Hanrahan earns win after trade as Nationals finish off Astros
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| Regular Season Series |
| Series tied 3-3 (as of Tue 5/5) |
| Mon 5/4 |
@WAS 9, HOU 4 |
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| >Tue 5/5 |
@WAS 11, HOU 10 |
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@HOU 9, WAS 4 |
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@HOU 6, WAS 5 |
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| · Complete Schedule: Nationals | Astros |
| Scoring Summary |
| HOU | WAS |
 | 2nd | I Rodriguez doubled to deep right center, M Tejada scored. | 1 | 0 |
 | 4th | E Dukes homered to center, N Johnson scored. | 1 | 2 |
| 5th | M Bourn doubled to deep center, G Blum and R Oswalt scored. | 3 | 2 |
| 5th | M Tejada doubled to deep left, M Bourn and J Keppinger scored, C Lee to third. | 5 | 2 |
| 6th | R Zimmerman singled to center, C Guzman scored, N Johnson to second. | 5 | 3 |
| 6th | J Willingham walked, N Johnson scored, R Zimmerman to third, E Dukes to second. | 5 | 4 |
| 6th | A Hernandez walked, R Zimmerman scored, E Dukes to third, J Willingham to second. | 5 | 5 |
| 6th | J Flores walked, E Dukes scored, J Willingham to third, A Hernandez to second. | 5 | 6 |
| 6th | C Guzman grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Willingham scored on error by shortstop M Tejada, A Hernandez to third, J Flores to second. | 5 | 7 |
| 6th | N Johnson hit by pitch, A Hernandez scored, J Flores to third, C Guzman to second. | 5 | 8 |
| 7th | C Lee singled to center, M Bourn scored, L Berkman to third. | 6 | 8 |
| 7th | M Tejada singled to right center, L Berkman scored, C Lee to third. | 7 | 8 |
| 7th | H Pence grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Lee scored, M Tejada safe at second on error by shortstop C Guzman. | 8 | 8 |
| 8th | D Erstad scored, J Keppinger to second on wild pitch by G Mock. | 9 | 8 |
| 8th | C Guzman homered to right center, J Flores scored. | 9 | 10 |
| 9th | G Blum hit sacrifice fly to center, H Pence scored. | 10 | 10 |
| 11th | J Bard grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Willingham out at second, N Morgan to third, N Morgan scored on throwing error by shortstop M Tejada. | 10 | 11 |
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| Game Information |
| Stadium | Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. |
| Attendance | 19,328 (46.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:59 |
| Weather | 58 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 3 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Lance Barksdale, First Base - Brian Knight, Second Base - Randy Marsh, Third Base - Mike Winters |
Associated Press
HOUSTON -- An error by Miguel Tejada in the 11th inning made former Nationals reliever Joel Hanrahan a winner Thursday night as Washington beat the Houston Astros 11-10 in the completion of a suspended game.
Fast Facts
• Washington won the game after it was suspended on May 5. The game resumed with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning with a runner on first.
• Nyjer Morgan pinch ran for Elijah Dukes, who has since been sent to the minors, and scored the winning run. Morgan was 1-for-5 on May 5 with the Pirates and was traded from Pittsburgh to Washington on June 30.
• One of the players Morgan was traded for, Joel Hanrahan, earned the win for the Nationals and is currently a member of the Pirates.
• An error by Miguel Tejada in the 11th inning allowed the winning run to score for the Nationals.
• The last time a team won a game in walk-off fashion after it was suspended and moved to the visitor's home stadium was in 1975 when the Yankees and Twins played a game on July 12 at Shea Stadium and then resumed it on July 19 at Metropolitan Stadium.
-- ESPN Stats & Information
Hanrahan was traded by the Nationals on June 30 to the
Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a deal for
Nyjer Morgan, who scored the winning run Thursday. Hanrahan was pitching for the Nationals when the game was suspended by rain in Washington on May 5. He earned his first win of the season and is 1-3 overall. He would have been 1-1 if he won on May 5.
"It's pretty funny," Hanrahan told The Associated Press by phone from Philadelphia, where the Pirates face the Phillies on Friday. "It feels pretty good in the situation that we're in. Houston is a team in our division and we gained ground."
The game resumed with one out in the bottom of the 11th with a Washington runner on first base.
Josh Willingham singled before
Josh Bard grounded into a force out to second. It looked like Tejada, covering second base, would easily get Bard out at first for the double play, but he instead threw it far over
Lance Berkman's head, allowing Morgan to score for the win.
It took just 7 minutes for the last-place Nationals to grab the win.
Houston reliever
LaTroy Hawkins, who took the loss, would have been 0-1 if he lost on May 5. He's now 1-3.
Nationals 11, 
Astros 10