Bergesen's control has been pretty good (3.2 BB/9) but not quite as good as I would have expected and not nearly good enough to make up for his lack of strike-outs (4.3 K/9). He's getting a lot of groundballs (56%) but is still giving up 1.34 HR/9.
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Top 1:
- Brian Roberts swings at the first pitch of the game and flies out to left.
- Adam Jones flies out to left-center.
- Nick Markakis hits a long flyball to right, but Austin Kearns makes a jumping catch and is able to hang onto the ball as he crashes into the wall.
- Willie Harris doubles into the right-field corner.
- Christian Guzman grounds out to second, moving Harris over to third.
- Ryan Zimmerman hits a blooper towards second, with Roberts laying out to make the catch.
- Adam Dunn grounds out to first. Nice job by Bergesen to keep the Nationals off the board despite the lead-off double.
- Aubrey Huff lines a double off the wall in right - it was about a foot from clearing the fence for a home run.
- Ty Wigginton pops out to Adam Dunn in the foul territory near first-base, and Huff shows off his blazing speed by tagging up and taking third.
- Nolan Reimold strikes out looking. He started off to first-base since the 3-2 fastball was outside, but the ump rung him up.
- Chad Moeller hits a groundball up the middle, but Guzman is able to get to it and throw him out. Another lead-off double wasted.
- Josh Willingham grounds a single up the middle.
- Belliard strikes out swinging.
- Kearns grounds into a double play.
- Robert Andino flies out.
- Brad Bergesen hits the first pitch he sees in major league baseball back through the box for a single.
- Roberts draws a walk.
- Jones flies out to short right-center.
- Markakis drives a flyball to deep left-center, and nobody's going to rob him this time. The ball bounces off the wall and Nick is in with a two-run triple.
- Huff grounds out to second to end the inning, but the O's have taken a 2-0 lead.
- Wil Nieves hits a slow bouncer to the left side, with Wigginton charging to his left to scoop it and make the throw for the out.
- Martis grounds out to short.
- Harris squares around to bunt, and Bergesen's pitch bores down and in and hits him in the shin.
- Guzman strikes out swinging on a good slider inside under is hands.
- Wigginton flies out to left.
- Reimold pops out.
- Moeller hits a flyball to deep left - Willingham keeps going back on it, but it goes over his head and Chad is in with a double.
- Andino gets the intentional walk to bring Bergesen up.
- Another groundball up the middle, but Guzman gets to this one. The throw pulls Dunn off the bag though, and everybody's safe.
- Roberts flies out to left to leave the bases loaded.
- Zimmerman hits a high flyball to the track in center, but Jones is there to make the catch.
- Dunn pops out to short, though it's Wigginton making the catch with the infield shift they had on.
- Willingham send Jones back to the wall in center again, but the batter is retired.
- Jones gets hit on the hand and jogs off to first-base. He looks OK though.
- Adam gets thrown out stealing second, but the umpire misses the call. Markakis grounds sharply to Dunn, moving Jones to third.
- Huff hits a groundball through a drawn-in infield to extend the lead to 3-0.
- Wigginton pops out to first.
- Reimold pops out to short.
- Belliard flies out to deep center.
- Kearns drops a double just fair down the right-field line.
- Nieves lines a double down the first-base to get the Nationals on the board.
- Martis lines a single to center to make it 3-2. Jones made a string throw to the plate, but Moeller couldn't hang on to it.
- Harris flies out to left.
- Guzman grounds out to second to end the inning.
- Moeller grounds out to third.
- Andino strikes out.
- Bergesen is finally retired, on a groundball to third.
- Zimmerman lines a single into left-field.
- Dunn hits a flyball to deep center, and Jones won't be able to get to this one. He looks up as it clears the fence and gives the Nationals a 4-3 lead.
- Willingham grounds out to short.
- Belliard grounds to short.
- Kearns singles into short right-center.
- Chris Ray in fromthe pen to face Nieves, and he ends the inning with a groundout back to the mound.
- Roberts singles to center.
- Adam Jones got robbed of a home run to center yesterday, so he pulls one today. It clears the fence with plenty to spare, and the O's have retaken the lead 5-4.
- Ron Villone takes the mound with Markakis and Huff coming up.
- Nick pops out to third.
- Huff works a walk.
- Wigginton flies out to right-field.
- Reimold draws a walk - that's only his second of the season in 41 plate appearances.
- Moeller flies out to center to leave a couple stranded.
- Ray gets ahead of pinch-hitter Anderson Hernandez 0-2, but end up leaving a pitch out over the plate that Hernandez lines into right for a single.
- Harris gets jammed by a fastball inside but pulls it passed a diving Roberts for a single.
- Guzman drops a nice bunt down the third-base line, though Wigginton is able to throw him out by a step.
- With first-base open they're going to put Zimmerman on and bring Jamie Walker in to face Dunn. Felix Pie will also come in to play left-field.
- Adam Dunn hits a high flyball to left that Pie will not have a play on. Grand slam, and the Nationals are back ahead 8-5.
- Willingham lines out to left.
- Belliard grounds out to short.
- Joe Beimel takes the mound for Washington.
- Fantastic jumping catch by Kearns in foul territory to retire Andino. Actually, it looked better than it was because Kearns overran the ball initially - he didn't really need to jump for it.
- Pie strikes out swinging.
- Hernandez makes a diving catch at second to rob Roberts of a hit.
- Mark Hendrickson in to get some work.
- He gives up a single, but keeps the score at 8-5.
- Joel Hanrahan in for the save.
- Adam Jones can't catch up to a 96 mph fastball at the letters.
- Nick Markakis can't catch up to a 95 mph fastball right down the middle.
- Huff grounds out to second.
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