Hall Hits Two Homers as Nats Beat Snakes in 11

July 19:
Nationals............ 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 2 - 11 17 1
Diamondbacks.... 1 0 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 - 10 14 1

F.Cordero WIN(2-1), E.Gagne LOSS(2-2)
HOME RUNS- M.Young(6th), B.Hall-2(13th), S.Victorino(7th), R.Furcal(1st), C.Pena(20th), J.Bautista(6th)

Center fielder Bill Hall rocketed 2 homeruns and scored 3 times at PNC Park as the Washington Nationals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks in 11 innings by the count of 11 to 10.

The score was knotted at 9 after nine innings. Washington won the hard fought contest in the 11th inning. Corey Patterson led off and started the attack as he slapped a single. Patterson took his lead and swiped second. Washington continued their aggressive style with another stolen base. Tadahito Iguchi followed next and he drew a walk. Washington got their 2nd stolen base of the inning. Todd Helton did his part to keep things going and smacked a single. Michael Young came next and he grounded into a doubleplay. Washington out-hit Arizona for the game, 17 hits to 14.

Francisco Cordero(2-1) allowed 1 run in 2 innings, and picked up the victory. Eric Gagne(2-2) suffered the loss in relief.