MARTIN HITS RBI DOUBLE IN 9TH, PIRATES STOP NATIONALS 4-3

PITTSBURGH 4, WASHINGTON 3

WHEN: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, April 14, 2019

WHERE: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia

TEMPERATURE: 73° 

UMPIRES: Home - Kerwin Danley, 1B - Mark Carlson, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Nic Lentz

ATTENDANCE: 22347

Jason Martin had an RBI ground-rule double with two outs in the ninth inning off reliever Wander Suero as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 on Sunday, taking two of three games in the series.

Josh Bell led off with a walk off loser Suero (1-1) and took second on a groundout. He then scored on the Martin double to left that bounced into the Pirates bullpen. The winning pitcher was former Nationals reliever Felipe Vazquez (1-0), who delivered two scoreless innings.

Vasquez fanned Howie Kendrick with the bases loaded for the second out in the ninth before getting hot-hitting Anthony Rendon for the final out on a fly ball to center.

Washington tied the game 3-3 in the third on a run-scoring groundout from Rendon and an RBI single from Juan Soto off Pittsburgh starter Jameson Taillon, who allowed three runs in six innings with four strikeouts.

The Pirates took a 3-1 lead in the top of the third as Bell had an RBI double to drive in Adam Frazier. Pittsburgh had a chance to add on against Max Scherzer, but Washington center fielder Michael A. Taylor threw a laser to retire Bell at the plate for the third out when he tried to score from second on a single by Colin Moran.

Adam Eaton led off the last of the first with a single and scored on a double by Kendrick as the Nationals cut the lead to 2-1.

Bell and Moran had RBI hits in the top of the first for a 2-0 lead against Scherzer, who threw a no-hitter against the Pirates at Nationals Park on June 20, 2015.

This time Scherzer gave up seven hits and three runs in eight innings with seven strikeouts. He got an extra day of rest after being hit by a batted ball on the leg in his start on April 7 at New York against the Mets.

Rendon, who entered the game batting .412, had a single in the sixth to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 13 games.

Scherzer moved into 36th place on the all-time strikeout list as he passed Hall-of-Famer Jack Morris. The right-hander now has 2,484 strikeouts in his career.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Pirates: OF Gregory Polanco (left shoulder) had two hits and drove in two runs Saturday in his first rehabilitation appearance at Triple-A Indianapolis. ... RHP Dovydas Neverauskas (oblique strain) had two strikeouts in a scoreless inning Saturday for Indianapolis. He's thrown three scoreless innings during three rehab appearances at Indianapolis and Class A Bradenton.

Nationals: Martinez said 1B Matt Adams, who twisted his ankle Saturday while stepping on Pittsburgh RHP Chris Archer's foot, was available to play Sunday.

ARCHER DROPS APPEAL

Archer dropped his appeal and began serving a five-game suspension for setting off a benches-clearing altercation on April 7. Archer threw a fastball behind Cincinnati's Derek Dietrich, who had stood and watched a long home run in his previous at-bat. Archer, who pitched seven innings Saturday against Washington, will make his next start April 21 at home against San Francisco.

UP NEXT

PIRATES: Pittsburgh has Monday off. It begins a two-game series at Detroit on Tuesday as RHP Joe Musgrove (1-0, 0.00 ERA) starts against the Tigers for the first time.

NATIONALS: After an off day Monday, RHP Stephen Strasburg (1-0, 5.40) starts Tuesday as Washington begins a three-game series at home against San Francisco.

TOP GAME PERFORMANCES

STARTING PITCHERS

PITTSBURGH		WASHINGTON
Jameson Taillon	PLAYER	Max Scherzer
No Decision	W/L	No Decision
6.0	IP	8.0
4	STRIKEOUTS	7
7	HITS	7
4.50	ERA	3.38

HITTING

PITTSBURGH		WASHINGTON
Josh Bell	Player	Adam Eaton
2	Hits	2
2	RBI	0
0	HR	0
4	TB	2
.667	Avg	.500

TEAM STATS SUMMARY

TEAM	HITS	HR	TB	AVG	LOB	K	RBI	BB	SB	ERRORS
Pittsburgh	8	0	12	.242	13	8	4	3	0	0
Washington	11	0	12	.306	22	8	3	3	1	0

SCORING SUMMARY

INNING				PIT	WAS
Pirates		1st	Bell doubled to deep right center, Frazier scored.	1	0
Pirates		1st	Moran singled to right, Bell scored.	2	0
Nationals		1st	Kendrick doubled to deep center, Eaton scored.	2	1
Pirates		3rd	Bell doubled to right, Frazier scored.	3	1
Nationals		3rd	Rendon grounded out to third, Eaton scored, Kendrick to second.	3	2
Nationals		3rd	Soto singled to center, Kendrick scored.	3	3
Pirates		9th	Martin hit a ground rule double to deep left center, Bell scored.	4	3

FINAL SCORING SUMMARY

FINAL	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	0
Washington	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	0

Pittsburgh

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Adam Frazier	2B	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	.296
Starling Marte	CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	.211
Francisco Cervelli	C	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.196
Josh Bell	1B	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	.314
Colin Moran	3B	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.308
Melky Cabrera	RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.390
Pablo Reyes	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.053
Jason Martin	LF	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	.353
Erik Gonzalez	SS	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.214
Jameson Taillon	SP	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.143
Nick Burdi	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
JB Shuck	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273
Felipe Vazquez	RP	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Totals		33	4	8	4	3	8	13
Batting
2B - Adam Frazier (4), Josh Bell 2 (5), Jason Martin (2)
TB - Adam Frazier 3, Josh Bell 4, Colin Moran 2, Jason Martin 2, Jameson Taillon
RBI - Josh Bell 2 (12), Colin Moran (8), Jason Martin (2)
2-Out RBI - Josh Bell 2 (4), Colin Moran (3), Jason Martin (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Francisco Cervelli (10), Felipe Vazquez (1)
GIDP - Starling Marte (3)
Team LOB - 5

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Jameson Taillon	6.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	3.43
Nick Burdi	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.05
Felipe Vazquez (W 1-0)	2.0	3	0	0	2	3	0	0.00
Pitches-Strikes - Jameson Taillon 80-54, Nick Burdi 20-14, Felipe Vazquez 43-24
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jameson Taillon 8-4, Nick Burdi 1-1, Felipe Vazquez 1-2
Batters Faced - Jameson Taillon 24, Nick Burdi 4, Felipe Vazquez 11

Washington

Hitters	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Avg
Adam Eaton	RF	4	2	2	0	1	0	2	.300
Howie Kendrick	2B	5	1	2	1	0	1	3	.533
Anthony Rendon	3B	4	0	1	1	1	0	5	.400
Juan Soto	LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	3	.250
Ryan Zimmerman	1B	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.205
Yan Gomes	C	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.237
Wilmer Difo	SS	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.184
Victor Robles	PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.283
Max Scherzer	SP	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.182
Wander Suero	RP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Brian Dozier	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.159
Michael A. Taylor	CF	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	.250
Totals		36	3	11	3	3	8	22
Batting
2B - Howie Kendrick (3)
TB - Adam Eaton 2, Howie Kendrick 3, Anthony Rendon, Juan Soto, Ryan Zimmerman, Wilmer Difo, Victor Robles, Max Scherzer, Michael A. Taylor
RBI - Howie Kendrick (5), Anthony Rendon (17), Juan Soto (10)
2-Out RBI - Juan Soto (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Anthony Rendon 2 (5), Ryan Zimmerman (6), Yan Gomes 2 (6)
GIDP - Adam Eaton (1), Max Scherzer (1)
Team LOB - 9
Baserunning
SB - Adam Eaton (3, 2nd off Taillon/Cervelli)
Fielding
Outfield Assists - Michael A. Taylor (Bell at Home)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
Max Scherzer	8.0	7	3	3	1	7	0	3.33
Wander Suero (L 1-1)	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	6.75
IBB - Erik Gonzalez (by Suero)
Pitches-Strikes - Max Scherzer 98-71, Wander Suero 23-14
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Max Scherzer 11-4, Wander Suero 2-0
Batters Faced - Max Scherzer 30, Wander Suero 6