Baseball: Washington 14, San Francisco 3

Danny Espinoza and Roger Bernadina each went 4-for-6 with three RBI Monday, helping the Washington Nationals whip San Francisco 14-3. Each knocked in a run during the Nationals' seven-run third inning, during which they banged out seven hits while sending 12 men to the plate. Espinoza later added a two-run homer and scored three times, while Kurt Suzuki capped the big inning with a bases-clearing double as National League East-leading Washington took the opener of a three-game set. Ryan Zimmerman and Steve Lombardozzi provided three hits apiece in the one-sided triumph. Gio Gonzalez (15-6) earned the victory, allowing two runs on six hits over 6 2/3 innings. The left-hander walked a pair and struck out four. Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong (10-6) was pounded for eight runs on nine hits after lasting just 2 2/3 innings. Brandon Crawford drove in two runs for San Francisco, which slipped into a first-place tie with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West with the loss.