VIERA, Fla. -- In a matchup featuring Tigers right-hander Jordan Zimmermann against his former teammate, Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg, Washington outslugged Detroit en route to an 8-4 victory Saturday afternoon at Space Coast Stadium.
In a 4-4 game in the sixth, Scott Sizemore homered off right-hander Jose Valdez over the left-center-field wall to give Washington a one-run lead. It was Sizemore's second homer of the spring. An inning later, with the bases loaded and Detroit left-hander Jairo Labourt on the mound, Jason Martinson walked, scoring Brendan Ryan.
In the eighth, Matt Skole hit a two-run homer against Tigers left-hander Kevin Ziomek to make it 8-4.