San Francisco Giants at Washington Nationals: Game Report..."Clippers' Clippard's Debut For DC."

 

New Nationals' starter Tyler Clippard has apparently gotten the message from Management, as he starts Giants’ leadoff hitter Fred Lewis with two fastball strikes. The right-handed Clippard wastes one and misses out ot the zone twice, going to a full count, before Lewis pops out to center for the first out. Four straight balls to Ray Durham and Randy Winn’s up with a man at first. A wild pitch on a 1-2 count gets by Flores and all the way to the wall behind home. Winn doubles off the wall 377 ft from the plate. Durham scores. 1-0 Giants. Bengie Molina flies out to center. Aaron Rowand pops out to third to end Clippard’s first inning as a National...Cristian Guzman grounds out to second. Elijah Dukes scorches an inside fastball, sending it screaming out to left for a single. Dukes gets nailed stealing second. Lastings Milledge takes a two-out walk. Milledge gets caught stealing when Omar Vizquel makes a leaping-swipe-tag at second to end the first.  more...