Belliard slams Nats past Fish
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07/02/2008 -
Miami, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ronnie Belliard clubbed a grand slam to aid
Collin Balester's first major-league victory, as Washington downed Florida,
9-6, at Dolphin Stadium.
Balester (1-0) gave up just one run and one hit with three walks and three
strikeouts over five frames in his major-league debut. The 194-pound right-
hander was effectively wild in tossing 95 pitches.
"Got the win in my first start and I'm pretty excited about that," said
Balester. "I'm just going to let it all soak in and see how it goes."
Felipe Lopez went 3-for-4 with two RBI and Elijah Dukes homered for
Washington, which snapped a six-game skid to the Marlins.
Mark Hendrickson (7-7) took the loss after yielding six runs on 10 hits with
three strikeouts over six frames. Hanley Ramirez homered and drove in a
career-best five runs for Florida, which came into the night with an
opportunity to take over first place in the National League East.
"I felt there were some good pitches there and they (Nationals) just happened
to get hits," said Hendrickson.
However, Philadelphia beat Atlanta, 8-3, on Tuesday to extend its advantage to
1 1/2 games in the division.
The Nationals put the first run on the scoreboard courtesy of Dukes, who
pulled a 1-0 curveball high over the left-field scoreboard and into the seats
for a solo home run in the fourth.
Washington doubled its advantage one inning later as Lopez's single drove home
Paul Lo Duca, who doubled to begin the frame. The Marlins minimized the damage
as Josh Willingham threw out Lopez at the plate to end the inning.
Balester walked back-to-back batters in the home half of the fifth, and
Ramirez's sacrifice fly scored Robert Andino for a 2-1 game.
The fireworks commenced in the top of the sixth.
Three straight singles by Cristian Guzman, Dukes and Delmon Young loaded the
bases with nobody out. Belliard saw 1-0 change-up and drove it out of the
ballpark to left for a grand slam and a 6-1 edge.
Florida answered with a three-spot just after stretch time. Matt Treanor
singled to start the frame and Alfredo Amezega was hit by a pitch. Ramirez
then hit a three-run shot out to left field.
In the see-saw affair, the Nationals came back with three more runs in the top
of the eighth. Dukes singled and Belliard walked with one out. Lo Duca
followed with a base hit to fill the bases and Kory Casto's chopper forced
Mike Jacobs into a throwing error, scoring Dukes for a 7-4 game. Lopez and
Willie Harris hit successive run-scoring singles to grow the advantage to 9-4.
Amezaga and Ramirez hit run-scoring singles in the eighth and the fighting
Fish brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth. However, Jon Rauch
induced a Luis Gonzalez fly out with two runners on to end the game. Rauch
recorded his 17th save in the process.
Game Notes
The grand slam was the second of Belliard's career. He hit another slam on
October 25, 2002 against Tampa Bay...In addition to throwing out Lopez at the
plate, Willingham gunned down the same runner at second base later in the
game...Dukes stole his ninth bag of the season...Attendance 12,166.
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