Nationals 4, Astros 3 (11)

Ryan Zimmerman scored the winning run on an error by third baseman Jimmy Paredes in the 1tth inning to lift the Washington Nationals to a 4-3 win over the visiting Houston Astros on Friday night.

Zimmerman also had a two-run homer to help the Nationals win for just the fourth time in 16 games.

Jayson Werth followed one-out walks by Zimmerman and Michael Morse with an infield single to third before Paredes' blunder allowed the winning run to score.

The defeat gave the Astros (48-96) twice as many losses as wins and dropped them to a major league-worst 22-51 away from home.

Tyler Clippard (3-0) pitched three innings for the win while Lucas Harrell (0-1) took the loss.

Nationals rookie Chris Marrero had a tying RBI double in the seventh off Bud Norris, continuing a drought that has seen the Houston righthander win just once in 11 starts.

Houston's Clint Barmes had an RBI double and recorded his third consecutive multi-hit game and fifth two-hit game in his last eight.
Final/111st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9thXRHE
Houston AstrosAstros00110100003102
Washington NationalsNationals2000001001460
WP:Tyler Clippard (WAS)
LP:Lucas Harrell (HOU)
Season Series
WashingtonStatsHouston
3-3Vs3-3
.252Batting Average.284
4.7Runs / Game4.3
10Home Runs1
4Errors3