Desmond, Nationals rally to beat Reds

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06/04/2010 - Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ian Desmond singled in the winning run as part of a two-run seventh inning rally that lifted Washington to a 4-2 win over Cincinnati in the opener of a three-game series at Nationals Park.

Desmond, Cristian Guzman and Adam Dunn each finished with a pair of hits for the Nationals, who snapped a three-game slide and won for just a second time in their last seven games.

Tyler Clippard (8-3) earned the win with one shutout inning in relief, as Washington beat the Reds for a fourth straight game going back to August of last season. Matt Capps stranded two runners in the ninth to earn his 18th save.

Enerio Del Rosario (1-1) took the loss after allowing the decisive runs -- both unearned -- in 1 2/3 innings of work for the Reds, who have dropped four of their last five.

Brandon Phillips had three hits and drove in a run for Cincinnati.

Josh Willingham led off the seventh against Del Rosario with a single and moved to second base on a dropped fly ball that allowed Roger Bernadina to reach first base. Desmond followed with a base hit to left field to score Willingham with the go-ahead run. Bernadina advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a Willie Harris pinch-hit sacrifice fly to give the Nats a 4-2 lead.

Drew Storen tossed a scoreless eighth inning and turned the game over to Capps, the major league leader in saves.

Laynce Nix delivered a leadoff pinch-hit single to start the ninth and Phillips singled with one out. The right-hander bounced back to strike out Joey Votto and get Scott Rolen to foul out to end the game.

The Reds tallied first in the second inning when Drew Stubbs singled with one out, stole second base and came around to score on a Ramon Hernandez base hit.

The Nationals answered in the bottom of the inning when Desmond singled with one out, moved to second base on a wild pitch, stayed put when Livan Hernandez walked with two outs and scored on Guzman's looping single into left field.

Washington grabbed the lead in the third on a bloop single into centerfield by Bernadina with one out that plated Ryan Zimmerman.

Reds hurler Aaron Harang made it through only four frames, yielding a pair of runs on eight hits. He walked one and fanned four and was followed by Micah Owings, who worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings, and Daniel Ray Herrera, who got one out.

The visitors scored to even the game at two in the fifth when Phillips singled home Orlando Cabrera, who had started the inning with a base hit and moved into scoring position on a balk.

Hernandez lasted six innings for the Nats, allowing two runs on eight hits while walking four and fanning three. Clippard worked a scoreless seventh to earn his first win since May 12.

Game Notes

Harang visited troops Friday morning at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. 23 of Washington's last 30 games have been decided by two runs or less, while seven of the Reds last nine losses have been by one or two runs...Phillips extended his hitting streak to seven games...He has 15 hits during the streak, including five multi-hit games...Hernandez has gone six starts since his last win on May 4. He is 2-7 in 14 career starts against the Reds and has not beaten them since September, 2000 while pitching for San Francisco.

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