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RHP Chris Young (12-6, 3.17)
vs.
RHP Jason Hammel (9-10, 3.72)


WASHINGTON NATIONALS (77-58) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (73-62)
Sunday, August 31, 2014 Safeco Field

LINESCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Washington Nationals 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0 6
Seattle Mariners 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 X - 5 12 0 6
First Pitch: 1:10 pm Time of Game: 2:57 Temp: 67 S/@1 mph Attendance: 26,221

WP: Hisashi Iwakuma (13-6, 2.90) LP: Tanner Roark (12-9, 2.91)
SV: Fernando Rodney (39)

HOME RUNS: NO. PITCHER INN. MOB OUT COUNT DISTANCE
Bryce Harper (WAS) 9 Iwakuma 2 0 1 0-1 418 ft./RF
Nate Schierholtz (WAS) 7 Iwakuma 3 0 0 1-0 409 ft./RF
Bryce Harper (WAS) 10 Iwakuma 4 0 1 3-1 416 ft./CF
Dustin Ackley (SEA) 11 Roark 5 2 0 2-0 356 ft./RF

PITCHING LINES:
WASHINGTON IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Tanner Roark 6.1 11 4 4 0-0 4 1 0 0 0 92/60
Jerry Blevins 1.0 0 1 1 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 15/10
Craig Stammen 0.2 1 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 12/9

SEATTLE
IP H R ER BB-I SO HR WP HB BK PITCHES/STRIKES
Hisashi Iwakuma 6.0 5 3 3 0-0 6 3 0 0 0 86/57
Charlie Furbush 0.1 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 7/5
Danny Farquhar 0.2 0 0 0 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 20/13
Yoervis Medina 1.0 0 0 0 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 17/9
Fernando Rodney 1.0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 8/7


MARINERS NOTES:
Seattle snapped an 11-game losing streak vs. the Nationals (since June 10, 2005).
o Defeated them for the first time since they moved to Washington (last: vs. Expos on June 13, 2004).
Dustin Ackley hit a go-ahead 3-run home run in the 5
th
inning, his 2
nd
home run in as many days.
o Has 7 home runs in his last 28 games (as well as 5 doubles, 2 triples and 26 RBI) since July 31.
o He is now one home run shy of his career-high (hit 12 in 2012).
o Tied a career-high with 4 RBI, 4
th
time with 4 RBI in a game (last: Aug. 7, 2014).
o Homered in back-to-back games for the 3
rd
time in his career (last: Aug. 6-7 vs. ATL & CWS).
Austin Jackson recorded a season-high tying 3 hits (7
th
time, last: Aug. 10 vs. Chicago (AL).
Austin Jackson extended his hitting streak to 11 games (since Aug. 19).
o During the streak he is hitting .319 (15x47) with 6 runs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 2 RBI and 3 walks.
o The streak is T3rd longest of his career and longest since career-best 16-game streak in 2012.
Hisashi Iwakuma allowed a career-high tying 3 home runs, all solo (3
rd
time, last: July 9, 2013 vs. BOS).
Hisashi Iwakuma had his string of consecutive scoreless innings in Interleague play snapped at 23.0
o It was the 2nd-longest Interleague scoreless streak in club history (Aaron Sele - 26.0 from 2001-05).
Hisashi Iwakuma is 6-2 with a 2.65 ERA (16 ER, 54.1 IP) with 46 strikeouts over his last 8 starts at home.
o Seattle has won 5 of his last 6 starts at home (since July 7).
James Jones, as a pinch-runner, stole second and third in the 8
th
inning and now has 22 steals this season.
o Ranks 2
nd
all-time in single-season club history for steals by a rookie, trailing just Ichiro (56 in 2001).
Passed Phil Bradley (1984) and Donell Nixon (1987) who both had 21.
NATIONALS NOTES:
Washington had its 11-game winning streak against Seattle snapped.
o Had not lost to Mariners since June 13, 2004 as the Montreal Expos.
Washington hit 10 home runs during the 3-game series in Safeco Field, one short of the record.
o Cleveland hit 11 home runs at Safeco from July 24-26, 2009.
Bryce Harper recorded his 5
th
career multi home run game, his first since April 20, 2013 at New York (NL).
o Has hit 7 of his 10 home runs in his last 23 games (since Aug. 7).
Since Aug. 7 is hitting .306 (26x85) with 12 runs, 1 double, 7 home runs and 14 RBI.
Bryce Harper recorded a season-high 3 hits,6
th
time this season (last: Aug. 29 at Seattle).
Nate Schierholtz recorded his first hit since joining the Nationals, a home run in the 3
rd
inning.
Jayson Werth went 1-for-4 with a double.
o Over his last 14 games is hitting .362 (17x47) with 9 runs, 4 doubles, 3 home runs and 12 RBI.
Jayson Werth extended his on-base streak to 22 games, dating back to Aug. 2.
o During stretch is batting .338 (24x71) with 12 runs scored, 6 doubles, 3 home runs, 16 RBI and 14 walks.
NATIONALS NOTES CONTINUED ON BACK OF PAGE

NEXT GAME
Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics - Monday, September 1, 2014 at 1:05 pm PT (ROOT Sports)
RHP Chris Young (12-6, 3.17)
vs.
RHP Jason Hammel (9-10, 3.72)

Anthony Rendon had his 15-game road hitting streak snapped (since July 27).
o During the streak he hit .302 (19x63) with 11 runs, 5 doubles, 4 home runs and 10 RBI.
Tanner Roark lost his second straight starts and just the 3
rd
time in his last 10 starts.
o In his has 10 starts, the Nationals are 7-3 and 11-5 in his last 16 starts.
o Allowed a career-high 11 hits today (previous: 10, June 27, 2014 at Chicago-NL).



NATIONALS MANAGER MATT WILLIAMS:


On Roarks performance today

You know he just missed the location there against Ackley. Supposed to go down and away and you let that get away
and [Ackley] hit a homer. Its the only bad pitch you could have made. I think today [Roark] was sharper today than last
time. But again its a question of one pitch sometimes. He just missed the location.

On whether or not Bryce Harper has changed his approach lately

I dont think hes done anything differently I just think hes getting stronger. His hand is getting stronger. It allows him to
stay back and calm and keep his body down a little bit. Weve seen that over the last couple of weeks its getting there.
He swung the bat good today.