF–McGehee (1,off Clippard).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Bernadina (1,off Meek).  HBP–Flores (1,by Meek).  Team–4.  U-HP–Tony Randazzo, 1B–Alan Porter, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:44.  A–25,942.
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