The Nationals returned home last night to a sellout crowd at Nationals Park. They welcomed the San Francisco Giants for the weekend festivities surrounding Independence Day. This weekend series is a rematch of last year's NLDS.
Gio Gonzalez took the ball for Washington while Jake Peavy pitched for the Giants. It was a pitcher's duel. Gio pitched seven solid innings and only allowed one run on five hits. He even retired 11 of 12 batters at one point.
Buster Posey got the Giants on the board in the top of the seventh, the only run that Gio surrendered, on a home run over the centerfield wall. The Nats struggled at the plate prior to the bottom of the seventh inning. Their only base hit up to that point was a Yunel Escobar double in the first inning. After Bryce Harper led off the bottom of the seventh with a walk, Clint Robinson took a 1-1 pitch into the right-centerfield wall for a two-run homer to send the crowd into a frenzy. It was Robinson's first home run at Nats Park and his fourth on the season. Drew Storen picked up the save to give the Nats the first game of the series, a 2-1 final.
The Nats and Giants continue their series today on the fourth of July with first pitch set for 11:05 a.m.
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