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Post Game

Final Line Score
Nationals 3-11-1
Orioles 5-9-0
WP-Olson (3-0)
LP-Hill (0-1)
Sv-Sherrill (16)

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Shawn Hill talked about his inability to throw his curve ball for strikes

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Ryan Zimmerman, who went 3-5, talked about not getting the big hit when the Nationals needed it

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Lastings Milledge spoke about his play in centerfield tonight and how he is still growing inot that position

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Offensive Stars
Zimmerman: 3-5, 2 RBI
Milledge: 2-4
Flores: 2-3, BB

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Forever Young
Dmitri Young made his first appearance for the Nationals since April 2. Young was the DH Friday night and went 1-4 at the plate.

I asked him how he felt and if he's 100%.
"I felt fine. The more pitches I see, the better I'll get.

Young on Friday night's loss
"It's just one game and we'll put it behind us and get ready for tomorrow."

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In Game Notes

Orioles scoring, 5th inning
The Orioles wasted little time taking their first lead of the game. In the 5th, Brian Roberts led-off with a triple and scored on Melvin Mora's double. After Nick Markakis was caught looking at a third strike, Aubrey Huff hit into a 1-5-6-1 fielder's choice and Mora was tagged out. Kevin Millar singled home Huff, but was thrown trying to advance to second. this was Millar's second bad base running decision in the game.

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Matt on the back
Since Matt Chico was relegated to the bullpen, he's been pretty effective. Chico has pitched 6 1/3 innings and given up just one earned run. Tonight he pitched 2 1/3 innings of 1-hit, scoreless ball.

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What If
The Nationals will look back on this game and say, What if? What if we scored more than one run with the bases loaded and no-outs. What if we didn't strike out 6 times in the 6, 7 and 8 innings. What if we didn't strand 6 runners from the 4th inning on. A lot of What if's that we'll never get the answers to. If any or all these things happened, would it equal a win? I don't know the answer to that either.

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Communication Breakdown
The Nationals and Orioles both had a defensive communication breakdown. The Nationals occured in the 5th. After Brian Roberts triple to lead-off the inning, Melvin Mora hit a fly to right center. Lastings Milledge and Elijah Dukes were converging on it. It appeared that Milledge called off Dukes, but Milledge had to dive for the ball and couldn't come up with it. The was the ball was slicing off Mora's bat, Milledge should've gave way to Dukes.

The Orioles let a ball fall in no-mans-land in short left. With 2-out in the 7th, Dmitri Young hit a high to shallow left. Freddie Bynum, Adam Jones and Luke Scott were closing in on it, but it fell between them for a hit. It looked like Bynum had a play and backed off at the last second allowing the ball to drop.

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Pitcher's final numbers
Shawn Hill and Garrett Olson lasted just 5 innings tonight. Hill threw a lot of pitches in his short outing. Here are thier final numbers

Hill: 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, HB. 99 pitches, 60 strikes.

Olson: 5 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 3 K. 70 pitches, 51 strikes.

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Orioles scoring, 4th inning
Luke Scott hit his 3rd home run of the season to tie the game 3-3. With 1-out, Scott hit a 1-1 pitch over the right field wall to square things up.

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Nationals scoring, 4th inning
The Nationals loaded the bases with no-out in the 4th, but only came away with 1-run. Aaron Boone, Lastings Milledge and Jesus Flores all singled to start the inning. Wily Mo Pena was called out on strikes. Elijah Dukes hit a deep fly to left scoring Boone to give the Nationals a 3-2 lead. Felipe Lopez flew out to end the inning.

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O's scoring, 3rd inning
Shawn Hill needed 30 pitches to get out of the third inning, but he didn't need an error from his defense. Hill loaded the bases with 1-out and gave up two singles and walk. Nick Markakis grounded to Ryan Zimmerman at third. Zimm threw to second for the force out and Adam Jones scored. Felipe Lopez threw into the Orioles dugout allowing a second run to score. That run was unearned.

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Pitcher's thru 3
Garrett Olson has settled down after giving up 2 first inning runs. He needed 23 pitches to get out of the first, but just 13 in the second and third combined. Olson has given up 5 hits and struckout 1.

Shawn Hill retired the side in order in the first and got some help from bad base running in the second. With 2-outs and Kevin Millar on first, Ramon Hernandez blooped a single over short. Millar made a wide turn and was caught in non mans land. Wily Mo Pena fired to second and Felipe Lopez applied the tag to get Millar to end the inning.

Hill struggled in the third, loading the bases on two singles and a walk. Felipe Lopez's throwing error, allowed the O's to tie the game. Hill threw 30 pitches in the third and 64 for the game.

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Nationals scoring, 1st inning
The Nationals used three straight hits off Orioles starter Garrett Olson to take a 2-0 lead after one-half inning.

Felipe Lopez led-off the game with a single to left. Cristian Guzman followed with a ground rule double to left to put runners on second and third. Ryan Zimmerman hit a single down the left field allowing both runners to score and the Nationals take the early lead.

Dmitri Young, starting as the DH, lined out to center in his first at-bat

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Starting Line-Up's

Nationals
2B Felipe Lopez
SS Cristian Guzman
3B Ryan Zimmerman
DH Dmitri Young
1B Aaron Boone
CF Lastings Milledge
C Jesus Flores
LF Wily Mo Pena
RF Elijah Dukes

Orioles
2B Brian Roberts
3B Melvin Mora
RF Nick Markakis
DH Aubrey Huff
1B Kevin Millar
LF Luke Scott
C Ramon Hernandez
CF Adam Jones
SS Freddie Bynum

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Game Preview:
Nationals (18-24) at Baltimore (21-19)
The Nationals and Orioles begin a 3-game series at Camden Yards as Interleague play begins.

Winners of two straight and 3 of 4, the Nationals look to stay hot on their current 7-game road trip as they inch closer to the .500 mark.

Last year, Washington swept the 3-game series in Baltimore, outscoring the Orioles 19-11. The Nationals have a 4-game winning streak against the O's.

Shawn Hill takes on Garrett Olson.

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Pitching Match-Up
RHP Shawn Hill (0-0, 3.56), making his 6th start of the season, is the only member of the Nationals starting rotation who has yet to win a game.

Hill is coming off a solid outing where he gave up 2 runs on 5 hits in 7 innings against the Marlins on May 11. The Nationals were leading 4-2 and Hill was in line for the win until Luis Ayala gave up 3 runs on 2 homers in the 8th. Florida won the game 5-4.

Hill hasn't had much luck this season. When he's left the game, the Nationals were either leading or tied in all but one outing.

This is the first time Hill will face the Orioles in his career.

LHP Garrett Olson (2-0, 2.95) has been very good since taking over for an injured Adam Loewen on April 29, in the Orioles rotation. This will be his 4th start of the season for the O's and Olson has pitched into the 6th in each outing.

In his last game, Olson pitched 5 1/3 innings, giving up 3 runs on 8 hits in the Orioles 6-5 win at Kansas City.

Olson made 7 starts last season for the Birds and went 1-3, 7.79 ERA. He struggled with his control last year, walking 28 batters in 32 1/3 innings. This season he's been much better, walking 7 in 18 1/3 innings.

He has never faced the Nationals.

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Interleague by the Numbers

W-L
Nationals 97-96 overall. 9-9 last year.
Orioles 79-114 overall. 6-12 last year.

Record vs.Orioles: 16-11, 4-2 in 2007

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Hitting a New Low
The Nationals and Orioles are in the bottom 5 in team batting average in the majors, .233 and .246 repectively. So it's no surprise that neither team has an everyday .300 hitter. Here are the guys with the lowest averages by a team leader (based on 3.1 plate appearances per team game).

.269 Emil Brown-Oakland
.271 Luke Scott-Orioles
.276 Carl Crawford-Tampa Bay
.281 Vernon Wells-Toronto
.283 Adrian Gonzalez-San Diego
.295 Cristian Guzman-Nationals

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Road Warrior
Ryan Zimmerman hasn't gotten used to Nationals Park when it comes to hitting. His numbers are significantly higher on the road than at home. Check it out.

Home: 20 Games, .169 Avg, 2 2B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 6 R, .273 Slugging %
Road: 21 Games, .287 Avg, 6 2B, 5 HR, 12 RBI, 14 R, .511 Slugging %

In his career vs. the Orioles, Zimmerman is batting .277, 2 HR, 6 RBI. At Camden Yards, .261, HR, 4 RBI. Last year he hit .308, 2 HR, 5 RBI.

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