By Steve Melewski on Friday, May 21 2010
Category: Orioles

Hernandez gets win as O's top Nats

That winless streak is over for David Hernandez. He picks up his win since August 11, 2009 as the Orioles beat the Nationals 5-3 Friday night to start a weekend series at Nats Park. Hernandez gave up just one hit and one run over 5 1/3 and is 1-5, 5.31. He had gone 16 starts since that last win. Alfredo Simon picked up his sixth save in the ninth. He got Ryan Zimmerman to fly out with a man on to end it. The Orioles moved out to a 4-0 lead after three innings and later weathered a Nats' comeback bid.
Jim Hunter talks with Dave Trembley about the O's 5-3 win over the Nats
Adam Jones hit a two-run homer in the second for a 2-0 lead and Craig Tatum added a two-run single in the third for a 4-0 edge. Tatum was playing because Matt Wieters missed the game with a sore right knee and Jones left the game in the fourth due to leg cramps. Willie Harris hit a two-run homer in the 7th off Matt Albers to cut the O's lead to 4-3. They got that run back, and moved ahead 5-3, on Corey Patterson's RBI single off Drew Storen in the eighth. Jones homer was his first since April 24 and ended a 23-game homerless stretch. The Orioles, who were 4-2 vs. Washington last year, are now 13-12 all-time vs. Washington since the Nats moved to Washington in 2006. The Birds are 14-29 while Washington falls to 21-22 with its seventh loss in the last eight games. The Orioles are 12-5 when scoring four runs or more. In game two of the series, Saturday at 4:05, Brad Bergesen (3-3, 5.45) faces Craig Stammen (1-2, 5.86).
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