With three home runs in the first two innings tonight, and 11 runs on the board after four, the Washington Nationals jumped out to a big lead on the Pittsburgh Pirates, and ran way with a 13-0 win in the series opener in PNC Park.
Unfortunately for the Nats, starter Joe Ross left the game after he took a comebacker off of his right shin in the fourth, but the bullpen held the Bucs off the board, with Javy Guerra 10 for 10 in retired batters over 3 2⁄3 scoreless, Kyle McGowin throwing a scoreless eighth, and Tanner Rainey finishing it up with a scoreless ninth to complete the shutout.