Washington Nationals' pitchers Joe Ross, David Carpenter, Drew Storen, Max Scherzer, Gio Gonzalez and Matt Thornton combined for 24 scoreless innings in a row against the Pittsburgh PIrates, setting a new Nats' record (2005-present).
On Friday night in the nation's capital, Washington Nationals' starter Joe Ross, in his third major league outing, gave up one run on six hits, allowing one to come in on back-to-back singles by Francisco Cervelli and Gregory Polanco in the second before he shut the Pittsburgh Pirates down over the next 5 u2153 innings.