Jimmy Paredes, inserted in the game in the top of the 11th, made a wild throw to second base in the bottom half, allowing Ryan Zimmerman to score the winning run in the Washington Nationals' 4-3 win over the Houston Astros Friday. With one out, Lucas Harrell (0-1) walked Zimmerman and Michael Morse. Wilton Lopez replaced Harrell. Jayson Werth hit a bouncer to Paredes, who pinch-ran in the top of the 11th and remained in the game at third base. Parades overthrew second baseman Jose Altuve and Zimmerman scored. Werth was credited with a single. Tyler Clippard (3-0), Washington's fifth pitcher worked two scoreless innings for the win. The Nationals had lost 12 of 15. The Astros have dropped six of seven and are now just four losses away from their first 100 loss season. Zimmerman's two-run home run in the bottom of the first off Bud Norris gave Washington a 2-0 lead. It was Zimmerman's 11th. The Astros scored off Tom Milone in the top of the third on Clint Barmes' double, an infield out and a sacrifice fly by Norris. Houston tied the game when Chris Johnson's sacrifice fly scored Altuve in the fourth. The Astros took a 3-2 lead in the sixth on Carlos Lee's leadoff double and a two-out RBI single by Barmes. Milone left after the single. He pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing three runs and eight hits. Marlins 13, Pirates 4: Omar Infante hit two home runs, Logan Morrison added a two-run shot during a nine-run third inning, and the Florida Marlins pounded out 22 hits in a rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Infante drove in five runs and Morrison had four hits and three RBIs. The Marlins had a club record 10 hits in the third. Morrison and Bryan Petersen each had two hits in the third as Florida broke the record of nine, which had been done four times, most recently on Sept. 17, 2001, at Montreal. Mets 5, Cubs 4: Justin Turner drove in the winning run on a long single with two outs in the ninth inning, giving the New York Mets a victory over the Chicago Cubs. Phillies 5, Brewers 3: Ryan Howard homered in his return to the lineup and Roy Halladay continued the Phillies' pitching dominance in Milwaukee, leading Philadelphia to a victory over the Brewers. The NL East's top team won its fifth straight and bettered the NL Central-leading Brewers again. Elsewhere it was: St. Luois 4, Atlanta 3 (10 innings); Cincinnati 4, Colorado 1; Arizona 3, San Diego 2; LA Dodgers 2, San Fracisco 1.
