Article: Zimmerman's Hit Streak Ends, but Nats Get Win

Nationals 6, Giants 3

Here was the moment Ryan Zimmerman said he would gladly accept in exchange for his 30-game hitting streak.

In the seventh inning, with the Nationals rallying and Zimmerman still hitless, Giants Manager Bruce Bochy chose to intentionally walk the 24-year-old third baseman. The move backfired: Elijah Dukes drove in two runs with a broken-bat single, the key hit in the Nationals' 6-3 win over San Francisco.

Zimmerman's streak -- just the seventh of 30 or more games this decade -- quietly ended here Wednesday afternoon. Zimmerman went 0 for 3 with two walks, failing to hit the ball out of the infield. In his final at-bat in the ninth inning, he grounded into a force ...

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